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
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
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
Potential Salary
£19,636
Entry Level Salary
£6,263
Average Salary
£40,148
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£9,375
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£30,240
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£15,297
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£7,858
Average Salary
£24,345
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£21,941
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£15,172
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£44,861
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45
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£38,718
Entry Level Salary
£18,052
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£74,776
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£31,481
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£18,724
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£52,417
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£28,262
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£17,586
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