Art
Vision statement
To develop a creative arts policy celebrating cultural diversity, utilising the latest technology and supporting the development of skills, attitudes and aptitudes central to the future well-being of students, teachers, and the wider community. Creating a vibrant, stimulating atmosphere and learning environment in which everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential as part of a life long learning experience.
Aims
- create a positive and happy learning environment where learning can be fun;
- foster high expectations; enabling all pupils to succeed and develop their own creativity and self-expression;
- strive for originality in ideas and thinking, challenging pupils to consider complex issues, thoughts, feelings and actions;
- encourage pupils to work independently and in teams, to share arts experiences and present artworks to others;
- develop an understanding of the role of the arts in society, including as a career;
- increase active and independent involvement in cultural opportunities;
- create positive links with parents and the wider community;
- provide out-of-hours opportunities.
To see a selection of student's work, please click here.
Royal Academy of Arts 2009 Exhibition: Body + Soul
Amber Anderson is one of this year’s winners of the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts 6th form Summer Exhibition
This is the only online exhibition in the UK for secondary-school students at A level. It is live on this website from 8 June to 16 August 2009, showing at the same time as the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, the world’s largest open-submission contemporary art show.
All students currently studying A levels, IB or Higher and attending secondary schools and sixth-form colleges in the UK are eligible to enter. Over 1,000 artworks were submitted this year from schools across the UK.
The exhibition has been curated from a shortlist by Royal Academician Gillian Wearing, Head of RA Exhibitions Kathleen Soriano, and third-year RA Schools student Alex Knell.
Name: Amber Anderson
Description: In my A2 course I chose to focus on animals, although I wanted to add a twist. Through further development, I discovered ‘Medieval Bestiaries’. Bestiaries were popular in the middle ages, and a book of bestiaries was produced including illustrated representations of each creature. Each creature was supposed to portray a moral or to represent a certain characteristic. For instance, it was believed that the pelican would tear open its breast to give life to its young with its own blood, making it a living representation of Jesus. Because the illustrations from the book of Bestiaries are quite primary, I wanted to develop them into more clear and realistic portrayals. I focused on creatures which I found most interesting in their combination of animal parts, where I found the ‘Muscaliet’. The Muscaliet has a detailed combination of animal parts, therefore developing the illustration was challenging. The Muscaliet has the body and head of a hare, nose of a mole, ears of a weasel, tail of a squirrel and the teeth of a boar.