Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

Aims to inspire, nurture, and realize our students’ artistic and creative potential. The Art department delivers a structured curriculum that allows all students to explore and refine practical skills in a wide range of media and techniques. Our students develop their knowledge and understanding of traditional and contemporary artists and designers from different cultures which help to inform their ideas and concepts. Year 12 – 2 projects studied giving students the opportunity to explore, develop, and refine existing and new approaches when making artwork in a wider range of media and techniques. Traditional and contemporary artists are researched and informed developing ideas leading to the completion of final outcomes. Year 13 – 2 projects studied = 100% of qualification Project 1 – ‘Personal Investigation’ = 60%, theme individually created by students based on success’ from Y12 Project 2 – ‘Externally Set Task’ = 40% ,students select a theme from OCR