Art

Our vision

William Edwards Art Department want to nurture young people to be culturally aware, curious and opinionated about Art and Design. We want them to feel confident to use contemporary and historical Art and Design as a tool to explore and explain the world around them. We use the arts to celebrate and explore culture and diversity and to challenge inequality. We want to ignite our students’ inner creativity, to become enthused and have a sense of pride and purpose about their work, to be able to make confident, imaginative and artistic connections. At Key stage 4, we provide Photography, which allows students’ prior knowledge and cultural awareness of Art and Design to link with Photography and allowing a smooth start to the subject.

Our aim is to provide opportunities for young people to experience and enjoy Art and Design, and to instil a sense of aspiration and desire to work in the creative industries.

We see our key objectives as:

To deliver a broad, engaging and exciting curriculum
To embed the foundations of Art and Design
To recognise and celebrate individuality and creativity
To build cultural capital
To foster more than one branch of knowledge approach in both staff and pupils
To ensure students have the technical repertoire to confidently solve creative problems
To deliver ever evolving provision