Post 16 Online Art Blog

Tuesday 4th September 2007

Between 9:00-10:30am you can register with Miss Cat Taylor the full time Art courses that you have applied for (BTEC National Certificate, BTEC First Diploma and A/S level Art).
(During 12:00-12:30pm you can register for further art courses; such as GCSE Photography and A/S film studies).

What you will need:
GCSE results
Application letter
£25 registration fee (£20 registration fee for second year students)

You will be able to ask Cat any questions about the courses provided. Timetables, resources and student handbooks etc. will be given out at the start of college.

Summer Project

This summer you have been asked to create a series of drawings/work about and around the theme of Surveillance.

CLICK HERE (NAN GOLDIN WORK)

Try to experiment with different media and processes for a variety of outcomes.
Importantly think about how you can express your own thoughts about Surveillance and being surveyed.

Calling all budding Gareth Pugh's out there!

If you want to know whats hot and whats not, how to wear lycra with pride, where to get the lastest fabrics and how to create your own fashionista creations from tin foil and found junk...then here is the place for you!!!

Commencing in September, we will be starting up a club in fashion and textiles..where you will learn how to sew, put things together, learn the tricks of the trade and draw garment designs etc.

Watch this space for the lastest updates and information about the fashion club.

Coming to a store near you...Fashion Packs that McQueen would be proud of!!

A few links to start you off:

Zandra Rhodes
Vivienne Westwood
Alexander McQueen
John Galliano
Dazed and Confused
Vogue
Betsey Johnson
London Fashion Week
Karl Lagerfeld
Betty Jackson
Manolo Blahnik
Issey Miyake
Aquascutum
Lady Luck
Tatty Devine
Paul + Joe
Marc Jacobs
Tom Ford
Urban Outfitters

CORNWALL

Christmas 2006 seems a long time ago, but that was when we crammed ourselves into a 'banger' of a minibus and took to the south of England (took me a while to convince some of you where Cornwall was...). No-one can forget sharing a room with Cregeen, going to the cinema with 20 seats, eating chips in the 'Bus of Love' and getting acused of shoplifting in a local Tesco's.

What I am looking for now are suggestions for art adventures come 2007-08, where we can escape to, where the food is cheap and the weather is...err...cold?, where we can experience the local culture (?)and most of all enjoy cups of tea together!

Our budget is limited, travel is slow, accomodation basic and there has to be something there to inspire the most empathic of us!

The search begins now!

During your time at the college, there will be opportunities to speak to your tutors about careers and other courses. Individuals will be able to set up work experience opportunities.

The obvious progression from the BTEC first diploma would be to complete the BTEC Award/A/S level or BTEC National Certificate.
From this, the next step would be to go from BTEC National Certificate to a Foundation in Art & Design at UCCA (KIAD) or other HE art colleges. There will be an open day trip to visit UCCA:Rochester, to see the Foundation course and the work produced.

The foundation course opens the door to all Art & Design degrees at colleges and universities around the country.

To apply to HE courses or degrees at Universities you will need to complete a UCAS form. The deadlines are very strict and the form needs a lot of work put into it. Your tutors will assist you in choosing courses and help you write a personal statement.

Most students on our advanced courses progress to UCCA: formerly known as KIAD (Kent Institute of Art and Design) on BTEC National Diploma/Foundation courses.
Other students have used their knowledge and skills to obtain employment in related areas such as shop window dressing and typesetting.
Previous students have studied or are studying for degrees and National Diplomas in Architecture, Product Design, Graphic Design, Fashion and Fine Art.

For further information please visit their official websites:

- Kent Institute of Art & Design
- UCAS information

During the academic year, there will be a number of occasions where you can go on trips.

Some of these trips WILL be compulsory to the courses you are attending. Over the last year we have visited London to see the Turner Prize, The British Museum, The National Gallery, The Tate Modern and attend other retrospectives and exhibitions. We have also been on field trips to coincide with different projects.

Last year we embarked on a 3-day adventure to Padstow, Cornwall to visit The Eden Project and experience a totally alien enviroment. Both students and teachers really enjoyed this once of life time experience, and we will be planning more excursions like this for the upcoming year. Any suggestions please dont hesistate to leave a comment!

There will also be opportunities to attend general Post 16 trips/HE courses- these will be by invite only.

A few links to inspire:

The Tate
The National Gallery
The British Museum
The Saatchi Gallery
The Pompidou Centre
The V&A
The Design Museum
The Photographers Gallery
The BFI

At the start of your course you will be asked to pay a course fee, this will go towards your own art equipment and resources:

This pack will include-

A4 Hard back sketchbook
9x Drawing pencils
Putty Rubber
30cm ruler
Sharpener
24x Colouring pencils
Fineliners (thick and thin)
Box of Chalk pastels
Oil Pastels
1 black Indian Ink
Watercolours
Acrylic Paints
Ass. Paint brushes (lrg,med,smll)
Glue-stick
Craft Knife
Hairspray
Masking Tape
Scissors

You will be expected to look after your own equipment and use it correctly for your own course, we are not responsible for loss of equipment. There will be a Art Shop availble for you to buy additional art equipment at cheap prices.

Throughout each course there will be opportunities for your work to be assessed and for your to engage with constructive feedback. This will give you the chance to develop and improve your work and ideas.

Within the Art Department we document tutorial time and note down ideas we have asked you to pursue. These can be referred back to at any time by anyone.

It is important that you stick to the deadlines given for each project – so tutors can mark the work and share with you their ideas and improvements that could be made.

All work will be internally marked and moderated before it is externally marked and moderated. Each course is produced and moderated by exam board EDEXCEL (except GCSE photography and AS Film Studies).

To go to the official EDEXCEL website click HERE.

Some of you will be eligible for Educational Maintainance Allowance - this allows you to receive up to £30 a week if you attend college.

We will continue to install a strict policy upon this payment. For example; a register is taken every week by the Subject Programme Manager; you will ONLY receive the money if you have attended your course scheduled lessons throughout that week. You will only be exempt from this if you have an authorised absence.
You will need to attend atleast 50% of teaching time during one week- this also will apply to tutor time, you will need to attend ALL three sessions to recieve EMA.

There is a list of ACCEPTABLE and UNACCEPTABLE absences within the art studio if you are not sure.

To view the official EMA website:
CLICK HERE.

Within the Centre of Post 16 and Adult Studies there are many policies to adhere to. These are also reflected within the Art Department rules.

- Dress code
To be presentable; No Caps, No Midriffs, No Offensive Slogans/Swearing and also please be aware that it is an art studio with practical work going on (you may want to wear an old shirt over your good clothes so as not to get them ruined.)

- Plagiarism
All writing MUST be in your own words. When quoting “…” you must use references of where you found it. The internet is an excellent resource but do not copy word for word which you do not understand as it will show through your work.

- Attendance
You must attend ALL timetabled lessons for your course to qualify for your EMA unless you are doing multiple courses and have negotiated this with tutors.

- Attitude and Behaviour
You are expected to be mature – this should be shown through your attitude towards all tutors and other students. Your behaviour will not only reflect you as a person but the people around you. It is seen that you will treat the art studio and the equipment with respect. Although these art courses are not taught as they would be in the lower school you will be sent home if you cannot cope with independant teaching time or you are disrupting others from learning.

- Disciplinary procedures
The college runs a 3 strikes and out policy. You will have a verbal warning and then a letter will be sent home if your attitude and behaviour persists. This will be followed by a meeting with Cat Taylor & Ann Saunders/Chris Jewell where a final warning will be given. You will then be removed from your college course and asked to not return to the college site.

- Email and Internet
You are each given access to email and internet. You are expected to respect this privilege and will be asked to sign a declaration at the beginning of term. Anything obscene sent by you/accessed by you will be automatically seen by Cat Taylor.

- Smoking
The college adheres as a no smoking site. If you are inclined to smoke you will need to be at LEAST 200 metres away from the college site.

Along with your own working spaces, here in the Art Department we have provided you with your own gallery space to present and exhibit work in, something that is unique to our department.

This space will give you the opportunities to present your work professionally as artists and working practitioners. You will be expected to use this space freely, preparing, setting up, hanging, documenting and advertising exhibitions that you provide and produce.

The space also gives the tutors the leeway to ask you to present your own ideas and plans within a gallery and group tutorial situation.

New to this year, the gallery will be open to external artists who may want to show their work. This will give you the opportunity to work closely with artists and see their work in a gallery space.

You will have allocated tutor time when your tutor/or a course tutor will be present in the studio*- this is usually planned teaching time with your tutor and yourself. It is also an opportunity to ask for assistance, help and advice for your own work or specific resources.

For the rest of the time C10- the studio- is open for you to use.
All courses will have planned ‘free- independent working’ time- where you will be EXPECTED to work in the studio on your different modules and projects.
You will each have a working space for you to display and keep your work in. You will also have a portfolio and draw space to store any work safely.

If you are ONLY studying on an AS level course *(art/photography) you will have access to the Art studio but you will not be able to have a permenant working space due to the short duration of these courses (2-6 periods per week)

This individual working space is something HE art colleges will provide you with and is a privilege to have to produce high quality independent work in.

** NEW FOR SEPTEMBER 2009- C10 HAS HAD A CLEAR UP, CLEAR OUT AND A LICK OF PAINT, WE HOPE YOU ENJOY IT?!

This one year short course consists of 3 units set by the tutor; 1 internally assesed, 2 externally set by the exam board
with a final exam at the end.
There is are elements of cinematography, editing, sound design, mise en scene, analysing film, script writing and practical film making.
You are assessed constantly throughout the year and are expected to keep to project deadlines.
Within each project you are to complete a journal documenting your work and ideas, write about directors, film makers and different film genres. Sessions will be predominatly discussion led and you will be expected to share and write about own ideas.
At the end of each project you will be asked to talk and discuss ideas about your work in front of your contemporaries and tutors.

CAT TAYLOR

if I try to define what I have been looking for since I began writing, the first thought comes to mind is that I haven't written about myself since I was 19.
at 19 I had started to grow evidence of a beard, stubble had emerged around the under-side of my chin, deep dark parts of my neck and down the sides of my face.
scarves became my new best friend. In the hot summer I would don a wool-mix knitted number and hope people wouldn't ask too many questions. I started to have a love for synthetic fibres, how they caressed my skin, the electro static did wonders for my hair and sent shivers down my spine.
shaving, dyeing, waxing, plucking were the extremes I would go to, any chance of blending in but it grew back thicker and faster.
Chatting to Pugh and McCartney about hormone imbalances got me thinking.
I realised the best solution was not to fight it, but liberate it. All the signs were telling me to live with it, groom it, trim it and even style it.
my hair got darker, at the age of 22 i had a full set.
I would frequent local barbers in Peckham for a wet shave, drawn in and comforted by the mashed sounds of rumbling dance hall and the infectous buzz of the clippers while I converted my cheques into cash.
I debated touring, writing a book, making guest appearences on failing day time chat shows, but my therapist suggested this would be a brave and some what drastic move, instead I could start by teaching art to sixth formers.
It was decided. They could relate to my freak-ish tendencies, they could give me tips on up to date bearded styles, in fact I was going to fit right in.

LEE CREGEEN

"In 1977 a crack commando unit know as the Cregeen’s gave birth to a son under the name of Lee Cregeen, he was never sent to a military court for a crime he didn't commit. Since escaping from formal education he has become a maximum security Head of KS4 and a lover of Art and Music from the underground. Today, still wanted by the government to teach Art lessons, he survives as a teacher of Post 16 Art.... If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can be taught by the Cregeen-Team."

CHRIS COLTON

"I think people should write about me..like what you think about me with my supervision, obviously! You could write a book on my quotes, you could even make a film about my escapades here at SCC..."

While sitting here is this bustling loby in the Dorchester, awaiting the arrival of Christopher Colton, the daper fresh Hollywood meat, I think about whether he is going to be impressed at the gesture of a Transformers figure my six year old son once owned, as a parting gift. This shy and atiring type blocks my view, no entourage, no make up, no bottle of gin stashed in his pocket. He tells me about his day (or morning so far, many anicdotes later we get on his new film), we chat about the leading star, his relationships with many Hollywood Belles, what it is like to live in LA and in contrast to Kent (his once humble English home). He starts by telling me about his company, 'MonkeyPuzzle Films' he started at a meger age of 27 and how it has spiraled out of control. From then he made me laugh, quoting films and students comments (from when he worked at SCC as a film studies and photography tutor). We leave, with an embrace on my cheek, his stubble leaves a defined rash, he takes the toy and says he will place it amoung his many awards- I am touched.

* We are sad to tell you that Chris Colton is leaving us at the end of the academic year and will be replaced by Samia Khattab, a tutor in photography and art- who will be teaching GCSE and AS level Photography.

GEORGE TAYLOR

Watch this space - for the update on your Post 16 Art Tutor! George will continue to lead the AS/A2 level Art course as well as teaching the BTEC First Diploma in Art and Design (level 2).

SYLVIA ANDHOGA

Watch this space - for the update on your NEW Post 16 Art Tutor! Sylvia will be teaching on the AS/A2 level Art course as well as the BTEC First Diploma in Art and Design (level 2).

SAMIA KHATTAB

Watch this space - for the update on your NEW Post 16 Art Tutor!
Samia will be teaching on the AS level Photography course as well as leading GCSE Photography within Post 16 Art.

TIM BOND/KELLY HICKEY

Both new tutors will be delivering AS level Film Studies, this will be taught within MU1 (Music Block).

This NEW one year short course consists of 2 projects; the first is set with a theme/idea initially set by tutors which is then followed up by the student, to develop into a creative and personal outcome.

The second project is set as a theme through the exam board (edexcel)- again you create higly personal and independent art work, ending with a 10 hour exam where your art work is then displayed for moderation.

There are elements of art history, use of media and developed understanding within the set projects.
You are assessed constantly throughout the year and are expected to keep to project deadlines.
Within the project you are to complete sketchbook work, write about artists, art movements and own ideas,
experiment with a variety of media and create final outcomes related to the project tasks and briefs.
At the end of each project you will be asked to talk and discuss ideas about your work infront of your contemporaries and tutors.

The BTEC First Diploma is a one year course, worth the equivalent of 4 GCSE's.
There are 6 units to complete throughout the year, compromising of 3 projects;
2 written, set and delivered by course tutors and 1 final self-directed project.
You are assessed constantly throughout the year and are expected to keep to project deadlines.
Within each project you are to complete sketchbook work, research and write about artists, art movements and your own ideas, experiment with a variety of media and create final outcomes related to the project tasks and briefs.
At the end of each project you will be asked to talk and discuss ideas about your work infront of your contemporaries and tutors.

The BTEC National Certificate is a full time course, worth the equivalent of 2 A levels.
There are 12 units to complete throughout the two years, compromising of 7 projects; 5 written, set and delivered by course tutors and 2 self-directed.
You are assessed constantly throughout the 2 years and are expected to keep to project deadlines.
Within each project you are to complete sketchbook work, write about artists, art movements and own ideas,experiment with a variety of media and create final outcomes related to the project tasks and briefs.
At the end of each project you will be asked to talk and discuss ideas about your work infront of your contemporaries and tutors.

An important part of an art course is understanding the historical context of where others ideas
are coming from and how you own ideas fit into this. Therefore to have a broad knowledge
about different artists, art movements, designers and craftspeople
will assist you and your own art work a great deal. Within the art studio we have a range
of different texts, videos, dvds and books, but as art is constantly developing
along with media the internet is an excellent resource if used properly.

These links should help guide you with ease through information about various artists,
galleries,museums and organisations, which in turn will assist your
projects and own ideas.

As you will notice there are a few different courses taught within post 16 art, each course
is suited to a different type of learner and a different type of student.
The courses are assessed in similiar ways; taught by a variety of tutors; within an open
access studio. These links will provide you with key resources, assessment
grids, project outlines, deadlines and further information to help you along the way.

The projects may overlap but the key thing is that you can be creative
and have your own individual approaches to the outcomes and art work intended.

if you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask!

Welcome to the Post 16 Art online blog!
This is the place where you will be notified about new projects, artists, galleries
and museums, you will be reminded about deadlines, invited on trips and start to explore the ever developing
art world through the internet. You will also be able to chat to others on the same courses and
discuss ideas, share images and art work. The website will also be a practical means
to access the course and student handbook, where you will find learning tips, timetables,
wider college opportunities and the rules to adhere to! There will be opportunities to get
involved with different projects creative and otherwise.
The most important thing is that you will be able to use this website to assist your learning
and time in post 16 Art. Have Fun and Enjoy!!

Cat Taylor