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This one-year, full-time programme offers an ideal opportunity to take your first steps into the world of creativity or transition into mainstream education. You will delve into the exciting realms of art and design through playful and experimental activities, exploring various creative pathways for your future.
Taught by practicing professional creative tutors, the programme serves as an introduction to creative practice, allowing you to test a range of techniques across art, design and photography
The course content includes a variety of projects that explore diverse creative disciplines such as drawing, animation, 3D crafts, fashion design, photography, digital art, printmaking and painting. Throughout the year, you will create 2D, 3D, and time-based work, allowing you to develop a broad skill set across different mediums.
The programme culminates in a final major project during the summer term, giving you the opportunity to apply your skills with greater autonomy.
Either pre-16 and no qualifications plus a portfolio of recent work to show at Taster Day
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16+ years old and at least an English or Maths GCSE at grade 2 or above (or Functional Skill Entry Level 3 or above) plus a portfolio of recent work to show at Taster Day
Upon completing this course, you will have diverse and flexible progression options, including studying a Level 2 Diploma in Art, Design & Photography, Music or Games Design.
After completing further programmes at Level 3 and beyond, you could work in a wide variety of creative fields. You may work freelance or perhaps as part of a studio or professional organisation. You could be a painter, an illustrator, a photographer, a sculptor, a fashion or textiles designer, an interior designer, a ceramist, a filmmaker or animator, a printmaker, a designer, an architect, a game artist or something else creative altogether. Alternatively, you might pursue a career in teaching, art therapy or curation.
With endless possibilities in the creative sector, this course provides the foundation to explore and succeed in a variety of roles within the art and design industries.
Sports academies are available only to applicants aged 16-18.
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CloseDue to the Red weather warning for the region linked to Storm Darragh, the decision has been made to close our WISE campus on Saturday 7 December. All people affected by the cancellation of events at WISE on Saturday will be contacted in due course. Please note, the campus will open as normal on Sunday 8 December. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
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