This two-year course is particularly well-suited to students wishing to return to education but who are unable to commit to daytime study, as it takes place over two evenings a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6pm-9pm). Previous qualifications in art and design aren’t essential, and you will be on a well-established route to a wide range of degree-level art and design courses. You will develop skills which build on your existing strengths and interests, and you’ll get lots of individual guidance and support in putting together a portfolio of practical work as well as finding the right degree course for you. Your fellow students will be adults of all ages and will include people with a huge variety of experience, skills and abilities. This rich mixture of students provides a supportive atmosphere where you learn from one another as well as from course tutors. You’ll have the chance to discover your own strengths and talents before beginning to specialise in a chosen area, working individually and on group projects. Finally, you will focus on your major project, developing your own response to a given broad theme in your own choice of media. Study Themes • Skill Development & Visual Awareness • Portfolio-Building • Visual Studies • Broad-Based Project • Self-Directed Briefs • Ceramics • Print-Making • Contextual Studies: your own practice in relation to other artists and designers. Working with industry You will have the option to complete live briefs, which may be competitions or community projects, both individually and in groups. Resources Your main base will be a large art and design studio. You will have access to photographic studios, darkrooms, 3D workshops (ceramics/glass, casting, metalwork, and woodwork/plastics) and excellent library resources where you can use computers.