Confirmatory stage

After a successful and incredibly busy Pathway stage our students are now moving into their Confirmatory and final part of the course.

We had Pathway assessments last week which went extremely well with excellent feedback from our external moderator. Our students and staff have worked incredibly hard to get to this stage and we are really looking forward to see the final outcomes heading towards our end of year show!

Well done all!

Pathway Stage

After 7 weeks of exploratory workshops the group now has the chance to select a pathway.

Currently we have 4 Pathway choices which include:

Fine Art (Painting, Photography, Sculpture, installation)
Graphic Communication and Illustration (including animation drawing and image creation)
Fashion, Textiles and surface design
Photography and new media (including film and animation)

Within these Pathway groups our Tutors are able to offer a range of skills. All of our Tutors are practicing Artists and/or Designers.

Here is only a snippet of the great work being produced.

UCAS Fair London

Each year we go to London for the UCAS fair. This in an invaluble trip, to help our students to choose the right course for Higher education and University applications.

During the trip we incorporate a visit to a Gallery or museum after the UCAS fair. This year we went to Docklands and Canary Wharf.

London Trip September 2012

A new term begins, and already we head off to London for a 4 days. Our trip involves a busy schedule, packing in as much as we possibly can. This is what we managed to pack in!

                                                                            V&A

                                                             Welcome Collection

                                                             Welcome Collection

Tate Modern

                                                               The Hayward Gallery

                                                               The Hayward Gallery

                                                               Walking Back to the Tube

                                      
                                                A welcome trip to the pub in the evening!

                                                            The Hayward Gallery

                                                            The Hayward Gallery

                                                            The Hayward Gallery

British Museum

Welcome Collection

Bowling at Bloomsbury Lanes ( great Fun!)

Hayward Gallery

Art of change: new direction from China

Jerwood Space

Tate Modern

V&A Museum

Saatchi Gallery.

                  

Staff Development Day, June

The day involved all staff presenting their creative practices, a Mac and a screen printing session.  As part of the staff development day we all experimented with screen printing- image above.
A really enjoyable day, with a real insight into all the processes demonstrated and staff professional practices.

Guest Speaker at the opening of the final Show

Many thanks for the great opening and encouraging words from Les Bicknell http://www.lesbicknell.blogspot.com/.

Preparation for the final show

The preparations for the final show have begun and we all can't believe how fast this year has gone. As usual the whole studio is cleared out in preparation for the walls being painted and work to be placed. It is at this point the students wish they had listened to the tutors and not dropped so much paint on the floor!