Art & Design
Welcome to Art and Design at Fort Hill Integrated College, our curriculum offers a dynamic and immersive learning experience designed to cultivate creativity, technical skills and critical thinking.
Art and Design is a subject which communicates ideas, expresses emotions and reflects the world around us. We celebrate diversity through a knowledge rich curriculum which explores different cultures and challenges preconceptions. We foster creativity and self-confidence by engaging all pupils to express themselves imaginatively.
Staff
Mrs L. Taylor (Curriculum Leader)
Mrs A. Curran
Mr B. Heaney
Miss M. Turner
Mr A. Hunter (Technician)
Facilities
There are three large art and design rooms and a kiln room.
Our Vision
Pupils at each key stage have opportunities to explore the formal elements of art in two and three dimensions using a wide range of media and techniques to develop practical skills. Pupils develop visual literacy in order to critically analyse and evaluate a broad range of art and design works which inspire their own personal responses.
Pupils explore the work of a wide range of fine art, craft and design practitioners to develop the knowledge, expertise and vision necessary to succeed in today’s diverse and ever-evolving creative industries.
Key Stage 3 Topics
Our Key Stage Three curriculum is designed to allow pupils to gain experience in a breadth of disciplines and develop visual literacy through exploration of the formal elements of Art and Design in their own and other artists’ work.
Year 8
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Portraiture
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Mark Hearld inspired textile project
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Ceramic creature project
Year 9
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Colour theory
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Impressionism
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Oil pastel landscapes and enlarged sweet wrappers
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Ceramic cottage project
Year 10
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Cultural Masks- Ceramic Project
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Elements of Art
GCSE Specification and summary:
This CCEA GCSE course introduces students to the fundamental concepts and techniques in art and design. Throughout the course pupils explore a broad range of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, textiles and ceramics. The course provides an opportunity for increased independence and specialism within media and genre as units progress.
Component 1 Part A Exploratory Portfolio: 25% of GCSE
Pupils develop a portfolio of work through teacher-led tasks which provide opportunities to experiment and gain experience across a range of disciplines. Pupils will explore the processes and contexts of artists and designers and learn how to use the formal visual elements of art and design.
Component 1 Part B Investigating the Creative and Cultural Industries: 35% of GCSE
Pupils build on the skills and knowledge developed in Part A to complete a personal project in line with their own skills and interests, learning about the different roles and working practices used in the production of art, craft and design in the creative and cultural industries.
Pupils will complete preparatory work in which they develop ideas through researching the work of practitioners, experiment in a range of media and refine their skills. They will develop and refine proposals and complete a personal response in their chosen specialism.
Component 2 Externally Set Stimulus: 40% of GCSE
Pupils develop projects in response to the CCEA set theme and stimulus paper. They complete personal preparatory work to research the work of artists, develop ideas, experiment and refine ideas and skills. Pupils complete a final outcome based on preparatory work in a 10-hour examination.
A ‘Level Specification and summary
This CCEA GCE qualification provides an opportunity for pupils to take the AS course as a final qualification or the AS units plus the A2 units for the full GCE A level qualification. It is designed to continue to build on the knowledge, understanding and skills developed in GCSE Art and Design; and provide a sound basis for progression to higher education courses in Art and Design or study related to other areas of the creative and cultural industries.
AS 1: Experimental Portfolio. 50% of AS, 20% of A level.
Students explore, experiment, develop and record knowledge and ideas to create a visual portfolio in response to the externally set theme. Teacher led tasks provide opportunities for skills development in a wide range of disciplines. Pupils use this time to explore concepts, contexts, techniques, skills and media. They have the opportunity to attend workshops with artists and visit exhibitions. They use their knowledge of the work of other practitioners to aid development of personal ideas.
AS 2: Personal Response with 10 hour timed test: 50% of AS, 20% of A level
Pupils develop their experimental portfolio to create preparatory work in their chosen discipline. They consider audience or user and develop ideas for a final outcome which is brought to completion in a 10-hour examination.
A2 1: Personal and Critical Investigation- Written: 20% of A2,12% of A level.
Pupils complete a body of research and produce a 2000 word critical analysis of the work of an artist, designer, craftsperson, theme or movement. This essay links with pupils’ practical investigations informing and reflecting pupils’ learning. This unit is externally marked.
A2 1: Personal and Critical Investigation- Practical: 40% of A2, 24% of A level.
Pupils build on the skills and knowledge developed at AS, they specialise within a particular discipline or adopt a multi-disciplinary approach. They focus on rigorous experimentation withing their chosen area and analyses of contextual sources to aid development.
A2 2: Thematic Outcome. 15 hour timed test: 40% of A2 24% of A level
Pupils develop their personal investigation to create preparatory work in their chosen discipline. They consider audience or user and develop ideas for a final outcome which is brought to completion in a 15-hour examination. This unit should demonstrate pupils’ increased independence and confidence. They should demonstrate rigour in their experimentation in their specialism and extended development of particular themes, ideas or issues.
Carson Award
Each year our Year 13 students work collaboratively to produce a piece of artwork that is entered for the Carson Bursary for Integrated Education. We have been very successful with this project over the last number of years and the bursary provides the department with funding used for workshops, trips and specialist equipment.
Last year we won the Carson Prize for Key Stage 3 for a year 8 collaborative embroidery project.
Local Art Competition
Each year we enter Key Stage three artwork in the Lisburn and Castlereagh Schools’ Arts Competition. We have had numerous student’s work win prizes each year. The winning entries are displayed in an exhibition and the students attend an award ceremony.
2024 Year 8, 9 and 10 Prize winners:-
Trips and Workshops
Each year we take our GCSE and A-Level students on trips to exhibitions to enhance their understanding of Art and Design in a real-world context. Galleries recently visited include; F. E. Mc Williams, The Island Arts Centre, Hillsborough Castle and The Ulster Museum.
It is also important for the students to take part in artist led workshops. Recent workshops have included printmaking and mixed media textile pieces.
A LEVEL DRY POINT PRINT WORKSHOP
Year 8 Integration Project
At the beginning of Year 8, all students participate in an induction day art class where they produce clay doves incorporating words associated with integration. These are displayed in school on our Integration Tree.
