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HNC/D Fine Art

The course encourages the development of a personal, fine art identity through direct, practical engagement with materials and processes such as contemporary painting, drawing, installation and site-specific work, sculpture, textiles, printmaking, ceramics and kiln formed glass, all of which are underpinned by cultural and contextual studies.

Why Choose This Course?

As a student on this course, you will be challenged to investigate a diverse range of art and design media, develop your own innovative visual language and realise your creative potential, both as an individual and as a collaborator.

You will learn to develop your ideas through a wide range of specialist media and expand your creative outcomes through a series of vocationally relevant projects. Professional practice elements include presentation techniques, career planning, marketing and exhibition opportunities.

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Start date: 23/09/2024

Course code
HEFNART24P
Level
Level 5
Location
Penwith College
Duration
2 years
Qualification
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
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What Will I Learn?

Encouraged to explore and develop skills through practical engagement with materials and processes, students will experiment with a range of practices such as contemporary painting, drawing, installation and site-specific work, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics, all of which are underpinned by cultural and contextual studies. Curatorial and professional practice is also integrated throughout the course in conjunction with local and international artists, designers, curators and galleries.

Modules

  • Professional Development
  • Contextual Studies
  • Individual Project (Pearson-set)
  • Techniques and Processes
  • Media Practices
  • Material Practices
  • Art/Craft Production
  • Surface Design
  • Professional Practice
  • Applied Practice Collaborative
  • Project (Pearson-set)
  • Advanced Art Practice Studies
  • Advanced Life Drawing
  • Conceptual Practice
  • Material Selection and Specification
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Where will it take me?

Employment within the creative industries is as varied as it is challenging. Many of our alumni have progressed into careers such as print and textile design, animation, designer-makers and design crafts such as ceramics or jewellery and silversmithing, graphic design, fashion design, illustration and commercial photography.

Entry Requirements

48 UCAS points including a minimum equivalency of one A Level, in addition to GCSE English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above.

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What you could earn

  • Artists
  • Arts Officers, Producers and Directors
  • Textiles, Garments and Related Trades
  • Textile Process Operatives
  • Graphic Designers
  • Advertising Accounts Managers and Creative Directors
  • Architects
  • Product, Clothing and Related Designers
Potential Salary

£19,636

Entry Level Salary

£6,263

Average Salary

£40,148

Annual openings in Cornwall

2

Potential Salary

£23,589

Entry Level Salary

£5,348

Average Salary

£48,230

Annual openings in Cornwall

9

Potential Salary

£19,769

Entry Level Salary

£9,375

Average Salary

£30,240

Annual openings in Cornwall

7

Potential Salary

£15,297

Entry Level Salary

£7,858

Average Salary

£24,345

Annual openings in Cornwall

4

Potential Salary

£21,941

Entry Level Salary

£15,172

Average Salary

£44,861

Annual openings in Cornwall

45

Potential Salary

£38,718

Entry Level Salary

£18,052

Average Salary

£74,776

Annual openings in Cornwall

7

Potential Salary

£31,481

Entry Level Salary

£18,724

Average Salary

£52,417

Annual openings in Cornwall

5

Potential Salary

£28,262

Entry Level Salary

£17,586

Average Salary

£56,418

Annual openings in Cornwall

27

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