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Visual Arts & Design c r e a t i v e a r t s c o u r s e

Course Overview
Creative and passionate students are welcomed to the Visual Arts and Design department . You will study traditional and contemporary techniques in visual arts , sculpture , drawing and painting , and will also have the opportunity to explore a variety of specialist areas including fashion , illustration , community art , textiles , photography , digital design , graphic design , film making and fine art . We deliver a vocational qualification that enables students to gain a greater understanding of the creative industries through exciting live briefs .
Student Experience
Visual Arts and Design has extensive facilities with studios that cater for 2D and 3D work . These facilities range from textiles , screen printing , photography studio / darkroom , and Mac & PC suite for digital manipulation . All projects have a vocational focus that offer opportunities to work with outside agencies as well as other departments within the school on community art projects . We also encourage students to take full advantage of going on trips within the UK and overseas ; with recent cohorts taking trips to Liverpool , Berlin , Paris and Barcelona .
We encourage all students to proactively exhibit their work , both at school and externally . We support the curriculum with enrichment projects , so students have the opportunity to consider their work in a wider professional context . Students can choose from a variety of activities to extend their knowledge and understanding or feed their entrepreneurial spirit . The School has excellent links with external galleries , such as The Hospital Club , TMRW hub , Dulwich Picture Gallery , Royal Academy of Arts , Chelsea School of Art and Design and professional design studios , where students have exhibited work .
What Qualities Do I Need ?
We believe those students who demonstrate an enthusiasm for arts and design and a passion to be a creative thinker , with the ability to overcome boundaries and challenges will be suitable candidates for this course .
Typical Careers :
Fine Artist Museum / Gallery Curator Illustrator Product Designer Interior Designer Fashion Designer Photographer Stylist Jewellery Designer Tattoo Artist
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