Art A Level

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The creative industries in this country are huge and bring in over 100 billion GDP to the British economy each year. There are many opportunities for creative talent and thinkers to thrive in the workforce. This course is designed to promote learning across a variety of experiences and through various processes, tools, techniques, materials and resources to develop and generate personal creative outcomes. You will be offered the opportunities to work in a range of disciplines including, painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation, illustration, fashion, textiles, photography, or a combination of these. Your work and ideas will be informed through regular art and design history sessions in order to expand your knowledge and understanding of art, craft, design and media in contemporary and past societies and cultures. This will be supported by visits and workshops with artists, designers and galleries. The skills you will develop are creativity, independence, imagination, experimentation, problem-solving, expressive skills, aesthetic understanding and critical judgement.

• Component 1: The Personal Investigation consists of two integrated parts: 1. a major in-depth critical, practical and theoretical investigative project. 2. an extended written element that explores a relevant theme linked to your coursework unit.
• Component 2: Externally Set Assignment The Externally Set Assignment consists of two parts: Part 1: Preparatory study period The externally set assignment materials are to be released from 1 February (in the second year of the course) and will consist of a series of visual and written stimuli, which are to be presented to you at the start of the preparatory study period. One of the stimuli is to be selected and used as a starting point from which to elicit a personal response. Responses are developed during the preparatory study period. They should take the form of critical, practical and theoretical preparatory work/supporting studies which inform the resolution of ideas in the 15 hours sustained focus study.

You will develop as an independent artist over this course. You will receive workshops and 1:1 tutorials from your art teachers who will help you develop a personal and exciting body of work. You need to be committed to putting in the time to practice and refine your skills as well as ensuring you meet your deadlines and act upon the advice and feedback.

To study A Level qualifications: A minimum of 36 points. These points will be accumulated from your top 8 KS4 grades. For example, a student who achieves the following grades would meet the entry criteria.

E.g 6+6+5+5+4+4+3+3 = 36 points (Average grade 4.5)

Some A level qualifications will require a grade 6 to access them (please check with subject curriculum leaders if this applies to their course)

Entry criteria is a guide and interviews will be conducted with candidates to confirm if they are suitable to follow their selected courses.

A level Art students can go on to study on a range of Art & Design foundation and degree courses, nationally and internationally, and train in their area of specialisation, before going on to become an Artist, Designer, Architect, or Arts Professional in a broad variety of specialist areas. The creative and cultural arts industries express and reflect the importance of creativity and culture in our society. All around us artists create the world we inhabit, and contribute to a thriving and important industry which has a vast range of exciting career options and choices. These can include working in Fine Art, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, or Architecture, for example, as well as many other possible creative Art & Design jobs and careers.