Creative Arts
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Head of Department
Sara Elston
Welcome to the Art Department at Ivybridge Community College
Our Creative Arts curriculum is thoughtfully designed around three core pillars of knowledge and skill development:
Understanding the Big Ideas in Art
Exploring key threshold concepts that underpin the discipline of art.
Engaging with the Creative Process
Fostering the ability to research, experiment, draw, record, develop ideas, create outcomes, and evaluate and refine work with purpose and intent.
Pursuing Mastery in Skills
Cultivating technical excellence and confidence across a wide range of artistic practices.
At every key stage, our curriculum encourages increasing levels of independence and creativity, offering students the chance to work with a diverse range of media, materials, and processes. This comprehensive approach encompasses all aspects of...
Art |
Craft |
Design |
Photography |
Textiles |
3D Design |
...ensuring a rich and varied experience that equips students with the skills and understanding needed to excel in their artistic endeavours.
Key Stage 3
Multidisciplinary approach to Art, Craft and Design
Key Stage 4
GCSE Subjects available...
GCSE Art, Craft and Design |
GCSE Photography |
GCSE Textiles |
GCSE 3D Design |
Key Stage 5:
A Level Subjects available...
A Level Art, Craft and Design |
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A Level Photography |
A Level Textiles |
Our impressive facilities provide an inspiring environment for creativity and innovation. The suite includes six multidisciplinary classrooms designed for Art, Craft, and Design, featuring:
A dedicated IT suite equipped for digital art and design. |
A professional photography darkroom for traditional
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Sixth Form Textiles studio with screen printing and sublimation printing. |
Printing facilities including etching presses. |
Spacious Art and Photography studios to foster artistic expression
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Two kilns, including the capability to fire raku, enable students to experiment with unique ceramic techniques. |
These outstanding resources support students in unleashing their potential and producing exceptional work across a range of disciplines.
Key Stage 4
Students who choose Art and Design at this key stage follow the AQA GCSE Art and Design Course. This is divided into two units...
Unit 1 |
Unit 2 |
| Portfolio of Work which accounts for 60% of the final grade |
Externally Set Task, which accounts for 40% of the final grade |
The candidate's portfolio must include more than one extended collection of work or project selected from artwork undertaken during the course of study and meet all four Assessment Objectives.
Our students produce work that covers a diverse range of disciplines within the arts. This is undertaken within three broad project headings...
Environment
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Cultures |
St.Ives
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Students produce work in response to start points set by the examination board for their practical exam.
Students exhibit their work at the end of their course at the annual summer Art Exhibition. Students also have the chance to visit local and national galleries including a visit to St. Ives and the Eden Project to develop critical, contextual and cultural awareness to support the development of their work.
Key Stage 5
AS and A Level Art, Craft & Design
Examining body
AQA
At higher levels, the artistic journey is not only about acquisition of knowledge and mastery of skills, but very much about building independence and resilience in the pursuit of originality, individual creativity and one's awareness of self and others. In a future where the creative sector is seeing faster growth than any other sector in the developed world, a study of Visual Arts serve students in good stead and helps set them apart.
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A Level:
Component 1: Personal Investigation
60% of total A Level mark
Students develop work based on an idea, issue, concept or theme leading to a finished outcome or a series of related finished outcomes. Practical elements should make connections with some aspect of contemporary or past practice of artist(s), designer(s), photographers or craftspeople and include written work of no less than 1000 and no more than 3000 words which supports the practical work.
Component 2: Examination Project
40% of total A Level mark
Students respond to a stimulus, provided by AQA, to produce work which covers all assessment objectives and provides evidence of their ability to work independently within specified time constraints, developing a personal and meaningful response which leads to a finished outcome or a series of related finished outcomes.
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What will you study?
You will explore a full range of materials and approaches:
Creative problem solving and experimentation
Drawing and recording skills
A range of materials and processes including...
Painting |
Printmaking |
Ceramics |
Sculpture |
Aspects of Art History |
Mixed Media |
Textiles |
Digital-based Arts |
Photography |
Contextual research
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Assessment
The course is assessed in four areas, as follows...
A01 |
A02 |
| Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding. | Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops. |
A03 |
A04 |
| Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress. | Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements. |
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Possible Career Path?
We have an excellent reputation for placing students into Art colleges and universities; we also have enviable examination success statistics at A Level. The world uses the artist / designer as a provider for that which is designed – look about you, there is a lot of it and it keeps on expanding and developing!
The individuality of the artist, the ability to solve problems laterally, the skills involved in planning, making, communicating visually, and expressing uniquely are all in demand, but – as with everything – you only get out what you put in.
The Art and Design ‘industry’ rivals the communications industry as the fastest growing sector. The creative industries include...
Advertising |
Graphic Design |
Architecture |
Art |
Antiques |
Museums |
Three Dimensional Design |
Interactive
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Software
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Craft |
Designer fashion |
Film and Video |
Publishing |
Performing Arts |
Television |
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Radio |
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It is therefore not surprising that the creative industries form an important part of the UK's economy and offer many job opportunities.