Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

Fine Art is best understood as visual art that has been created primarily for aesthetic and intellectual purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, new media, and performance-based practices. The creative industries are an ever-evolving and increasingly important part of our cultural, social, political, and economic landscape. Distinctions between fields such as Fine Art, Architecture, Advertising, Photography, Product Design and Textile Design are becoming increasingly blurred and the key to success in these fields is the ability to innovate. The development of a creative mind is at the heart of all visual arts subjects at Forest. Every year many Forest pupils proceed to prestigious Art Colleges and go on to play significant roles in the continued development of these exciting industries. The course encourages a rigorous approach driven by enquiry. You will learn the advantages of taking creative risks, gain an understanding of past, present, and future Fine Art practices and be able to produce artwork that embraces the broadest of ideas, materials and techniques in the development of your visual language and identity