Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

As an Art student at Wolverhampton Grammar School, you will have the opportunity to study in our purpose-built facilities which include the professional Viner Art Gallery. You will benefit from an extensive range of studio workrooms and classrooms, Apple Macs and other creative resources including DSLR cameras. The Art and Design Department aims to encourage your understanding of the power of the image and to foster skills and creativity in a variety of media. You will learn traditional techniques such as oil painting and print-making, as well as chemical photography and new technologies including digital photography and film-making, all based on a strong foundation of drawing At Wolverhampton Grammar School we prepare you for careers in an ever-changing world and training in the arts promotes creative and critical thinking, collaboration, communication, social confidence and cultural sensitivity. Graduates of arts disciplines are highly employable but art is about more than that – it is about identity, empathy, personal expression and freedom of thought; all these things we cherish in the Art Department.