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WHERE WILL ART AND DESIGN TAKE YOU?
The courses provides a valuable foundation for further study and career development in a wide range of areas: architecture, animation, film, beauty, fashion, textiles, graphic design, set design, jewellery, millinery, printmaking, art history, ceramics, stained glass, marketing, conservation, museum and gallery curating, bookbinding, illustration, landscaping, interior design, and furniture design.
WHY STUDY ART AND DESIGN?
The A Level Art and Design course at Trinity is designed to develop technical skills
alongside creative and analytical thinking. You will learn to explore ideas,
experiment with materials, and produce exciting, ambitious pieces in response to
project briefs. If you have imaginative ideas and enjoy creating original work you will
find this course interesting and challenging.
COURSE CONTENT AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Year 12:
Students work through a series of experimental workshops designed to develop
technical skill and knowledge of new media for the first two terms. Examples of
workshops include; Illustration, Photography, Painting, Print Making and Sculpture
including Ceramics. Students then progress to a more independent way of working,
selecting media to investigate further and developing personal responses to a
theme. Examples of themes include; Environment, Identity, Conflict and Twisted/
Distorted. The practical work will be informed by critical research and investigations
into the work of professional artists and designers from a range of times and
countries. The work students produce will be refined and organised into a portfolio
which will demonstrate skills in the four assessment objectives; develop, experiment
and refine, record observations, and present. Students will be pushed technically
and creatively to respond to the theme in new and imaginative ways. Students
studying A Level Art are encouraged to make use of the 6th form area in the Art
studios where they can work independently exploring techniques.
Year 13 :
Portfolio including a personal Study, 60% of A Level marks: Students are guided
through the writing of a research question, tailored to their interests, to respond to in
their portfolios. Students then work through a series of experimental workshops
designed to develop technical skill and knowledge of new media in response to
their research question. They learn to interpret art work in a more meaningful way,
investigating key periods or themes of art and design history and learn to critically
analyse artwork. Students select their preferred media and refine their practice,
developing their own style and ways of working. They present their practical work
which is assessed against the four assessment objectives; develop, experiment and
refine, record observations, and present. A supporting essay (1000-3000 words)
which provides a critical analysis of their work is also presented for assessment.
Exam, 40% of A Level marks:
Students develop a personal response to an exam question, the exam concludes
with a 15 hour practical piece. All the work they produce is assessed against the four
assessment objectives as outlined above.
