Tuesday, 19 November 2024

APPLY FOR ART FOUNDATION 2024/5

*Applications for September 2025 are now open

Click the image below to open the Foundation Art application form.

Print and hand in to HE reception: or email to HE staff Marie Chesney (m.chesney@asfc.spt.ac.uk) or Natalie Jones (n.jones@asfc.spt.ac.uk) or if you are stuck contact your tutor to pass this on.



Monday, 17 June 2024

MMU TRIP : THIS FRIDAY

Students will meet staff outside Manchester Metropolitan University at 10:30am prompt for registration. The students will be guided through the degree shows and the MMU/SODA campus during the day. Estimated finish time will be 2:00pm, when students can make their way back to College for lessons or to their next destinations.

Students will need to make their own way to the venue (travel costs can be covered in most cases by the Ourpass card) and make provisions for lunch; there are a variety of inexpensive food options around the venue or students can bring their own lunch. They need to bring any medication they may require on the day, alerting staff to these on arrival at the venue. Students must ensure that they wear suitable clothing and footwear for walking around the venue, and will need a camera or phone to take photos, and a sketchbook or notebook to take notes.

Date: Friday 21st June 2024

Time: 10:30am-2:00pm

Location: Grosvenor building, Cavendish St, Manchester (yellow arrow on map below)

Equipment: Camera/phone, sketchbook/notebook




Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Application form for Foundation Art (starting 2024)
















Fill in this form and submit to the hand in box. This is in the Art Staff Room at the front of the Office. 

  • For your qualifications list your A Levels and write "pending" 
  • For GCSE results note that these are in the college system ( we have already seen these at A Level enrolment). 
  • Use your personal statement to explain why it is you want to do the course, what you hope to gain from it and how it may help you with your goals in the future/potential of a creative career/going to uni/studying an apprenticeship. 

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE COURTAULD:



Three opportunities which might be of interest: all online. two, coming up this half-term and the other (Seminar Sessions) taking place in March.

 

  • Art and Queer Theory | Mickalene Thomas on Manet This online workshop, led by art historian Tilly Scantlebury, will explore gender and sexuality in the practice of Mickalene Thomas, whose multi-media large scale paintings rethink traditional art historical representation.
  • Art & Identity | Race, Gender, Power. Why is art history relevant today and how can images from the past help us understand the present?
  • Seminar Sessions. Offering participants, the chance to learn and discover Art History through live online discussions with fellow art historians from across the UK.

 

Students can book their place here