Art and Design

Course summary

This is a broad course exploring practical and critical/contextual work through a range of 2D and/or 3D processes and new media and technologies. It is an unendorsed course where candidates can work in any art, craft, photography and design materials and processes. Students produce practical and contextual work associated with two or more of the disciplines. What will I learn? This provides students with a wide range of creative, exciting and stimulating opportunities to explore their interests in art and design, photography, sculpture and print making in ways that are personally relevant. Students studying Art and Design will develop their creativity, imagination, practical and intellectual skills and will learn to respond visually to the world around them. The course equips students with the practical tools to put their visual ideas into practice. The skills developed in Art and Design are of practical use in many careers and are a source of pleasure in their own right. What could this course lead to? This qualification could prepare you for careers and further educational qualifications in: • Advertising, Marketing and New Media • Architecture • Film and video • Computer and Video games • Fashion and Textile Design • Theatre • Art Director • Graphic design • Illustration • Packaging Design • Interior Design • Theatre Sets and Costumes • Education • Photography • Community Arts • Curator • Art Historian