Help With Written Work

If you and your art sketchbook would like help with your written work, pop in to see Dan in A1.2 at 11:55am on Fridays.

Thursdays Period 4 (11:55 - 12:55) is the practical drop in workshop in A2.3. Come along for advice and coaching on the practical elements of your artwork. This week we have a few students who want to learn marbling. If marbling sounds fun or you would like advice or help with anything else then come along to the session to see Dan.

Snowtastic

A little dusting of snow here at Ashton Sixth Form College. Site Staff are working hard to make the College safe for us.

Remembrance

In remembrance of those who died and served for our freedom.

Artist Ian Johns is visiting us this week to run some full day oil painting masterclasses.

Our First Year students enjoyed a visit to Manchester city centre and the Museum of Science and Industry. They gathered inspiration and visual research for their Graphics, 3D Design and Fine Art courses.

If you love art and love science you have to check out this cool video!

Turner Prize 2016

The UKs biggest annual prize for Fine Art is already proving to be as controversial as ever.

Our Open Day on Saturday went well, with lots of visitors having a look around our studios and lots of questions from prospective students who have the tough decision of what to study at College. It was great to see one of our ex-students who popped in to show her younger sibling around.

BBC iPlayer is always a good source for research and inspiration. This show looks particularly good especially for Fine Art and Art Foundation Students.

Who's Afraid of Conceptual Art

Today, our Art Foundation students have been getting experimental with some large expressive mark-making.

A big welcome to new A1 students and to our returning A2 students. To help you get into the creative swing again, here are some links to art events and exhibitions which are going on in Manchester. Hopefully you will find something which will inspire you to create wonderful things.

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www.Theculturetrip.com

2016 End of Year Show

Great night last night at our End of Year Show. It's really exciting to see all our students work displayed all together in one place. You get a real idea of how far our A-level students have come on their creative journey over their two years with us. Also, congratulations to our first ever Foundation Year who put on a fantastic show.

The Art Foundation students are working hard this week putting together their end of year exhibition which involved erecting large exhibition boards made from 4ft x 8ft chipboard and a ton of white paint. We can't wait to see all of their work installed in this new space.

Art Exams

We wish the very best of luck to our A2 students who over the next two weeks will be sitting their Practical Art Exam (Controlled Test).

The Artist's Palette

These interesting articles give an insight into how artist work, telling us much about the individuals process of producing artwork.

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Art Competitions

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There are some exciting competitions featured on this website which would suit fine artists, photographers and print makers. Art competitions are how many artists launch their art careers, for instance: Peter Doig, Richard Hamilton and David Hockney.

FREE Ceramics Workshop

Free Ceramics Workshop at Manchester Craft & Design Centre during the Easter break.

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Upcycling in 3D Design using found materials to create cute scrap metal robots.

Looking at Art May Keep You Fit, Study Suggests

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ASFC Fine Art : Need some inspiration for your development pieces?...: Check out these YouTube videos - they show some great techniques and might inspire your next piece of work.... Guy Denning Interview and C...

Last week we visited Leeds University to get an insight into study at University, life at University and what is on offer after A' Levels.

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We have some fantastic examples of three-dimensional photography from our A' level photography students.

Shoot a show at London Fashion Weekend

February sees the return of one of the hottest events on the British fashion calendar and WEX are offering you the chance to photograph a show. In association with Canon, WEX are giving away 20 places in the photographers’ pit at London Fashion Weekend so that you can hone your skills alongside the pros.
The event will take place on Sunday 28th February at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea. To apply, fill in your details below prior to 12pm on Friday 19th February. If you have won a place, we will let you know no later than Monday 22nd February. Due to the expected high volume of requests, we will only be able to contact those who have been allocated a space.

Entrants must be 18 years old or over. For more details follow this link:

http://www.wexphotographic.com/blog/shoot-a-show-at-london-fashion-weekend?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=london-fashion-weekend-2016

Life Drawing has returned! The first session will be at 4pm on Monday 25th February. New starters are welcome, as are students who attended the previous course of life drawing. This course is suitable for both beginners and advanced artists. Make sure you sign up through the enrichment sign up portal when it goes live.

For more information see Dan in A2.1 or email DPR@asfc.ac.uk

A poignant project from one of our art students addressing the everyday lives of homeless people in Ashton.

Quote from the student:

“My art project is ‘everyday people’. In this project I focused on homeless people and how people dehumanise homeless people and discard them every day, not acknowledging them while walking past.  As I was taking my primary source photos, I give the homeless people prepared food packages in exchange for a photo and a talk about their life as a homeless person.”

An excellent example of an expressionistic portrait from one of our second year fine art students. It has got us really excited about seeing all the final pieces for this unit.

As both AS and A2 students are drawing to the end of the first unit of work for this year we are clearing out the storerooms to make way for the big hand in deadline. If there are any of last year's A2 students out there who have yet to collect their artwork, please do so before the end of January because we simply do not have the space to store it. If you would like to collect your work please make an appointment with Dan in the art department on 0161 330 2330 or at DPR@asfc.ac.uk.