Life at Hutchesons’

From the Rector Request a Prospectus Academic
Success Getting to Hutchesons’

Art and Design

Based in a modern and recently refurbished suite of rooms, the impressive record of success that the department can boast of is based upon a determination to provide at all times a rewarding, stimulating and enjoyable experience for all pupils, equipping each pupil with a range of skills that permits lively awareness and understanding of the visual world and its links to fine art, sculpture, design and photography.

WCW 1037While the very high quality of the Annual Art Show in June reflects the impressive standard of work that has led many to study for degrees in Fine Art, jewellery, textiles, art journalism, printmaking, visual communication, landscape architecture and architecture, the department offers courses that also appeal to those who love Art and Design even if it is not to be at the heart of their career.

S1 and S2

Pupils study Art and Design for 1 hr per week in S1 and S2

In S1 and S2 the priorities for the Art department are to develop pupils' capacity to invent, create, design and interpret. For Art and Design the key is to educate young people, not just to train them in skills for work, to encourage an awareness of the world and provide the tools to respond to that awareness, fostering a rigour in how ideas are communicated and experiences shared.