Warwickshire School Of Arts

*AMAZING OPPORTUNITY* WCG School of Arts students have the opportunity to apply for a limited number of internship posts for Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art 2019 team. Thank you CovBiennial for such an awesome opportunity!
Amazing experience for graduating students but also a very possible opportunity for current students looking for a work placement as part of their course.
... When is the internship? September through until December 2019
What does it offer? the internships will provide hands-on experience in working on city wide cultural activities, especially pertinent for a region preparing to deliver UK City of Culture 2021, British Art Show 9 and the Commonwealth Games
What would I be doing? Students can apply for an internship in one of the following areas and detailed role descriptions can be linked to from this list: Curatorial Learning, Engagement and Community Projects Marketing Festival Operations and Logistics Technical
How do I apply and by when? Applications must be received by 12 midday on 13th May and can be made using this form https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeuy5y zLvNB2IYNaV…/viewform
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview in the week commencing the 27th May.
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Don't forget our Leamington Campus Open Evening tonight. 5.30 - 8pm. We have a variety of Art, Media, Games and Performance courses at levels 1 through to 6 on offer and tonight is your chance to meet the staff and gain an insight into the study options available.
BA (Hons) Level 6 Full-time This year long practical-led course seeks to harness ways of seeing and discussing film to develop students' artistic visions and technical expertise in visual storytelling, both fictiona...l and non-fictional. Although it has been designed to follow on from the FdA Digital Film Production at WCG (see previous post), the course also provides a 'top up' year for any student from a level 5 Arts or Media background as a progression route to final year honours degree studies. We believe that film is not just what we see, film is an embodied experience which encompasses tactile images, taking the audience beyond the film text itself. Increasingly filmmakers are using newer technologies and techniques developed for shooting, editing and sound in capturing reality in a more sensory way.
This course is subject to validation by University of Gloucestershire, who are the awarding body.
Come along to our open evening tonight and meet the dedicated and talented staff, visit the facilities and find out all the opportunities this course can lead to.
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Don't forget our Leamington Campus Open Evening tonight. 5.30 - 8pm. We have a variety of Art, Media, Games and Performance courses at levels 1 through to 6 on offer and tonight is your chance to meet the staff and gain an insight into the study options available.
As a lead in to tonight, here is a snippet of some of our courses on offer. Aside from level 2 and 3 media, we also have a Foundation Degree and a BA Hons (Level 6) in Digital Film Production.
... FdA - The Foundation degree in Digital Film Production has a very high practical content to effectively equip graduates to enter the workplace, well prepared for this exciting industry or for progression to the final year of an related Honours degree if desired. Students have access to individual edit suites for the duration of the course, consistent access to up-to-date production equipment, access to learning resources and lecturers five days a week.
The course has three main study areas:
Technical: (to equip students with the necessary skills in film and video production and to train students in artistic application of those techniques, including editing and post production) Industry practice: In order to apply the technical aspect in a professional environment and with content that has been designed by industry professionals. Theoretical: designed to encourage students to seek to alter conventional perspectives of culture and society in a way to enrich creativity and to underpin practical knowledge and inform working practices.
Previous graduates have been nominated for and won national film awards.
Come along to the open evening tonight to learn more about the Foundation Degree, meet the staff and view facilities
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A quick insight into our two excellent degree courses Foundation Degree and BA Hons (Level 6) in Digital Film Production
(FdA) course link: https://wcg.ac.uk/…/f31e09f9-0672-e…/ digital-film-production (BA Hons) course link: https://wcg.ac.uk/…/e5c103ff-0672-e…/ digital-film-production

Rugby College are holding auditions for their FdA in Acting. Follow the link in the post to find out more information and if you're interested in Acting courses, visit Rugby College to meet our dedicated staff and find out more about the courses and opportunities

Don't forget events happening at our other campuses. Rugby College are preparing their final project shows and there are lots of great plays, musicals and dramatic projects to see in the coming months. Here is an insight into their first on the list, Project Semicolon - a play designed to promote awareness of mental health issues. Follow this link here or search for @rugbycollegeperformingarts on facebook for their page

*Upcoming Open Event* Thursday 11th April sees host to another Open Evening (5.30-8pm) come a visit the school of Arts, meet the staff, view the facilities and learn what is on offer for the next academic year.
We will be looking to do a few posts offering insight into the different courses available, so keep an eye out on this page for those over the next few weeks.
... Book your place via the link below. https://wcg.ac.uk/…/royal-leamington-sp a-college-open-events
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Thank you to Leamington Studio Artists and East Lodge Gallery for the lovely acknowledgement to Jane Murray and Michelle Wood. Don't forget to get down to East Lodge for the Annual Open Exhibitions - open until March 31st

Book your tickets now!

So many amazing options to study locally with us. Dedicated space and fantastic and inspiring tutors. Come and speak to us about 2 year foundation and 3 year BA courses

Course Insight: Level 3 Art and Design: Fashion and Textiles. A brief look at what the fashion course entails ahead of the November 15th Open Evening.
To book your place at the open evening to meet staff, discuss the course and tour the facilities, please follow this link
... (only applicants need book - friends and family can accompany you on the evening but do not need to book a place) https://wcg.ac.uk/…/royal-leamington-sp a-college-open-events
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With the Leamington Campus Open Evening on Thursday 15th November looming, we shall be posting some course insights to give some information as to what courses are available in September in the School of Arts To book your place for open evening please follow the link below
https://wcg.ac.uk/…/royal-leamington-sp a-college-open-events
... Only prospective students need book a place but applicants are welcome to bring family and friends to the open evening (they can just come with you, they don't need to book)
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*Alumni Update* congratulations to Foundation Fine Art graduate, Kiran Samra for their feature on Midlands Today (Monday 22nd October) which focussed on the lead up to Coventry's year as City of Culture. Kiran's currently completing a MA in Painting at Coventry University.
The Genyclee Gallery (Hong Kong) who support emerging artists, recently published an interview with her on their blog - visit the link to see the blog... https://www.geneycleegallery.com/blog/who -s-next-kiran-samra.
The gallery also represents Nikhil Patel, another WCG graduate from Kiran's very talented Foundation Fine Art cohort
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***PLACES AVAILABLE*** We have places available on the upcoming Introduction to Print Making Course
Introduction to Print Making course starting 5th November 2018... Monday - 6 week course at £110 6.15pm-9.15pm at the Leamington Campus.
The course offers an introduction to a wide range of paper printing techniques including screen printing, lino cut, dry point etching, collagraph, mono printing and mono type.
Contact 01926 318233 or school-of-arts@warwickshire.ac.uk to check availability and enrol
Or visit the link below for further information https://wcg.ac.uk/…/53e23ef9…/an-intr oduction-to-printmaking
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On 13th October 2018, TEDx returned to Leamington Spa with the theme of 'Rhythm'. The college was heavily involved in the event and BA Hons Games Art worked on a brief to produce content for the show.
Read on to see a post from Andrew Brazier, Course Leader for BA Hons Games Art outlining all the hard work the students have been undertaking.
"Three weeks ago we told our BA(Hons) Games Art students that TEDx was coming to Leamington again, and this year's theme was 'Rhythm'.... Then we told them that we were going to be exhibiting two games that they were going to make, as part of the show. Within a day of receiving the brief, we had two teams and outlined ideas. By the end of the first week, prototypes were well under development and graphics were coming together. By the end of the second week, the games were pretty much done. The third week was spent adding polish and nice little details.
Both teams put in a huge effort to get two brilliant little games made in time. The end results are 'Leaping Over The Dragon's Gate' (a game based on legend about a Koi carp becoming a dragon), and 'Quite The Oar-deal' (a two player collaborative virtual reality rowing game)
The games were available for event attendees to play this weekend, and a lot of players of all ages took part. We received loads of great feedback, including a lot of people who were amazed that they managed to make such professional looking games in such a short time.
Huge congratulations to all the students for their efforts!"
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