Today, one of our ex-students came in to collect their artwork. We had been using one of their drawings as an example of good practice linking to the Ian Murphy inspired mixed media drawing techniques. We are sad to see the drawing go but we wish Stephen all the best in the future.

Fantastic work by our Fashion & Textiles students. These are the finished pieces from the recent collaborative group project studying wearable sculpture.

Fashion & Textiles student explore the relationship of colours at Manchester Art Gallery as inspiration for their up coming major project.

Fine Art is not just painting and drawing. One of our talented A2 students is producing a site specific art installation as part of his personal investigation unit.

Exciting things happening in College today; top secret filming on location in the 3D Design workshop.

A group of Art students just returned from a College trip to Auschwitz and are keen to express their experiences through the medium of Art. The trip was organised in conjunction with the Lessons From Auschwitz programme run by the Holocaust Educational Trust and links with the students’ Personal Investigation unit of their A2 studies.

"Visiting such a significant place in history was really overwhelming. Walking the same pathways as the victims and seeing there most treasured belongings was beyond moving and the day was absolutely amazing. It's one of those things that you cant imagine until you're there because you can't predict how you will react. It was a brilliant experience." - Jessica Massey - Fine Art Student at Ashton Sixth Form College.

Visiting artist Ian Johns helps our fine art students to hone their paintings skills.

AS Enrichment Day

Former Ashton Sixth Form student Samuel Stewart visited us today to show our AS students the principles of character design.

The Art Department now offer an Art foundation Course which sits between A' Levels and Degree Courses. This week our Foundation Students have been working collaboratively on a group project. The outcome was this intriguing and multifaceted installation.

This artwork was based on Cornelia Parker's recent exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery and draws inspiration from art movements such as arte povera and conceptualism.

Our Art Foundation students working on a collaborative sculptural installation.

Three of our Fine Art students were selected to produce large scale artwork for display in the colleges newly built reception. Here are some short films of them working their magic.

Joe Casey:

Leila Nesbit:

Zak Islam:

'It's been great to meet the first groups of students enrolling for the art courses -fine art, graphic design,  fashion and textiles , photography and 3d design , today. We're looking forward to seeing lots more of you tomorrow - come and see us to discuss your art options. You can study 1, 2 or 3 arts as part of your AS programme. The art staff are on hand to show you sketchbooks and help you decide which pathway is for you. 

If your results are not what you expected,  come and see us anyway - Ashton Sixth form College has courses and pathways to suit all.'

Three commissioned paintings take pride of place in college reception. Congratulations

to our very own Zak Islam, Leila Nesbit and Joe Casey. We wish them the very best of

luck with their future art studies in higher education.

End of Year Show

Congratulations to all our students who exhibited in the Ashton Sixth Form College

Art & Design End of Year Show. The exhibition looked fantastic and so many

visitor complimented you all on the high quality of your work. Very well done!

Fine Art Trip to Manchester Art Gallery

Fine art students were asked to analyse various 

works of art at Manchester Art Gallery looking

at line, tone, shape, texture and narrative.

Students then responded to their

findings by producing abstract mono-prints

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