Art at Aquinas is an exciting and challenging subject that encourages students to be creative and show a more personal understanding of Art, Craft, and Design. This course aims to promote a broad-based learning experience across a range of media exploring ideas and themes in two and three-dimensional processes and techniques. This is a broad-based 2-year course that aims to encourage creative thinking and artistic understanding. You will have the opportunity to work across two or more areas of Art and Design including Fine Art, Design, Textiles, 3D, and Photography. Studying Art, Craft, and Design at Aquinas can lead to a wide variety of courses at the University. Most students will apply for an Art and Design Foundation Course before applying to University, many of our students have gained places on the MMU Foundation Course or the Stockport Foundation Course. Many Art and Design-related degree courses expect students to have an Art Foundation Course after studying A-level. Students who have completed the Art and Design Foundation courses after studying Art, Craft, and Design A Level at Aquinas have progressed to Chelsea School of Art to study Textiles, Camberwell School of Art to study Fine Art, Central St. Martin’s to study Fine Art, Sheffield Hallam to study Graphics and Manchester Metropolitan University to study Fine Art.
Six GCSEs at grade 4 (must include both English Language and Maths).
Year 1 Knowledge, Understanding and Skills Students will gain experience working in a variety of Art, Craft, and Design media including Drawing; Print-making; Mixed media; Ceramics; Painting; Sculpture; Textiles; Photography, and Digital manipulation, supported with sketchbook techniques and responding to a range of themes. Year 2 Progression and Formal Assessment Building on skills learned in the first year through two assessed projects: Component 1: Personal Investigation (60%) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (40%)
About Education Provider
| Region | North West |
| Local Authority | Stockport |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Nangreave Road, Stockport, SK2 6TH |
Art at Aquinas is an exciting and challenging subject that encourages students to be creative and show a more personal understanding of Art, Craft, and Design. This course aims to promote a broad-based learning experience across a range of media exploring ideas and themes in two and three-dimensional processes and techniques. This is a broad-based 2-year course that aims to encourage creative thinking and artistic understanding. You will have the opportunity to work across two or more areas of Art and Design including Fine Art, Design, Textiles, 3D, and Photography. Studying Art, Craft, and Design at Aquinas can lead to a wide variety of courses at the University. Most students will apply for an Art and Design Foundation Course before applying to University, many of our students have gained places on the MMU Foundation Course or the Stockport Foundation Course. Many Art and Design-related degree courses expect students to have an Art Foundation Course after studying A-level. Students who have completed the Art and Design Foundation courses after studying Art, Craft, and Design A Level at Aquinas have progressed to Chelsea School of Art to study Textiles, Camberwell School of Art to study Fine Art, Central St. Martin’s to study Fine Art, Sheffield Hallam to study Graphics and Manchester Metropolitan University to study Fine Art.
Six GCSEs at grade 4 (must include both English Language and Maths).
Year 1 Knowledge, Understanding and Skills Students will gain experience working in a variety of Art, Craft, and Design media including Drawing; Print-making; Mixed media; Ceramics; Painting; Sculpture; Textiles; Photography, and Digital manipulation, supported with sketchbook techniques and responding to a range of themes. Year 2 Progression and Formal Assessment Building on skills learned in the first year through two assessed projects: Component 1: Personal Investigation (60%) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (40%)