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Despite record numbers of applications there are still a number of places left on all of the FineArtETC courses for next session.

If you would like to be part of one of Scotland’s largest, most highly regarded and well equipped Creative Art Schools with record progression rates into Higher Education Diploma / Degree courses and into work then APPLY NOW!

FineArtETC currently offer a range of Certificated* courses at a range of levels** including 3 diagnostic*** general art & design, 2 advanced specialist and a range of part-time day and evening course options to suit individual needs and abilities.

Full-time Certificated Diagnostic Courses:

• First Diploma in Art & Design
• National Certificate in Art & Design
• Foundation Studies in Art & Design
• Pathways

Full-time Certificated Specialist Courses:

• HND Contemporary Art
• HND Illustration

Part-time Certificated Diagnostic Courses:

• Certificate in Art & Design
• Pathways

Part-time Non-Certificated:

• Art Portfolio Preparation
• Drawing & Painting
• Life Drawing: General-School

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**Levels as described by SQCF click HERE for more information

***Diagnostic or general courses offer candidates a range of creative experiences by covering several of Art & Design activities including Drawing & Painting, Sculpture, Visual Communications & Textiles allowing candidates to develop a portfolio of creative work often used for application to more advanced or specialist courses.

****Specialist courses concentrate on a particular subject area within art or design allowing candidates to develop specific skills in creative and contextual practice which can lead to advanced entry to specialist degree courses or professional practice.

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FineArtETC… graduates in showcase exhibition of contemporary Scottish art

Ruth Barry Installation View

Ruth Barry Painting

Ruth Barry Painting Detail

Graduates from Edinburgh’s Telford College’s Fine Art Programmes feature strongly in Exhibition showcasing the very best of contemporary Scottish art.

The inaugural RSA New Contemporaries exhibition presents some of the finest up-and-coming artists and architects in Scotland, selected from the 2008 undergraduate degree shows. The exhibition is an exciting and innovative move by the Royal Scottish Academy as it replaces the pre-graduation, open submission, mish-mash that was the annual student show with a post-graduation selection of the best of the four Scottish art schools and six architecture schools.

Ruth Barry who graduated from Edinburgh’s Telford Colleges (ETC) innovative Fine Art HND programme has presented a combination of table, table-top sculpture and watercolour painting in new work commissioned especially for the exhibition. An impressive work for which Ruth was presented with ESW Research Award for excellence in Contemporary Sculpture practice at the opening Gala by RSA President Prof Bill Scott. Ruth recently arrived back in the UK after working the education dept of the Guggenheim Museum in New York and she will move to London next month to continue her career in Fine Art.

Other FineArtETC graduates featured in the exhibition are Alex McAndrew whose dark glittering mountain dominates the landscape of the sculpture court and Kevin Harman who presents a rather understated wall piece featuring multiple tools which have been stripped of their original surfaces. Both Kevin and Alex studied on the BTEC Foundation in Art & Design at Edinburgh’s Telford College.

Colin Greenslade, RSA Programme Director, comments: “We envisaged that the development of this exhibition will be one of the most important initiatives for emerging artists in Scotland each year, enabling a ‘first exhibition’ opportunity for some 60+ emergent artists annually. The exhibition will be an unique opportunity to see the best of Scotland’s emerging talent under one roof.”

RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES

14 to 25 February 2009. Open Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 12noon – 5pm. RSA Upper & Lower Galleries, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL. Admission £2 / £1 conc

Pathways Easter & Summer School Dates Announced

Pathways Easter and Summer Schools Launched:

Easter School:

2nd April and 7th- 8th April. Times: 9.30-12, 12.30-3.00 Cost: Free

Summer School:

6th-9th July. Times: 9.30-12, 12.30-3.00 Cost: £60 per student.

Please contact wendy.robertson@ed-coll.ac.uk for more information.