Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

The A-Level Fine Art course is designed to stimulate and challenge participants. They will develop their conceptual and imaginative approach to fine art practice, underpinned by practical making skills relevant to a diverse range of processes, employing a wide variety of materials and techniques. A productive and purposeful engagement with the work of other artists, and broader contextual references and sources of inspiration, is key to developing a participant’s own practice. A willingness to approach the course with an open and enquiring mind is crucial. Responding to a sense of personal challenge informed by the ambition to make an individual and meaningful body of work is central to the course. We particularly value the creation of a positive and mutually supportive group dynamic between staff and students in the specialist A-Level studio, where all participants are allotted an individual space for use in lessons and when accessing the studios independently.