AS/A2 geography

Why Choose Art &Design at Carmel?In our everyday life we are surrounded by visual imagery, whichshapes our experiences and thinking, ranging from advertisingand film to music, architecture and fashion. By studying one or twospecialist areas in the department, you can make a valuablecontribution to the visual world.

We offer a wide variety of specialist AS and A2 levels, where it ispossible to explore media and techniques in an imaginative andexciting way. You have the opportunity to be taught by specialistand well-qualified tutors, with enviable pass rates, who will supportyou through your time at the college.

Although examinations are important, and hard work andcommitment are essential to achieving your artistic aims, a greatsense of satisfaction, enjoyment and fulfilment can be achieved byexpressing your ideas confidently in the scale or medium youchoose. We, as tutors, are concerned with working with individualstudents to maximise their potential.

Student artwork featured throughout this leaflet is from the AS andA2 courses.

AS/A2 3D DesignAS/A2 Textile DesignAS/A2 Fine ArtAS/A2 Graphic CommunicationAS/A2 Photography (Lens/Light Based Media)

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Students who specialise within 3D Design mayextend their skills into the following areas: Interiorand Spatial Design; Product Design; Architecture;Glass/Craft/Jewellery.

Individuals are encouraged to work with a widerange of materials including paper, wire, wood,metal and glass to produce an extensive range ofsamples/prototypes and develop these intoinnovative realisations within their chosenspecialism.

What is 3D Design?

Steve BonatiHead of Art & Design Faculty,Fine Art & Photography Tutor

Deborah BradleyHead of DepartmentTextile Design Tutor

Silvana Fair3D Design & Technology Tutor

How will I be assessed?At AS Level, you will be introduced to a variety of experiences employing a range of media,processes and techniques appropriate to your chosen area of study.

• Unit 1 – Development of a coursework portfolio• Unit 2 – An externally-set assignment

At A2 Level, you are required to build upon the knowledge, understanding and skills gainedin the AS with greater depth of study.

• Unit 3 – A personal investigation• Unit 4 – An externally-set assignment

All Art and Design students are continually monitored and given feedback and assessmentsheets. Homework is set weekly and returned with helpful comments. Tutorials are offeredregularly to help with coursework and examinations. All units are assessed by the centre andthen assessed by AQA/WJEC.

Many students go on to study the ArtFoundation National Diploma, and then accessHigher Education. There are manyUniversities offering 3D Design relatedcourses. The focus of study can vary,from product design, furnituredesign, interior/spatial design,architecture, lighting design, jewellery,silversmithing, set design, glass andceramics. The AS/A2 course willdevelop your manipulativeskills within a range of appropriate 3Dmedia as well as allowing you to explore a widerange of art practices within a range of specialisms.

Employment opportunities are varied in 3D designincluding the specialist areas mentioned above.

What will the courseprepare me for?

AASS//AA22 3D DesignExam Board:AQA

Meet the Staff

Beth Jones A2 3D Design

Cathy Sudworth A2 3D Design

Elisha Cieslar AS 3D Design

Jack Terry AS 3D Design

What is Textile Design?

Steph Haslam AS Textile Design

What support will I receive?

Kate GreavesA2 Textile Design

Heather Boland AS Textile Design Katie Crooks A2 Textile Design

A range of supportive measures are designed for you to succeed. Lesson structureplaces great emphasis on teaching and learning and within Art and Design a one-to-one approach is very much in evidence. Lessons are only one aspect of coursedelivery. Individual tutorials enable students to discuss their progress in more detail.Homework provides the opportunity for a weekly assessment and feedback onprogress, whilst unit feedback is more detailed. Opportunities exist for students towork in the studios over lunch, break times and after college. Tutors offer support insuggesting suitable gallery visits and sources of information for research purposes.

Technical support is available in terms of support staff who will assist in workshopprocedures. Tutors are open and friendly and lessons are lively and engaging. Wehave received the highest praise for student support in inspections of the department.

Many students go on to study the Art Foundation National Diploma, and then access Higher Education.

There are many universities offering courses relating toTextile Design. These may include Women’s Wear, Men’sWear, Styling, Marketing and Fashion Photography.

What will the courseprepare me for?

Texture, surface, natural form, dreams and citiesare a few of the diverse influences used to inspirecreative and innovative design ideas within theareas of Textile Design.

Students explore visual information to developcreative investigations into textiles and fashion.

Experimentation into techniques and processesincludes stitch, print, dye, knit and garmentconstruction, to develop understanding of shape,form, pattern, texture and colour.

All practical work is underpinned by criticalanalysis of appropriate sources. Students areencouraged to visit exhibitions and galleries.

Research methods including drawing, collecting,and mood boards will be used to generate awealth of ideas. Students’ diverse and individualapproaches can be realised in a variety ofoutcomes including fine art textiles, fashiondesign, illustration and textile design.

AASS//AA22 Textile DesignExam Board:AQA

Peter FrostHead of Department Graphic Communication Tutor

Mark BradleyFine Art Tutor

Elizabeth OliverFine Art &Photography Tutor

David FoxGraphic Communication Tutor

Meet the Staff

Elisha Cieslar AS 3D Design

The broadest of all the individual specialisms, Fine Art covers a wide variety of media andtechniques.

These include traditional drawing, painting andsculpture alongside the more contemporaryinstallation art, film, photography, printmaking,performance and digital imagery. You will have theopportunity at A2 to develop these interests further.

Students are encouraged to explore media to thefull in order to best express their ideas.

What is Fine Art?

Many students go on to study the Art FoundationNational Diploma, and then access HigherEducation. There are many universities offeringcourses relating to Fine Art including: Printmaking,Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Performance, andInteractive Arts.

The Advanced Level Fine Art course will give youa broad base of art skills and practices.

What will the courseprepare me for?

Vikki LeechTextile Design Tutor

Claire PenkettPhotography Tutor

Helen DaviesArt & Design Tutor

Technical Support:John WhittinghamKatie BonatiMaxine Lee

The Department is certainly busy and has a lively atmosphere, which we believe to beconducive to learning. Students who have been interviewed, without exception, comment onthe supportive, friendly nature of the tutors and the progress, satisfaction, enjoyment they haveexperienced in the department. The tutors are committed to providing the highest qualityteaching and learning possible.

All art subjects are housed in the recently opened, two-storey Centre for Art and Designoffering superbly equipped studios and the latest technology. Computer facilities are availablein separate suites. All computers are equipped with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere.There is a dark room, kiln room, dye room, sewing room, and workshop. There are ninespecialist art tutors and two technicians in the department.

Every effort is made to display student work with the highlight of the year being the CreativeArts Evening which features an exhibition of art and design work. Talented and conscientiousstudents could achieve our annual financial award.

What is the Art & Designdepartment like?

AASS//AA22 Fine ArtExam Board:AQA

Meet the Staff

Claire Lynn A2 Fine Art Leonie Millington AS Fine Art

Heather Worthington AS Fine Art

Rachel Benson A2 Fine Art

AASS//AA22 Graphic CommunicationExam Board:AQA

Many students go on to study the Art Foundation National Diploma, and then access HigherEducation. There are many universities offering Graphic Design courses. The focus of studycan vary, from Advertising to Illustration, Animation to Creative Direction and Web Design.The AS/A2 course will develop your ICT skills and photographic skills, as well as allowing youto explore a wide range of art practices. Employment opportunities are varied in graphicdesign and span the world of publishing, animation, TV, web design, typography and music.

What will the courseprepare me for?

How can I enrich my studies?The department organises a three day visit to London each year, usually taking in the TurnerPrize. Major galleries and museums are visited including Tate Britain and Modern, V&A,National Portrait Gallery, and Whitechapel.

You are also encouraged to visit the museums and galleries in the area, including TateLiverpool, Walker Gallery and:

• for 3D Design students, the Bluecoat Display Centre and Whitworth Gallery;

• for Textile Design students, the Bluecoat Display Centre, Harris Museum, Platt Museum of Costume, Whitworth Art Gallery;

• for Fine Art, Graphic Communication and Photography students: Urbis, Cornerhouse and Open Eye.

Ben Tatlock AS Graphic Communication

Carl ButterworthA2 Graphic Communication

Polly DuffAS Graphic Communication

Jamie RiversA2 Graphic Communication

It’s about communication – visual communicationusing words, images, ideas, sounds andmovement. Graphics is grounded in the world,culture and commerce that surround us.

Using technology alongside the more traditionalart forms (drawing and painting) you will exploreproject-based assignments. Based on thecommercial world of graphic design, projects willdevelop skills in communication, collaboration andpresentation.

Students have the opportunity to experience:surface graphics, typography, photography andimage manipulation, TV identity and promotion,animation and motion graphics.

What is GraphicCommunication?

AASS//AA22 Photography(Lens/Light based Media)

Exam Board:WJEC

What will the courseprepare me for?

Some of our A2 studentdestinations 2010:

Lily GrayUniversity of East AngliaBA Hons History of Art

Melissa NewallManchester MetropolitanUniversityBSc Hons Fashion Buying

Katie BeesleyInternship leading topossible employment forGo-Style.co.uk onlinefashion magazine

Robyn SmithSalford UniversityBA Hons Graphic Design

Zak NicollUniversity of SheffieldBA Hons Architecture

Emily GarnerUniversity of LeedsBA Hons Graphic Design

Charlotte IcetonManchester MetropolitanUniversityBSc Hons Fashion Buying

Rebecca VowlesJohn Moores UniversityBA Hons Interior Design

A2 Level exam results2010:

Fine Art 100%Graphic Comm. 100%Photography 100%Textile Design 100%3D Design 100%

Art & Design Student Success

Each of the Art & Design coursespecifications can be found on theexam board websites:

www.aqa.org.ukwww.wjec.co.ukFurther examples of students’ workcan be found on the college website

www.carmel.ac.uk

Elliot Garner AS Photography

Dawn O’Dowd A2 Photography

Daniel Taylor AS Photography

Matthew Riley AS Photography

Many students go on to study the Art FoundationNational Diploma, and then access HigherEducation. There are many universities offeringPhotography and related courses. The focus ofstudy can vary, from Editorial to Experimental,Fashion to Photojournalism. The AS/A2 course willdevelop your digital photography and ICT skills, aswell as allowing you to explore more traditional darkroom techniques. Employmentopportunities in Photography are wide-ranging and can allow you to work in a number ofexciting areas, including Fashion, Music, Sport and the Media. Many photographers are alsoartists in their own right and, as well as working on a freelance basis, have their workexhibited regularly in galleries worldwide.

Portraits, still life, landscape, editorial, fashion,photojournalism, reportage, and studio – the list ofsubjects is endless. Whether digital or wetphotography, the results are stunning and almostimmediate, that’s the beauty of photography.

Digital Photography involves manipulating imagesusing packages such as Adobe Photoshop andwe embrace all the new photographic trends. Themore traditional dark room methods of producingphotographs, developing and printing films inblack and white, are still practiced here andappreciated fully. We also have the facilities todevelop and print in colour.

What is Photography(Lens/Light based Media)?

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