Visual Arts & Design and Fashion , Styling & Textiles 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 , painting illustration , community art , textiles , photography , digital design , graphic design , film making and fine art . From 2021 we have launched a new route at Post 16 exploring Fashion , Styling and Textiles . 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 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 TMRW hub , Somerset House , Dulwich Picture Gallery , Royal Academy of Arts , Chelsea School of Art and Design and professional design studios , where students have exhibited work . This year we worked with small businesses in Croydon on an Urban Art Trail in partnership with Royal Bank of Canada .
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 :
Styling and Trend Forecaster , Fine Artist , Jewellery Designer , Body and make up Artist , Art Director , Marketing Director , Museum / Gallery Curator , Illustrator , Editor , Product Designer , Interior Designer Fashion Designer Photographer