Art and Design

Why Choose this course?

Are you creative and imaginative? Do you enjoy exploring ideas and looking at things in a different way? Do you enjoy making things? Do you want to create work with meaning? A level Fine Art will give you the opportunity to develop your understanding of the visual world, learning practical skills and responding to ideas and issues that are personal to you. Art and Design courses are flexible and stimulate creativity, offering a high degree of choice and a range of different media, processes and techniques.

Prospects

Studying A-level Art can open up a wide range of career prospects, as it fosters creativity, problem-solving, and visual communication skills highly valued in various fields. Graduates can pursue careers in the arts, such as fine arts, illustration, and graphic design, where they can work as professional artists, animators, or designers. Additionally, skills learned through A-level Art are transferable to industries like advertising, media, fashion, and interior design. Many students also go on to work in education, museum curation, or art therapy, where they can combine their creative abilities with a passion for teaching or helping others. The versatile nature of the qualifications means that those with an A-level in Art can explore careers in both artistic and business-focused roles, while often benefiting from the ever-expanding digital arts sector.

Course Content

Year 12: Sept - April
Development of technical skills and contextual knowledge to meet the requirements of A level.
Project 1 - Organic forms
Project 2 - Built Environment
Project 3 - Face and Figure

Year 13: April - May
The A level coursework will be started March/ April of Y12
Personnel investigation - 60%

Response to an externally set task - preparation Jan - May
15 hours - Practical Exam - April of Y13

Course Opportunities/ Activities

We are ideally placed and lucky to have access to a vast amount of top quality museums and art galleries that support your study. Trips we run include gallery visits to the National Gallery and Tate Modern in London and a weekend Art residential trip at the Conway Centre in Anglesey.

Support and Challenge

Students are supported by our open door policy which allows students to work in the department during their free periods. One to one tutorial, focused feedback with task lists and the support of our technical staff ensure that all students are supported to achieve their potential.

We challenge students to excel and have high expectations by ensuring that the wealth of industrial experience that our teachers have, in jobs prior to teaching is shared with the students. In addition we are in contact with past students now working in creative industry or currently studying design subjects at university who regularly come back to the department to share their experiences

Student Comment

At A-Level art you are able to experiment a lot more with different materials you don't get the chance to use at GCSE and you have more freedom about the topics and themes you can explore.

Through the course you are fully supported by staff whilst being able to develop independence skills.

The course is adaptable to suit you and your creative personality.

Art A-Level allows you to express your individual style and creativity in a way that is unique to other subjects.