Art

GCSE Art and Design provides students with a wide range of creative, exciting and stimulating opportunities to explore their interests in ways that are both personally relevant and developmental in nature.

This course enables students to develop their ability to actively engage in the processes of Art and Design. They build creative skills through learning and doing. They develop imaginative and intuitive ways of working and gain knowledge and understanding of media, materials and technologies in historical and contemporary contexts, societies and cultures.

Assessment is split into two units:

1. Portfolio of Work (Controlled Assessment) - 60% 
2. Externally Set Task - 40%

It is a strong foundation for further progression to A-level Art and Design or enhanced vocational and career pathways.

Students will be introduced to a variety of experiences that explore a range of textile media, processes and techniques. They will be made aware of both traditional and new media. Students explore the use of drawing for different purposes, using a variety of methods and media on a variety of scales. Students also explore the potential for the use of colour. Students will explore relevant images, artefacts and resources relating to a range of art, craft and design, from the past and from recent times, including European and non-European examples. Students respond to these examples through practical and critical activities that demonstrate their understanding of different styles, genres and traditions. Students will be aware of the four assessment objectives to be demonstrated in the context of the content and skills presented. Students are made aware of the importance of process as well as product.

Areas of study
Students are required to work in one or more area(s) of textile design, such as those listed below. They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas:

• Fashion design
• Fashion textiles
• Costume design
• Digital textiles
• Printed and/or dyed fabric and materials
• Domestic textiles and wallpaper
• Interior design
• Constructed textiles
• Art textiles
• Installed textiles

Skills and techniques
Students will be expected to demonstrate skills (as defined in Overarching Knowledge, Understanding and Skills), in the context of their chosen area(s) of textile design. Students will be required to demonstrate skills in all of the following:

• awareness of the elements of textile design, such as shape, line, scale, colour, texture, pattern, contrast and/or repetition in relation to the chosen area(s) of textile design
• awareness of intended audience or purpose for their chosen area(s) of textile design
• ability to respond to an issue, concept or idea, working to a brief or answering a need in the chosen area(s) of textile design
• appreciation of the relationship of form and function and, where applicable, the constraints of working to a brief
• understanding of a variety of textile methods, such as: fabric printing, mono-printing, relief printing, screen printing and laser printing; tie-dye and batik; spraying and transfer; fabric construction; stitching, appliqué, patchwork, padding, quilting and embroidery.

Knowledge and understanding
Students must show knowledge and understanding of:

• relevant materials, processes, technologies and resources
• how ideas, feelings and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted in images and artefacts created in the chosen area(s) of textile design
• historical and contemporary developments and different styles and genres
• how images and artefacts relate to social, environmental, cultural and/or ethical contexts, and to the time and place in which they were created
• continuity and change in different styles, genres and traditions relevant to textile design
• a working vocabulary and specialist terminology that is relevant to their chosen area(s) of textile design.

The course is split up into two units and this enables students to develop their ability to actively engage in Photography and Media. Students are introduced to a variety of experiences exploring a range of lens-based and light-based media, techniques and processes, including both traditional and new technologies.

Students build creative skills through learning and doing. They develop imaginative and intuitive ways of working and gain knowledge and understanding of lens-based/light- based media and technologies in historical and contemporary contexts, societies and cultures.

Assessment is split into two units:

1. Portfolio of Work - 60% 
2. Externally Set Task (Controlled Assessment) - 40%