Skye, Lochalsh and Lochaber celebrate exhibitions of students’ work
Students from 91视频网 North, West and Hebrides are showcasing their work from a busy year with exhibitions in various college centres and local venues starting Wednesday May 22nd with an opening nights to welcome friends, family and members of the public.
The showcase will include work from our creative arts, textiles, fashion and photography courses based in Fort William, Portree, and Auchtertyre.
In preparation for the exhibition in Fort William, former student Noru Innes held a photo shoot recently with work from our Fashion and Textiles courses modelled by student volunteers and supported by our Beauty students.
Lecturer Laura Kingswood Smith explained “With such a range of courses involved, there have been many different trends and themes explored this year with students in Fort William being given free rein to choose from a selection of briefs for each of their projects. These are trend-led and allow students to gain an awareness of the continually changing nature of the fashion forecasting industry. Notable amongst these are an interest in developing sustainability, reducing waste, arts and craftsmanship and the importance of nature in our fragile ecology as well as the resurgence of a nostalgic Y2k aesthetic and surreal revival".
HND Textiles student Shaz Murphy will be graduating after studying with us for three years in our department. She has brought a wealth of knowledge and experience to the department and created several large-scale textile artworks for the campus which will remain on public display. In her latest work she has been inspired by the college merger and her own learning journey here, creating a large scale macrame and metalwork piece of the tree of knowledge.
Artwork created by Shaz Murphy
We are delighted that two of our young students from the NC Creative Industries: Art & Design Portfolio with Textiles have gained places to go on to study fashion courses in Glasgow. We wish them all the best in their next steps in this exciting industry.
NPA Art and Design is a one day per week course also in Fort William which brings together three units in Printmaking, Mixed Media and Illustration. The showcase comprises work from across the course with a particular focus on a collective theme the group has been working with, Escapism, and a zine and artists’ book which accompanies this.
The corridors at Fort William will showcase the work from students studying a new mixed media unit this year. It features a collection of work from each student with the theme, Landscape and Memory. Introduction to Illustration theme, Escapism has been a collective project bringing examples of student’s artwork together in a zine and artists’ book. Some of our part-time NQ Textiles students are keen to return to college here and will continue on other part-time arts courses to develop their artistic practice further in other related media.
A highlight of the year was students creating the costume designs for the Showstoppers theatre production of ‘Cinderella’ with students from the NC and National 4 Senior Phase courses creating garments for some of the characters in the show. These were fantastically well received, and everyone very much enjoyed going to see the pantomime and seeing the costumes on stage. They really did shine, shimmer and move beautifully, coming alive on the characters in the show.