Art, Craft and Design
Art at Aquinas is an exciting and challenging subject that encourages students to be creative and show a more personal understanding of Art, Craft and Design. The aim of this course is to promote a broad-based learning experience across a range of media exploring and developing ideas and themes to work towards final responses.
Year 1 – Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
In the first year of the course students will develop the skills needed to successfully tackle year 2 work. They will gain experience of working in a variety of Art, Craft and Design media including Drawing; Printmaking; Mixed media; Painting; & Art based Textiles. Students will respond to a range of themes throughout the year.
Year 2 – Progression and Formal Assessment
Building on skills learnt in the first year through two assessed projects:
- Component 1: Personal Investigation (60%)
- Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (40%)
Students from the Art, Craft & Design course go on to higher study in a range of Art & Design courses at university, they can either apply for an Art and Design Foundation Course before applying to university or apply directly to university.
Possible Career Pathways:
- 3D designer
- Art gallery manager or director
- Art therapist
- Fashion designer
- Fine artist
- Furniture maker
- Graphic designer
- Illustrator
- Interior designer
- Multimedia artist
- Printmaker
- Set designer
- Technician
Other potential opportunities include:
- Animator
- Architectural assistant
- Arts administrator
- Art critic
- Conservator
- Copywriter
- Curator
- Sign writer
- Teacher
- Visual effects artist
Throughout the course there will be visits to museums, art galleries and universities.
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