For part D of unit 1 of the silver arts award, I learned about different practitioners of the Arts and about careers and courses in the Arts through a careers and courses evening at Manchester Art school and a Graphic Design Saturday Club, also held from Manchester School of Art.
Things I learned at the Graphic Design Club:
In the Graphic Design Saturday Club, the different forms of art we learned ranged from typography, lettering, poster design, both digital and physical forms of graphic design, calligraphy and we did some rearranging shapes to make pictures.
Various practitioners of graphic design came into the Saturday club to talk about the art form of which they study or work in, this included a typographer, calligrapher, and various graphic designers. I was inspired by the people who did the graphic design talk, since they talked about what forms of graphic design they did, so it made me think about what I wanted to do with my graphic design skills and has inspired me to try different art forms. One of the graphic designers was Malcolm Garrett, who talked about the different work he did, which included designing album covers for various local and national groups, such as Duran Duran, and the Buzzcocks. He also designed maps in a park, and the border in various UK airports.
The practical work we did included designing posters, both digitally and physically. I designed 2 posters digitally, one for an Art and Design Saturday club, and one for Design Manchester 2019.
Physically, we designed a collage poster for a punk concert with people from Dr Me Design Studio.
More pictures can be found here: Graphic Design Club Instagram Page
The club has influenced me to think about going into a career in graphic design, since the talks and lessons helped me get a better understanding of what graphic design really is, rather than me thinking it was just digital art. I would love to design various things, like logo design and app design.
Since the Graphic Design Club, I would like to study graphic design further, and different elements of it, such as photoshop and calligraphy. I have been considering doing a Graphic Design A Level at college.
Creative Futures - Thursday 7th February
The Creative Futures event was an event for Teachers, Parents and Pupils "to find out more about the Creative Careers sector and how studying creative subjects can give you access to a broad range of industries and exciting career opportunities".
At the Creative Futures event, I learned about various different forms of art, such as textiles, graphic design, architecture, and animation.
When we arrived, we watched a Creative Futures discussion, where they talked about the different courses available, and different careers in certain art forms. After that, we took a tour of the building, lead by an art student, and we got to see the university's student's work. We visited an architecture exhibition, and we also took part in a graphic design workshop lead by the same people who lead the Saturday club. There was also an animation workshop, where I made a short animation using different shapes, it was a stop-motion film. After this, we met with the outreach officer, who told us about different clubs that will be running in the art school.
The Creative Futures event really helped me have in insight on what I would like to do as a future career. It also told me about the different courses available at the art school.
Things I learned at the Graphic Design Club:
Various practitioners of graphic design came into the Saturday club to talk about the art form of which they study or work in, this included a typographer, calligrapher, and various graphic designers. I was inspired by the people who did the graphic design talk, since they talked about what forms of graphic design they did, so it made me think about what I wanted to do with my graphic design skills and has inspired me to try different art forms. One of the graphic designers was Malcolm Garrett, who talked about the different work he did, which included designing album covers for various local and national groups, such as Duran Duran, and the Buzzcocks. He also designed maps in a park, and the border in various UK airports.
The practical work we did included designing posters, both digitally and physically. I designed 2 posters digitally, one for an Art and Design Saturday club, and one for Design Manchester 2019.
Physically, we designed a collage poster for a punk concert with people from Dr Me Design Studio.
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| The Punk Poster Collages we made |
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| Malcolm Garrett speaking at the Graphic Design Club |
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| Our club |
The club has influenced me to think about going into a career in graphic design, since the talks and lessons helped me get a better understanding of what graphic design really is, rather than me thinking it was just digital art. I would love to design various things, like logo design and app design.
Since the Graphic Design Club, I would like to study graphic design further, and different elements of it, such as photoshop and calligraphy. I have been considering doing a Graphic Design A Level at college.
Creative Futures - Thursday 7th February
The Creative Futures event was an event for Teachers, Parents and Pupils "to find out more about the Creative Careers sector and how studying creative subjects can give you access to a broad range of industries and exciting career opportunities".
When we arrived, we watched a Creative Futures discussion, where they talked about the different courses available, and different careers in certain art forms. After that, we took a tour of the building, lead by an art student, and we got to see the university's student's work. We visited an architecture exhibition, and we also took part in a graphic design workshop lead by the same people who lead the Saturday club. There was also an animation workshop, where I made a short animation using different shapes, it was a stop-motion film. After this, we met with the outreach officer, who told us about different clubs that will be running in the art school.
The Creative Futures event really helped me have in insight on what I would like to do as a future career. It also told me about the different courses available at the art school.
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