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Course Overview
Creative and passionate students are welcomed to the Visual Arts and Design
department. You will study traditional and contemporary techniques in visual arts,
sculpture, drawing and painting, and will also have the opportunity to explore a variety
of specialist areas including fashion, illustration, community art, textiles, photography,
digital design and fine art. We deliver a vocational qualification that enables students a
greater understanding of the creative industries.
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Student Experience
Visual Arts and Design has extensive facilities with
studios that cater for 2D and 3D work. These facilities
range from textiles, screen printing, photography
studio/darkroom, and Mac & PC suite for digital
manipulation. All projects have a vocational focus
that offer opportunities to work with outside agencies
as well as other departments within the school on
community art projects. We also encourage students
to take full advantage of going on trips within the UK
and overseas; with recent cohorts taking trips to Berlin,
Paris and Barcelona (Pictured right).
We encourage all students to proactively exhibit
their work, both at school and externally. We support
the curriculum with enrichment projects, so students
have the opportunity to consider their work in a wider
professional context. Students can choose from a
variety of activities to extend their knowledge and
understanding or feed their entrepreneurial spirit.
What Qualities do I need?
We believe those students who demonstrate an
enthusiasm for arts and design and a passion to be a
creative thinker, with the ability to overcome boundaries
and challenges will be suitable candidates for this course.
Typical Careers:
Fine artist
Museum/Gallery Curator
Illustrator
Art therapist
