Autumn - Priestley Graphics

Beacon Award
Priestley college Art and Design nominated
for prestigious award
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The Art and Design Department received
excellent news in September, they had been
shortlisted for the prestigious National Beacon
Award. The feedback was that the Pulse of
the City Liverpool project, undertaken by
vocational students stood out as an excellent
example of good practice and as an innovative
exciting application.
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Summer Show 2006
Priestley’s highly successful, ever expanding Art
& Design department put on another stunning
end of year Exhibition in July, officially opened by
The Mayor of Warrington, which celebrated the
incredible achievements of students from every
area of the art and Design curriculum.
Two members of the award committee came
to Priestley for the day and spent time talking
to students,tutors and viewing examples of the
work that was exhibited in the Renew rooms in
Liverpool.
Their response was very positive and
encouraging and the staff all feel hopefull of
an endorsement by the awards committee
when the winner is announced at the end of
November.
The academic year was a busy time with a great
deal of achievement along the way, so students
and staff thought it superb that the Mayor took
such a personal interest in the event. Students leave
Priestley to pursue a range of degree courses and
careers in many aspects of the Creative Arts and the
exhibition is an exciting opportunity to celebrate
their achievements with guests also including
Parents, Teachers, representatives from Industry, and
students from local schools as part of the college’s
Welcome Day activities.
It is a remarkable achievement for the
department to receive such a positive
endorsement of their work through the
shortlist nomination.
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Beacon Award Applicatiion
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Jack Moores - Urban Repeat
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Summer Show Website
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Following the opening ceremony, the Mayor was
given a guided tour around the exhibition which was
positioned over two separate buildings, including
Priestley’s Art and Design block. Here, she was able
to speak at great length to the students themselves
who were proud and delighted to be able to display
their work as part of such a prestigious event.
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Priestley currently has one of the broadest and most
diverse ranges of Art and Design courses available.
Represented in the exhibition were: A/S & A2 Art and
Design, A/S & A2 3D Design Technology, A/S & A2
Graphic Design, A/S & A2 Textiles, Level 2 and Level
3 Multimedia Design, Level 2 BTEC EDEXCEL First
Diploma in Art & Design, Art Foundation Diploma,
and Level 3 BTEC National Diplomas in both Art
and Design and Graphic Design. The department
is also excited to announce that it is expanding its
curriculum area by offering AS & A2 Photography
from September 2006.
The Summer Show 2006 show still, in fact, lives
on in the form of a dedicated website at ‘www.
priestleygraphics.co.uk/summer’.
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Mayor meets Graphic Students
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Mayor meets Art Foundation Students
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Andrew Jones - Childs Toy
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BTEC ND GRAPHICS
National Diploma in Graphic Design
100% Pass
100% High Grades
CASE STUDY OF ONE STUDENT
ABIGAIL FREEMAN
BTEC NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN GRAPHIC DESIGN
RESULT: DDD
DESTINATION: Hudderfield University, Graphic
Design
AS 3D Design
A2 Textiles
100% Pass
100% A - C
Abbie came to Priestley College having
completed a successful programme of GCSEs
at Woolston High School. She enrolled onto
the BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Design
and also elected to pursue an additional AS
in Textiles Design, which has subsequently
helped improve her use of visual language
and opened her up to using less conventional
methods and processes in her design work. She
also studied Multimedia Design up to Level 3,
where she designed and built a personal website that
includes a portfolio of her artwork.
Outside of Priestley College she has a very healthy
fascination with a wide range of music and a keen
interest in the way that recording artists are portrayed
visually through a marketing identity. It is to her credit
that Abbie sees graphic design as hobby as much as a
career path. She is both reliable, diligent as well as an
exceptionally talented graphic artist.
Abbie was been offered a place on degree courses
at Coventry and Derby, but chose to study Graphic
Design at Huddersfield University from September
2006.
100% Pass
92% High Grades
100% Pass
77% A - C
AVCE L3 Art + Design
A2 Graphics
100% Pass
95% A - C
A lot of time and dedication was been put into her
coming to terms with the procedures and production
techniques that have allowed Abbie to produce
graphic artwork of real quality for the computer
platform and for print.
As inferred above, away from the computer, Abbie’s
drawing skills and her use of traditional materials
and processes were ambitious, experimental, and
brilliantly incorporated into all of her assignments.
Her investigation into the work of other artists
and graphic designers provided her with valuable
inspiration in terms of conceptual thinking and a clear
benchmark for her expected standard of work in her
final outcomes. Abbie, in this second year at Priestley,
enrolled herself onto an enrichment course to study
Photography during one evening of the week.
First Diploma Art + Design
100% Pass
100% A - C
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Annice Callery - Movement
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Peter Crosby - New York FMP
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A2 3D Design
100% Pass
91% A - C
AS Art
100% Pass
96% A - C
Achievement and Results
2005/06 Examples
Hannah Slater and Annice Callery in the Top 5 Art and Design students nationally at A level
Gemma Bent, AVCE Art & Design, Result: AA, Destination: Art Foundation, Priestley College
Katie Price, AVCE Art & Design, Result: AB, Destination: Art Foundation, Priestley College
A2 Art
Alan Austin, Art Foundation, Distinction, Destination: Glasgow School of Art, Environmental Art
100% Pass
90% A - C
Hannah Taylor, Art Foundation, Distinction,
Destination: Ravensbourne School of Art and Design, Fashion
Lauren O’Day, Art Foundation, Distinction, Destination: Oxford Brooks University, Fine Art
Martin Turner, BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Design, Result: DDD,
Destination: Salford University, Graphic Design
AS Graphics
100% Pass
97% A - C
AS Textiles
100% Pass
97% A - C
Adam Guest, National Diploma in Graphic Design, Result DDM,
Destination: Salford University, Graphic Design
Alexander Goodrum, National Diploma in Graphic Design, Result DDM,
Destination: De Montfort University, Graphic Design
Jade Goulden, National Diploma in Graphic Design, Result DMM,
Destination: Manchester Metropolitan University, Design and Art Direction
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