Graphic Arts are the utilisation of a range of media in the pursuit of an independent creative research, where the media creates a safe matrix for experimentation and image manipulation. The Graphic Arts are routed in the history of communication and creative printmaking. This programme offers students the opportunity to develop their own visual language and creative image making within a range of related media. These cover all the analogue printmaking processes and book arts but also the emerging potential represented by the Digital technologies. The programme is informed by visual research in the form of drawing and photography and by a cultural and historical underpinning.
The programme offers a broad interpretation of Graphic Arts as an expressive arts form. We are seeking to encourage students to value the relationship between traditional and new technologies situating their work appropriately within the context of contemporary practice. We see this arena as a fulcrum for the expansion of creative instincts into a fast developing technological world, yet routed in the principles of practice represented by print media processes.
Students are selected on their suitability for the programme by a portfolio interview. Applicants would normally have completed an Art and Design Foundation, GAD, or an appropriate BTEC, GNVQ or Access programme of at least one year's duration prior to joining the programme. Students with other relevant professional or life experience will also be considered. For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals.
A Progression Agreement is a formal arrangement between two or more
education providers. It spells out what a learner needs to do to be
considered for a place on a named programme of study. Progression Agreements
may vary in the conditions they specify but they all aim to give guaranteed
pathways into higher education.
Advice on courses and careers:-
The Creative Way IAG team provides a specialist service for anyone
interested in finding out about courses and careers in the creative and
cultural industries. We can provide information direct to Students,
Parents/ Carers, Tutors and Careers Advisers via email, phone or organised
workshops and 1 to 1 sessions.
To find out more, visit our IAG page on this site on
http://www.creativeway.org.uk/IAG Or contact one of our career advisers: Matt Ball 07889 001764
m.ball@uel.ac.uk or Sarah
Comerford 07515 051509
s.comerford@uel.ac.uk