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    16-18 College

    Art and Design

    Through art, design and your imagination, your mind will be twisting and turning, continually evolving, reinventing and redefining life. You will see your work in action, view how it can change your whole mood and the environment around you. That is why we choose the creative life, to create something that leaves the world touched by wonder.

     

    Students will be able to enjoy our specialist facilities, including two fully equipped Apple Mac suites, a large traditional Art Studio which caters for 2D and textiles fashion sessions, plus much more.

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    What can I study?

    Art and Design Level 2

    The Art and Design Level 2 course will develop your skills and knowledge across a wide range of art and design disciplines.

    Length: 1 Year
    Study: Full Time
    Start date: 1st September 2025
    Location: West Lancashire College

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    Art and Design Level 3

    This course is ideal for anyone who wishes to gain a vocational qualification in Art and Design, as a step towards a career in the industry or a university application.

    Length: 2 Years
    Study: Full Time
    Start date: 1st September 2025
    Location: West Lancashire College

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    100%*

    pass rate for Art and Design National Extended Diploma Level 3

    *data from Proachieve September 2024

    Good

    Ofsted Report January 2022

    96%

    of students feel safe in college

    Meet our Art and Design students and tutors

    Neil Farrell

    Neil Farrell

    Head of Curriculum for Creative Service Industries

    Having 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 Lecturer

    Gary Owens

    Art and Design Lecturer

    Like 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 Lecturer

    Louise Curran

    Art and Design Lecturer

    As 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.

    Nouhan, Art And Design Student

    Nourhan

    Art and Design Student

    Studying 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 Student

    Jess

    Art and Design Level 3 Student

    I 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. So far it's been great, getting to know my classmates has helped me in developing my own personal skills as well as my artistic skills. What I like about the Art department is how there's 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 Student

    Evie

    Art and Design Level 3 Student

    I'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.

    Hannah, Art And Design Student

    Hannah

    Art and Design Level 3 Student

    I'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 Student

    Hanga

    Art and Design Level 3 Student

    I’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 Student

    Caitlin

    Art and Design Level 3 Student

    My time as an Art student has been 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. I'm going to university in September to do Marketing with Advertising at Edge Hill, I'm really looking forward to as it's something I didn't expect to be doing at uni. 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.

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