Creative Industries
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Creative IndustriesThe Creative Industries section offers modern facilities and courses from Access to Degree level, enabling students to develop their creative and academic potential and to fulfil diverse career aspirations, such as employment in the arts sector, artist practitioner or becoming a creative entrepreneur. Many former students have established their own art practices internationally and in Shetland. At National Certificate level students can take additional core skills units in IT, literacy and numeracy to aid transition to further studies or into the workplace. For the first time in Shetland, new courses in music are being developed in partnership with Shetland Arts, with NC in Music starting in September 2011. The course will be delivered in Mareel, Shetland's new Creative Industries Centre, and will embody our ethos to train students using practical skills, in tandem with IT and knowledge of the contemporary creative industries. Mareel will provide students with access to world-class industry standard facilities within a working music and multimedia performance and production venue. The NC Art and Design Craft and BA Contemporary Textiles courses include Computer Aided Design taught alongside traditional skills of observational drawing, colour mixing, painting and textile techniques. An Apple Mac suite was recently installed to enable design development utilising professional software applications. Our art, design and textiles studios are equipped to allow exploration of a wide range of processes and techniques, with a selection of knitting machines, weave and print facilities, all supported by our trained technicians. Each student is also given their own creative desk space. Highly qualified staff with practical experience of developing their own creative portfolios deliver the art and textile courses. Teaching is supplemented by visits from design and creative professionals who deliver talks on contemporary art, curatorship and business practice. We keep up to date in the industry by encouraging live projects and participation in professional exhibitions and gallery projects. Project support and further encouragement is available through sponsorship, awards from industry and a bursary scheme awarded on merit and potential. Community projects are also encouraged with student involvement in charity fashion shows and public events. Creative Industries coursesGood Reasons to Study in the Creative Industries Section:
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