Art

University of Ulster’s Belfast School of Art opened it doors to showcase the work of their recent graduates this month. Senior Art and Design students had an opportunity to view exhibited work across a broad range of disciplines together with exploring the state of the art faculties and gaining an insight into further education choices […]

Our Year 9 pupils have recently been enjoying  explorations into the world of architecture through practical investigations within class. Bringing their design drawings to life, they worked collaboratively to hone their 3D model making skills. Pupils were challenged with the limitations of materials offered to work with and collectively presented a diverse and interesting range

The Art Department are looking forward to an exciting 3 year collaboration with The Mac gallery in Belfast.  Together with 5 other schools across Northern Ireland, teachers and gallery education staff worked together this year to successfully secure funding from the Freeland’s Foundation for the upcoming project. The project, which centers teachers within creative approaches

Y14 Art and Design students visited the Ulster Museum to view Royal Ulster Academy’s annual exhibition at the Ulster Museum were they learned more about the artists, artwork and creative processes from Maggie Bowen of the RUA. An opportunity was also had to view other current exhibitions as well as be the first to see

Y11 Art and Design pupils studying for their OCN Crafts qualification, this week visited the Braid Arts Centre and Midtown Makers in Ballymena to see and hear first hand about the creative industries. At the Braid Arts Centre pupils were welcomed by the Arts and Heritage Officer Jayne Clarke and got to view the current

Year 13 Art students enjoyed a workshop delivered by teacher and friend to the school Mary O’Dornan. Mary has extensive experience in ceramics and led the students through a series of techniques with a focus on embellishment and pattern based on natural forms. The students produced a range of vessels and tiles throughout the session

The annual A Level Art Exhibition is on Thursday from 3.25pm in the 6th Form Centre. All staff and students are welcome, nice cold refreshments will be served so why not drop in on your way home!

Congratulations to our KS3 artists who won the end of term prizes for excellent effort. Their hard work really paid off when it came to the Christmas drawing exams, as seen in their Year 8 shoe drawings, Year 9 perspective drawings and Year 10 split portraits.

Congratulations to our KS3 Artists who have created wonderful work so far this year. Keep up the great work!

On Thursday 29th September Year 12 GCSE Art students had the opportunity to meet and interview Philip Magennis from Antrim Castle and Gardens to learn about how artists, designers and craftspeople play a role in the area. Philip explained how public art is funded, how creatives from a wide range of industries from graphic design,