The Art School provides a progressive learning environment to encourage individual responses to artists, ideas and practices. It is a place where art is seen made and discussed.
The Art School runs its learning programme with an empasis on the connection between students and professional artistic practices. The studios are open for an extended day and are, of course, available at weekends.
The Art School is organised, as far as possible, to facilitate and encourage students, from across School house and year groups, to learn together and from one another. The staff supports young art students in formulating and managing their work independently. Emphasis is also placed on working in creative collaboration with other students and staff in open discursive and practical forums. The resources of the department includes the School's own Oliver HOLTgallery, the regional art centre at Sherborne House, and the commercial gallery the Alpha House; these 'live' art resources indicate the importance placed in this Art School on relentless reference to larger enterprise of professional creativity and the culture of galleries and museums. To this end the Art School has strong links with the New Art Centre at Roche Court, Bridport Arts Centre and Bournemouth Arts Institute. Further international, cosmopolitan engagement is promoted through a well stocked, and very well used, departmental library, and subscriptions to a wide range of current art periodicals.
Art staff provide an extensive range of expertise with particular emphasis on print, photography, film, research based work, material experimentation and three dimetional media.
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