Welcome to the Art Department at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls

This is a busy thriving Department with two full time staff and one part time technician. We have three fully equipped specialist Art rooms where all the pupils have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of media and techniques, including printing, photoshop, clay, textiles, relief, mixed media, three dimensional and sculptural forms as well as drawing and painting.

Imagination, experimentation and risk taking in Art and Design can produce rewarding results. Through working in art, craft and design pupils become open to the excitement and inspiration offered by both the natural and man made worlds. Through a range of processes, including drawing perceptively and creatively, pupils observe and investigate the world around them, inventing and visualising with increasing independence. They learn to appreciate the diversity of ideas and approaches to any given subject or theme.

The Art Department is constantly evolving, always keen to explore and discover new contemporary artists, designers, techniques and new ways of working, we in turn introduce this to the pupils, through exciting and varied schemes of work. In our Art, Craft and Design curriculum the pupils explore visual, tactile and other sensory experiences to help them to communicate ideas and meanings. They work with traditional and new media throughout the Key Stages, which helps them to develop their confidence, imagination and most importantly their creativity. Through a wide range of projects they learn to appreciate and value images and artefacts across times and cultures, and to understand the contexts in which they were made. They learn how to research and present their work, how to experiment with and use a wide variety of materials and how to practice and perfect their technical skills. Pupils develop an appreciation of art, craft and design, and its role in the creative and cultural industries that will enrich their lives.

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