Art
‘I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products.’ Marcel Duchamp
| Knowledge and Wisdom in ADT Education | Art is a visual/conceptual driver within society. It defines and manipulates meanings and signifiers through the interaction of cultures across a plethora of interactive communication platforms and exhibitions.
As a response, we challenge our students to develop their technical skills within a variety of media and processes in order for them to construct a coherent, cohesive, personalised response to any given stimuli. We also encourage students to incorporate a breadth of knowledge from a range of subjects (philosophy, history, science, psychology and sociology) in order to contextualise their thinking and add academic rigor to their outcomes. As a result a number of our students have gone onto studying the arts at prestigious establishments including; Central St Martins, Chelsea, Slade, Ravensbourne and Reading. The art department is staffed with teachers that have a passion for their subject as well as being practitioners in their own right. We also value our food curriculum which promotes diet as central to health. Our healthy eating agenda makes explicit the correlation between poor eating habits, a sedentary lifestyle and possible health risks these pose. We aim to provide a setting for important early experiences which help to develop students enjoyment of food, their understanding of the social contexts within which eating takes place, and their ability to make informed, healthy choices. |
| Curriculum and Teaching and Learning Overview | Our faculty has strategised interconnecting schemes of work which develop the skills and understanding of our students year on year. We promote a multifaceted approach to the use of materials which are later conflated into mixed media developments and outcomes. This promotes confidence in the formal elements which later facilitate good outcomes at both GCSE and A-Level.
KS3 Art: Hand Textures Project, Pop Art Project, Aboriginal Project and Picasso Project · Observational drawing · Scaling up · Mixing and applying paint · Directional shading · Art movements/artists (Pop Art, Aboriginal, African, Impressionism and Photo-realism) KS3 Textiles: Textiles Techniques. Embroidery Applique Techniques · Hand sewing · Free-motion embroidery KS3 3D: Origami Project and Soap Carving Project (one project per term per year) · Soap Carvings · Straw constructions · Origami · Art movements/artists (Hokusai) KS3 Food: Healthy Eating · Diet and good health · Hygiene and safety · Food preparation skills · Functions of ingredients · Cooking methods KS4 Art: Townscapes Project · Photography · Observational drawing · Painting · Monotone/duo-tone printing · Artists (Gaudi Hundertwasser) · Trips (Embankment Tate Modern) KS4 Textiles: Garments · Embroidery · Printing · Dying · Mark-making KS4 3D: Structures Project · Straw sculptures · 3D clay slabs/sculptures · Maquettes · Cardboard relief · Group sculpture · Artists/art movements (Vorticism Gaudi Hunderwasser) KS5 Art: Political Art Project · Political art project · Challenge ideas through the artistic process · Contextualise work with other artists/thinkers · Main sketchbook · Mark-making sketchbook · Prep sketchpad · 3,000 word essay · 1500 word annotation
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| Learning beyond the classroom | We offer extensive support within the ADT faculty where students are encouraged to attend lunchtime sessions which run on a daily basis. We also run after school clubs in order to accommodate students that can’t attend at lunchtimes. We take students on research gathering trips to London Embankment as well as the Tate Modern and the National Portrait Gallery. Parents are encouraged to visit art exhibitions across the country, encourage their children to draw as a form of recreation and watch art based programmes/documentaries to enable a good grasp of Art History which will enable coherent written work and annotation throughout their art education.
Links to art based programmes/podcasts: |
Curriculum Overview
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| Year 7 | Textured Hand Project | Textured Hand Project | Textured Hand Project | Aboriginal Project | Aboriginal Project | Aboriginal Project |
| Year 8 | Pop Art Project | Pop Art Project | Pop Art Project | Picasso Project | Picasso Project | Picasso |
| Year 9 | Hundertwasser Project
2D (Oil pastel resist) |
Hundertwasser
Project 2D (Gouache Painting) |
Hundertwasser
Project 3D (Clay slab) |
Hundertwasser
Project 3D (Clay slab) |
Gaudi
(A2 Oil Pastel sugar paper) |
Gaudi
(A2 Oil Pastel sugar paper) |
| Year 10 | Gaudi
Sketch book pages |
Gaudi Sketchbook pages | London Trip photos sketchbook pages | London Trip photos sketchbook pages | London Trip photos sketchbook pages | London Trip photos sketchbook pages |
| Year 11 | Development | Final piece Annotation | Externally Set Exam | Externally Set Exam | Externally Set Exam | Externally Set Exam |
