Ms N Picken – Head of Art & Design

Miss H Rodgers – Teacher of Art & Design

AIMS AND PURPOSES OF ART AND DESIGN...

An education in Art and design offers the opportunity to:

• develop creativity and imagination through visual, tactile and sensory experiences;
• develop practical, technical and critical skills and use visual and tactile language to communicate ideas, feelings and meanings;
• learn to make value judgments and aesthetic and practical decisions, becoming actively involved in shaping environments;
• explore ideas and meanings in the work of artists, craftspeople, and designers and learn about the diverse roles and functions of art, craft, and design in the contemporary world and in different times and cultures.