Art
At KAA we have outstanding facilities, and we like to think the Art department is one of the most special. We are therefore proud to be able to offer you a broad curriculum with a strong emphasis place upon contemporary art. All year 7-9 students participate in weekly art lesson and we also have a variety of creative enrichments which explore different specialism.
Art is offered at GCSE (Edexcel) and A level (OCR).
Trips
As well as developing the student's skills in lesson it also important for students to visit galleries and exhibition. We plan a range of trips over the academic year giving the students an opportunity to see different artist's work first hand.
The trips we have taken the students on this year are,
Kew gardens
Year 12 visited Kew gardens this year to support their projects on texture. Show casing at Kew gardens was Rebecca Law's installation Life in Death, which displayed thousands of flowers suspended from the ceiling.
Tate Britain
The Tate Britain was the first Tate gallery to open in 1897, it holds collections of art work from 1500 to the present day. Year 10 enjoyed a day at the Tate Britain looking at a variety of artist, from paintings to sculptures and installation art.
Rebecca Law Life in death
A level
Year 12 and 13 sat their AS and A2 arts exams in April. Students produced a work across a range of disciplines, exploring different themes through personal and reflective projects.
GCSE
Workshop with ACAVA studios
A group of year 10 GCSE students took part in a workshop with ACAVA studios working with two professional artist. The students were set the task to collaborate and create a structure that is not attached to the ground, could be suspended, or on stilts using recycled items based on the theme Eutopia.
