Visual Arts is a practical course, which will give you the opportunity to develop a diverse range of skills and approaches. It will help you realise your creative strengths and understanding of the changing and diverse nature of visual arts. You will be encouraged to adopt an imaginative and individual approach, developing new working processes that explore the creative potential of ideas, materials and techniques and communication. Students will initiate and formalise their own project briefs which could encompass a wide range of visual and creative disciplines and personal starting points. All work will be derived initially from first hand recording, utilising a broad range of subject matter and visual phenomena. Conceptual ideas from observation and contextual study will further enhance your work. The use of visual journals (sketchbooks) is integral to the course and will underpin the studio work and the investigation of other artists, art and cultures. Students will be expected to visit galleries, museums and collections and may wish to take part in study visits within this country and abroad, offered within the Art and Design programme area, to expand their ability to become critical observers and makers of visual culture and media. There are three interrelated submission components: • Process Portfolio • Comparative Study • Exhibition
Grade 6 or above in Higher Level choices, and at least five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including English Language or Literature and/or Mathematics at Grade 5. Most IB students will have achieved good GCSE grades in a large number of subjects.
About Education Provider
| Region | South West |
| Local Authority | Cornwall |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | College Road, Truro, TR1 3XX |
Visual Arts is a practical course, which will give you the opportunity to develop a diverse range of skills and approaches. It will help you realise your creative strengths and understanding of the changing and diverse nature of visual arts. You will be encouraged to adopt an imaginative and individual approach, developing new working processes that explore the creative potential of ideas, materials and techniques and communication. Students will initiate and formalise their own project briefs which could encompass a wide range of visual and creative disciplines and personal starting points. All work will be derived initially from first hand recording, utilising a broad range of subject matter and visual phenomena. Conceptual ideas from observation and contextual study will further enhance your work. The use of visual journals (sketchbooks) is integral to the course and will underpin the studio work and the investigation of other artists, art and cultures. Students will be expected to visit galleries, museums and collections and may wish to take part in study visits within this country and abroad, offered within the Art and Design programme area, to expand their ability to become critical observers and makers of visual culture and media. There are three interrelated submission components: • Process Portfolio • Comparative Study • Exhibition
Grade 6 or above in Higher Level choices, and at least five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including English Language or Literature and/or Mathematics at Grade 5. Most IB students will have achieved good GCSE grades in a large number of subjects.