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ART & DESIGN
Art and Design and its related industries offer some of the country's most vibrant and exciting areas for career opportunities with major employers.
Our Art and Design provision is strong and well resourced with excellent facilities and a creative and inspiring environment. Projects undertaken by students include many opportunities to work on live assignments with clients, practising artists and designers. Our own successful summer exhibition gives students a genuine experience of showcasing their artwork to the public. Our students are very successful in gaining entry to a variety of Higher Education courses and our practical approach to teaching and the level of support students receive prepares them for this progression.
FINE ART GALLERY
Our fine art students are continually developing exiting pieces. Click the previews below to see the full gallery...
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Click to see samples of Selena Cardwell's graphic design work...
DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability is about achieving harmony between the environment, the economy and the community. Read more.
STUDENT BLOG
Our fashion designers are given the opportunity to produce innovative and inspirational design supported within a professional and commercial setting. By exploring a wide range of pattern cutting techniques and textile printing methods the learning experience is enhanced by developing your understanding of the industry and career paths within it. From the ethical roots of design to the couture fashion this course is the perfect platform to industry.
Follow our blog to keep up to date with our latest projects. Currently we are working with the Pilgrims Hospice to demonstrate the excitement and value of upcycling. This work will be showcased at the Ashford Designer Outlet on the 18th November and followed with a Private View Fashion Show on the 25th November.
For more information please contact us at K College (Henwood Campus) on 01233 642430.
LOUISE
Fine Art - Foundation Degree
I came across the Fine Art Foundation Degree when I began enquiring where I could go locally to expand upon my art education, as I felt I had hit a wall in getting my work out there. After an interview at K College with Sandy Pharrell in 2009 I was accepted onto the course. As the course unfolded, my excitement and enthusiasm for my art practice grew, as we were encouraged in our work, told about galleries we should visit and heard about what is going on locally. I also got to meet the most wonderful people, the students and tutors on my course! I had never met so many artists in one go, and these people are just like me - sensitive and with a yearn to create! And the tutors seems to be genuinely interested in you as an individual, and proper time is put aside to discuss ideas and expand upon your work. The effect all of this has had on me and my work has been quite dramatic...
As I gained in confidence about my work I started to produce more than ever before, and approached local galleries, and now have my work shown regularly in Blue Moon Gallery, Artloco and Wobblybridge Gallery. My own work is about the journey of the soul and the deep messages we get in moments of clarity, or symbolically through dreams. I have also started taking on commissions privately and commercially, such as doing a painting of the BBC's new building in London for the Head of the BBC! I also approached a greetings card company with some of my work, and now have some cards published by Hoggspark Cards! I have also just recently started to set up a local Art Forum in Tunbridge Wells with Crista Cloutier, who runs Creative Life courses in Kent (www.theworkingartist.co.uk). This is to try and get the local artists to meet up every couple of weeks to socialise, discuss ideas, local events and to even collaborate with work - as I know this is what I will miss when I finish my course.
If I didn't take this degree at K college I don't feel any of the things I have achieved above would have happened. I was getting nowhere with my practice before, as I didn't know how to go about it or where my strengths lay. I feel now that taking a Fine Art degree is pretty integral if you want to be a successful practising artist, and K College has the tools and tutors to help you achieve this.
To see more of my work or get in contact with me about any of the above, visit my website at www.artwithsoul.me.uk.