Art

Personal expression and maximising creativity is the focus of City’s Art Department. Students are encouraged to explore new ideas and new materials and to utilise neighbouring galleries and museums for inspiration.

Students incorporate traditional methods with avant-garde techniques to express themselves through various mediums including drawing, painting, sculpting, textile work, mixed media and photography. We are proud to display our students work around the school, making a colourful and inspirational backdrop to everyday life at City. The girls’ artwork is of such a standard that is has also been on display at the Barbican Arts Centre.    

KEY STAGE 3

Students develop a foundation of appreciation, understanding, learning and analysis on which to build. Girls learn a basic art vocabulary and gain an understanding of the visual elements including line, tone, form, shape, colour, and texture. They are encouraged to develop their drawing skills as a means of recording, expressing and for research.

All girls keep a resource book in which they record ideas and information about the project they are working on, as well as any independent research. Students will have the opportunity to visit major museums, galleries and exhibitions as part of the curriculum and study past and present artists and craftspeople whose work is in close alignment with their current practical project.

GCSE

Students explore a range of two and three dimensional approaches either as separate or related experiences. Students work may demonstrate their use of formal elements and their creative expression through a variety of media as they experiment with a range of materials, equipment and processes. Girls also learn to recognise and understand a range of work, from contemporary practice, past practice and different cultures by visiting museums, galleries and libraries.

SIXTH FORM

Students utilise the schools close proximity to galleries and museums as a learning tool and inspiration to express their personal ideas through their art. Students will work with a broad range of materials and practices including, fine art (painting, drawing, mixed media and sculpture), textiles (screen printing, hand painting, dyeing) and mixed media (which may incorporate Fine Art and Textiles and can include computer image manipulation, photography and installation work). Students can also choose to follow an endorsed qualification in either Fine Art or Textiles.