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.
In general, external applicants are required to achieve at least five GCSE passes at Grade 6 or above (as required by individual subjects) for entry into our A-level courses. We would expect students to have achieved a Grade 7 in either English, Art, History or Photography GCSE.
• Unit 1: The Personal investigation (60%) Students build a portfolio of investigatory work which explores the context in which art, design and architecture are made, the cultural pressures and influences which shape it and in which it exists. The portfolio will explore ideas around chosen themes, such as the human figure in art, representations of women in art, architecture and the built environment. Students will be able to shape their investigations around their interests. The research will take the form of sketchbook-based enquiry, balancing written and visual materials. Formal and visual analysis lies at the heart of understanding artwork. Students will develop skills in extended written analysis accompanied by relevant visual research. Comparative analysis in the differentiation between styles, genres, subject matter and historical cultures allied to an understanding of practical techniques and materials and how they affect meaning. • The External Assignment (40%) This is a timed project over six to eight weeks in which students respond to one of several starting points set by the board, and make a personal investigation culminating in an exhibition of their work and ideas.
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Barnet |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £19,059 - £22,980 |
| Address | 149 North End Road, London, NW11 7HY |
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.
In general, external applicants are required to achieve at least five GCSE passes at Grade 6 or above (as required by individual subjects) for entry into our A-level courses. We would expect students to have achieved a Grade 7 in either English, Art, History or Photography GCSE.
• Unit 1: The Personal investigation (60%) Students build a portfolio of investigatory work which explores the context in which art, design and architecture are made, the cultural pressures and influences which shape it and in which it exists. The portfolio will explore ideas around chosen themes, such as the human figure in art, representations of women in art, architecture and the built environment. Students will be able to shape their investigations around their interests. The research will take the form of sketchbook-based enquiry, balancing written and visual materials. Formal and visual analysis lies at the heart of understanding artwork. Students will develop skills in extended written analysis accompanied by relevant visual research. Comparative analysis in the differentiation between styles, genres, subject matter and historical cultures allied to an understanding of practical techniques and materials and how they affect meaning. • The External Assignment (40%) This is a timed project over six to eight weeks in which students respond to one of several starting points set by the board, and make a personal investigation culminating in an exhibition of their work and ideas.