Why study art?
Studying art is challenging and satisfying – it helps you to explore your creativity and encourages investigation and experimentation of materials, ideas, feelings, technology, and artists. The course covers sustainability, forms of presentation for different audiences, together with a focus on both historical and contemporary themes.
What will I learn about?
Students will be required to engage with:
• A range of materials and tools for making fine art, including digital media
• Ways to communicate ideas and feelings through the organisation of materials and the formal elements
• Concepts such as figuration, representation and abstraction
• Various forms of presentation and the ways that audiences may respond to or interact with them
• The appropriate application of their chosen media and the ability to realise ideas through the techniques employed
• Sustainable materials and production processes in the construction of work
• Collaborative working methodologies in the creative process
• Historical and contemporary themes and sources within the context of the chosen disciplines
How will I be assessed?
• Studio work
• Exhibition
• Presentations
• Written assessment
Future pathways and careers
• Artist or illustrator
• Design
• Teaching or lecturing
• Museum or gallery curator
• Art therapist
