Visual Arts
& Design
creative arts course
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 a greater understanding of the creative industries
with exciting live briefs.
Student Experience What Qualities do I need?
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 offers 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 (as pictured right); with recent cohorts
taking trips to Liverpool, Berlin, Paris and Barcelona. 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.
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, Dulwich
Picture Gallery and professional design studios, where
students have exhibited work.
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Typical Careers:
Fine Artist
Museum/Gallery Curator
Illustrator
Product/Interior/Fashion/Graphic Designer
Photographer/Filmmaker
Architect
Art Historian/Conservation
For more details on this course visit www.brit.croydon.sch.uk/VAD