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Art and Design

Why Choose Art and Design?

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

GCSE Art and Design will encourage every student to:

• Actively engage in the process of art and design in order to develop as effective and independent learners and
as critical and reflective thinkers with enquiring minds.

• Develop creative skills through learning to use imaginative and intuitive powers when exploring and creating
images and artefacts that are original and of value. Becoming confident in taking risks and learning from their
mistakes when exploring and experimenting with ideas, materials, tools and techniques.

• Develop personal attributes, including self-confidence, resilience, perseverance, self-discipline and
commitment.

Students must evidence coverage of the assessment objectives in the Portfolio of Work and their response
to the Externally Set Assignment.

Portfolio Requirements for Art and Design (60%)
Externally Set Assignment Requirements for Art and Design (40%)

GCSE Art and Design:
Students are able to work in a wide range of materials and techniques which may include:

• Fine art: for example, drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, lens-/light-based media,
photography and the moving image, printmaking, mixed media and land art.
• Photography: for example, portraiture, location photography, studio photography, experimental
imagery, installation, documentary photography, photo-journalism, moving image: film, video and
animation, fashion photography.

Students will begin the course with a series of workshops in which they will develop skills through many of
the areas of study. They may explore and develop ideas by combining or overlapping these areas of study
and they may work in both 2D and 3D.

Examination Board: AQA Art & Design nstott@emmausmac.com
Syllabus Code: 8202

Head of Department: Mrs N Stott