Art and Design (Fine Art)
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy - Leeds
01943883000
Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE
Course summary

A Level Fine Art offers the opportunity to explore your imagination and develop a range of practical creative skills, taking inspiration through the research of art and design practitioners. We offer a caring, supportive environment where we will enable you to flourish. We will support you in challenging your creativity, and developing self-awareness, independent thought, inquisitiveness, risk-taking and Independence. During this two-year course, you will experience a variety of media, techniques, and processes in both two and three dimensions. You will also explore the work of artists and designers, both past and present. The first year will provide a strong foundation to develop skills in a broad range of areas including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, mixed media, digital photography, and digital photography. During the second year, you will be able to specialise in a narrower range of disciplines depending on your ideas and strengths. Coursework projects allow for independent and personalised responses and will develop you as a creative individual, fully equipped with the skills required for further study.

Entry requirements

5 GSCE Grade 9 - 4 or equivalent, with 5 in Art

How you'll be assessed

COMPONENT 1: Personal Investigation (60%) } A practical project supported by a written personal study of up to 3,000 words. COMPONENT 2: Externally Set Assignment (40%) Issued by EDEXCEL and conducted in 15 hours of supervised time.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Local AuthorityLeeds
Ofsted RatingOutstanding
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressBradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE