Art and Design (Critical Studies)

Course summary

This is a course that will address the major challenges that face our society today. It will explore the way that art, architecture, fashion, photography, and graphic design have both shaped and helped us understand the issues of the day. This is a personal and political course that critically engages with art and its vital role in providing a critique of our society. • You will use a work journal to record ideas and a folder for practice-based work. • You will curate exhibitions and study how artists, writers and galleries communicate ideas to the public. • You will visit galleries and learn how to make sense of them and develop a language to address their approaches. • You will be encouraged to visit galleries and exhibitions and to base your learning around responses to primary recordings. • You will lead and model your enquiries around your interests. It is both written and visual.