COURSES
Creative Art courses at Bridgwater college
We are thrilled to welcome you to our Flowstate exhibition. We offer a selection of courses from our distinguished Creative Arts Department. Each course is designed to facilitate a comprehensive exploration of its respective subject matter, while also affording a unique opportunity for collaborative endeavours across the department, leading to innovative and exciting outcomes! We hope you enjoy this opportunity to review the incredible work of our students and celebrate their achievements. Such endeavours would not be feasible without the dedication and passion exhibited by our esteemed Creative Arts staff, who take great pride in extending this invitation to our exhibition.
Fashion Business and Retail is an exciting, hands-on course designed for students with an interest in the fashion industry and a curiosity about how it works beyond the runway. Delivered through a supportive and creative college environment, the course blends practical projects with real-world knowledge, covering areas such as fashion marketing, buying and merchandising, visual merchandising, and retail management. Students have the opportunity to develop their confidence, creativity, and professional skills while exploring current industry topics like sustainability and consumer trends. This course provides a strong foundation for progression into university or careers within the dynamic world of fashion business and retail.
This course is designed for students with a strong interest in Art and Design and will provide a grounding in fine art drawing and painting skills, alongside printmaking, photography, fashion, textiles, graphic design, 3D media, before specialising in a particular field
Whether you dream of long days in the studio, an academic career in art history, your artwork used in advertising for your favourite products or a creative outlet which complements your academic studies, an A Level in art and design will support your future in creative media and the expressive arts.
You will be fully supported by professional, exhibiting teaching staff, and given the opportunity to develop your creative ability while broadening your contextual understanding.
Negotiating briefs, creative problem solving and working to deadlines are all skills which separate creative arts students in a competitive marketplace.
Alongside an academic study programme, art and design provides a creative outlet, adding variety to the week; a place where critical thinking and self-reflection drive ambitious, expressive solutions.
Fashion and Textiles A Level is a highly creative subject that will give you an insight into the diverse application of materials, techniques and processes relevant to the fashion and textiles specialism.
You will bring a conceptual approach to the subject through exploring the work of others, taking part in technical workshops, experimenting independently and developing your own ideas around topics of interest to you. You will work with both set and self-negotiated briefs to develop skills of problem solving, creative thinking, practical application of knowledge and understanding linked to academic research.
All aspects of garment construction and textile design are taught, to enable creative outcomes that are sure to challenge future designers.
Students taking this subject have access to a professionally equipped studio and the use of bookable industry standard equipment and a dark room to fully realise their creative potential.
The course involves a variety of practical, theoretical and historical perspectives relating to photography as art, communication and illustration. Both analogue and digital photography are taught on this course. We cover many types of photography from documentary, portraiture, studio and pinhole whilst experimenting with lighting and location shooting.
This course focuses on the creative aspects of 2D and 3D design and provides an opportunity to develop a range of skills before choosing to specialise. The Level 2 Diploma is a practical, exciting and empowering course that gives you access to a range of visual arts media to establish where your talents lie before progressing to a Level 3 qualification.