Art & Design

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Course Notes

Autumn Term – Life Events (9A)

In this unit, students explore ideas and feelings about an event in their own life as the starting point for image making. They analyse painting, prints, photography and digital images, including examples of photojournalism, to learn how visual qualities can be manipulated to evoke strong reactions and to represent ideas, beliefs and values. They make connections between eighteenth and nineteenth century paintings and contemporary visual culture.

Spring Term – Change Your Style (9B)

In this unit, students explore contemporary designs and the ways in which artists take ideas from work of others and synthesise these into new creative forms. They develop their own ideas and design and make woven textiles, a ceramic form, a three-dimensional construction or body adornment. They investigate the influence of art from different cultures and traditions on fashion and design.

Summer Term – Personal Places, Public Spaces (9C)

In this unit, students explore examples of public art in their local area. They research the different ways in which ideas, beliefs and values are represented and shared in their local area and in different times and cultures, including contemporary modern practice. They explore ways of representing their own ideas and then collaborate with others to make a mural or a three dimensional form for a specific location.

During the academic year 2002-2003 we are very fortunate to have a sculptor in residence working in the school. The sculptor will be working with a large percentage of art classes as well as other subject areas. The sculptor’s ideas will interact with existing schemes of work, undoubtedly leading to many different and exciting explorations.