Learning through culture and the arts leads to creative thinking, confidence and problem solving

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Learning through culture and the arts leads to
creative thinking, confidence and problem solving
all skills that are prized by employers and
which young people need.

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GCSE ART AND DESIGN
GCSE ART AND DESIGN - FINE ART GCSE ART AND
DESIGN TEXTILES
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GCSE ART AND DESIGNFINE ART/TEXTILES

• WHAT DO YOU DO?
• 2 to 3 Projects set by your teacher (Portfolio)
  starts in September of Year 10
• e.g. Food in Art, Graffiti, Identity and Natural
  Forms.
• 1 Exam Project starts from February of Year 11
  UNTIL APRIL
• Exam Questions set by AQA

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WHAT IS INVOLVED IN A PROJECT?

• Cover Assessment Objectives set by AQA.
• Looking at and responding to the work of artists.
• Experimenting and refining ideas using a range of
  media and coming up with your own ideas for a
  final piece.
• Recording observations.
• Final Piece.

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FINE ART or TEXTILES?

• Both options have coursework projects set by the
  teacher.
• Assessment Objectives are the same.
• Exam papers have different questions.
• Different materials/techniques used.

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WHAT YOU DO IN FINE ART

• You will have the opportunity to do a range of
  painting, sculpture, land art, installation,
  printmaking, photoshop, animation, drawing ,
  photography, film, graphics, video or mixed
  media.

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WHAT YOU DO IN TEXTILES

• Skills such as batik, silk painting, stencil
  printing, bonding, embellishment, bead making,
  drawing, painting, photography, computer
  manipulation and many others are developed.

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PROJECT ENHANCEMENT

• Previous students have
• Worked at Sunfield School alongside practising
  artists.
• Worked on projects with Primary Schools.
• Taken part in a drawing day looking at the
  architecture and architectural detail at
  Worcester Cathedral.
• Taken part in a printing workshop at Stourbridge
  College.
• Taken part in a photo manipulation workshop.
• Worked with visiting artists.
• Visited the Stourbridge college Art Foundation
  course exhibition.

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ART IS USEFUL FOR ANY CAREER/JOB

• Fine Art/Textiles is a great compliment to any
  other GCSE as it
• Develops your creativity, thinking, communication
  and team work skills.
• Students become
• reflective learners, self managers
• Prepares students for future learning in a wide
  range of subjects.
• Learning through culture and the arts leads to
  creative thinking, confidence and problem solving
  all skills that are prized by employers and
  which young people need.

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SOME JOBS REQUIRE ART AND DESIGN/TEXTILES
MAKE UP ARTIST
ANIMATOR
BEAUTY CONSULTANT
PHOTOGRAPHER
GALLERY CURATOR
JOBS IN TV/FILM MAKING
ILLUSTRATOR
ARCHITECT
TEXTILE DESIGNER
STAGE/SET DESIGNER
FASHION DESIGNER
ART THERAPIST
COSTUME DESIGNER
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
PRIMARY OR SECONDARY TEACHER
CARTOONIST
JEWELLER
ARTIST
VIDEO GAMES DESIGNER
AND MANY MANY MORE.................
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SO WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE ART?

• No written exam, and you will be given the exam
  paper in February before taking the exam in
  April.
• No essays to do, all work at GCSE is practical.
• Learn exciting new techniques.
• Discover techniques you are good at that you
  might not have tried before.
• Basic art skills are essential. However, you will
  pick up many of these requirements during the
  course, and you will find that by the end you are
  much more creative than you were before, and you
  will have made pieces of artwork that you could
  not have dreamed of making before!

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SO WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE ART?

• Develop your work in your own time if you want
  to.
• Lots of independence, not too controlling, you
  can develop your own ideas to express yourself in
  a wide variety of media.
• You will be given the chance to express your
  individuality.
• You can work together with your friends to share
  ideas.

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MYTHS ABOUT ART GCSE

• Too much work!
• There is no more work than any other subject,
  but you must make sure you keep up to date with
  your homework.
• You have to be good at drawing
• You will need to do some drawing but not loads as
  most of the time will be spent learning and using
  other techniques, you can express yourself in
  lots of different ways.
• You should only choose Art if you want to be an
  artist or designer
• Not necessarily. Of course, if you want a career
  in the Arts you will have to do GCSE but the
  skills you learn are transferable to many other
  careers including forensic science, law,
  medicine, business.

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7 REASONS THE ARTS ARE IMPORTANT

1. They are languages that all people speak that cut
   across racial, cultural, social, educational, and
   economic barriers and enhance cultural
   appreciation and awareness.
2. They provide opportunities for self-expression,
   bringing the inner world into the outer world of
   concrete reality.
3. They develop both independence and collaboration.
4. They make it possible to use personal strengths
   in meaningful ways and to bridge into
   understanding sometimes difficult abstractions
   through these strengths.
5. They improve academic achievement -- enhancing
   test scores, attitudes, social skills, critical
   and creative thinking.
6. They exercise and develop higher order thinking
   skills including analysis, synthesis, evaluation,
   and "problem-finding."
7. They provide the means for every student to learn.