Saturday, 16 May 2015

Arts Award at Ashton Sixth form College

So the final marks for the AS & A'level Graphic Design have been sent to the WJEC exam board and we all now have the long wait for the final results in August. The students have surpassed themselves this year with incredibly diverse & highly skilled work.

As the students await results & decisions about Unis, colleges & careers,  we are also looking to the future by embarking on the Arts Award . If you haven't come across this, it's a nifty qualification that endeavours to forge the Creative leaders of the future.
Currently a dozen or so students are working their way through the Bronze & Silver levels. Essentially an Art based project which consists of art challenges, exploration & projects, the Arts Award can cover all aspects of the Arts so you can cover visual art, music, drama , dance etc. All being well we will offer the Arts Award at Gold Level next year. The Tameside area (where we are) is a champion of the Arts Award & we've been lucky enough to get help from the experts locally.

The students have been gathering evidence throughout the year as they took part in workshops (the image shows a painting workshop we took part in with Chinese visitors) & visits to galleries - but we will also be gathering insights from the visits to the Degree shows in June & also from our End of Year exhibition at the college itself. More on the Award as it progresses but you can follow the link & have a look at the Arts Award website.


http://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=64

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