As an artist, you will question yourself and at times, you may feel like an imposter that isn't up to the task. The imposter is what has inspired the great artists of today, to become even greater.
Our Art and Design courses are for 16-18 year olds who wish to gain a vocational qualification in Art and Design as a step towards a career in the industry.
Successful students tend to have creative energy, new ideas, the ability to work independently, an understanding of design and a passion for self expression. Is that you?
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Art and Design at West Lancashire College
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Neil Farrell
Head of Curriculum for Creative Service IndustriesHaving studied Sport and Exercise Science through college and university, I began my career in the sport and active leisure industry before moving into the education sector. During my time at West Lancashire College, I have managed a wide breadth of Curriculum areas and different types of learning provision. This has included 16-18 provision, adult education, apprenticeship provision, Higher Education, community learning programmes through to provision for adults and young people with SEND. I strongly believe that education has the power to transform lives and that everyone should have access to high quality educational opportunities.
Gary Owens
Art and Design LecturerLike all of the Art staff at West Lancashire College, I am a working artist myself. It is always a pleasure to work with like-minded creative people and to see how their skills and ideas develop over time.
Louise Curran
Art and Design LecturerAs a multi-disciplinary artist and designer with a background career in film and television costume, I offer students a relevant and realistic insight into working in creative industry. As an educator, I have experience of working with learners of all ages, abilities, backgrounds, and beliefs, across a range of artistic disciplines. Effective art and design teaching offers a space which nurtures and challenges the individual and diverse creativity of every student and equips them with the technical skills and confidence to progress in their chosen specialism. I am passionate about what I do and consider it a privilege to play a role in enabling our students to realise their professional and creative potential.
Nourhan
Art and Design Alumni StudentStudying Art at West Lancashire College helped me to generate ideas and express myself through my artwork. I would thoroughly recommend the course to someone who would like to follow a similar path. I am now studying a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design at UCLan.
Jess
Art and Design Alumni StudentI was originally studying for three A Levels at another college before realising that I’d be happier concentrating on my Art education and moving here. It was a great decision to move as I was able to get to know my classmates which has helped me to develop my own personal skills, as well as my artistic skills. What I liked about the Art department is how there are different rooms and equipment for different kinds of art, it's just a nice little community. The whole college experience feels very mature, you have so much more independence here and the campus itself is great in a really futuristic way.
Evie
Art and Design Alumni StudentI've really enjoyed my Art course as it's such a wide range of stuff we get to do, before coming here I thought that the course would be quite closed off and you’d only be able to certain things but it’s not been like that at all. It’s also very different compared to being at high school, what I didn't really like about school was how everyone had to be a certain way, here at college I felt like I could be anyone I want to be.
Hannah
Art and Design Alumni StudentI've really enjoyed my Art course so far, it's such a wide range of stuff we get to do, before coming here I thought that the course would be quite closed off and you’d only be able to certain things but it’s not been like that at all. It’s also very different compared to being at high school, what I didn't really like about school was how everyone had to be a certain way, here at college I feel I can be anyone I want to be.
Hanga
Art and Design Alumni StudentI’ve really liked all the experimenting that you get to do on my Art course, taking part in workshops in such a wide range of different techniques and styles. You are able to be a lot more independent here than at high school, but you still get help if you ask for it from the tutors and from the other students as well, it's like a community. I’m progressing on to do a degree in Illustration at Sheffield Hallam University in September. I chose Illustration as it can be very flexible, I might move into illustrating books, or making concept art, in the future.
Caitlin
Art and Design Alumni StudentMy time as an Art student was a great experience. When I joined, I didn’t have that many skills but now I'm in my second year I can see that I’ve developed the skills I wanted to, and I've met a lot of great people. As a whole it's a lovely college with a very nice atmosphere, you always have help if you need it and the facilities are really good. When I first came to college I thought I was going to concentrate on photography but I went to a workshop about advertising which really piqued my interest and now I know what I want to do in the future. I'm now studying Marketing at Edge Hill University.
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