Nationally, Falmouth School of Art is an outstanding higher education provider and at the forefront of British art schools. The ambitious and personalised delivery found within the art curriculum at Heathfield is closely aligned to the pedagogical practice employed on the degree programmes offered at Falmouth.
The Art Department will be collaborating with Senior Tutors on the BA Fine Art and BA Drawing courses to enhance and extend current provision for Heathfield pupils. At exam level, students will have presentations and portfolio reviews as well as bespoke workshops, access to guest lectures, projects, and competitions. There will be discussions about creative careers and invitations to attend on-campus exhibitions and fashion shows. In a post Covid world we are thinking of ways to best display artwork alongside one another in a virtual forum and developing a first-class scholar’s programme that will extend to all age groups.
Launching this alliance, Form IV and Lower Sixth were challenged with two different projects. Students could select to produce designs for either a site-specific installation or a piece of wearable sculpture. With both year groups in competition with one another, the stakes are high as the winner of each project will receive £100.
Impressed by the standard and quality of work produced by Heathfield students, the feedback from the Senior Tutors at Falmouth has been outstanding. They cannot fathom that our pupils, as young as fourteen and fifteen, are already developing projects akin to degree level.
We look forward to updating you on the winners of the competition as well as how this exciting partnership and alliance continues to evolve.
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