ART & DESIGN

Top candidates Art & Design showcase at Dollar

Dollar Academy is hosting a national exhibition of Art and Design excellence later this month, which will showcase some of the best work from this year’s Advanced Higher submissions and offer encouragement and advice to pupils from across Scotland looking to follow a career in art.

Advanced Higher candidates and teachers from across the country are being invited to attend the event to view a selection of some of the best work from this year’s top candidates.   There will be around 60 folios of Expressive and Design work from a range of schools on display.  The event will also highlight the work of former Advanced Higher candidates who are now making their way in the world of Art and Design.  Workshops, tutorials and in-service events will be arranged for teachers,  and pupils may bring along sketch books to get information and encouragement in their present enquiry.

The event has been hosted by Mr Gus Maclean, Head of Art and Design at Dollar Academy, and will feature the work of  many up-and-coming young talents, including artist and designer Charlie Anderson who will talk about his creation of images for Urban Outfitters, animator Rachel Maclean who will show an edit of a recent film and walk through an example of Photoshop collage, and fashion designer Jen Baillie who will discuss co-design and client partnership. 

Gus Maclean comments,  “This is a great opportunity for us to use the facilities we have here at Dollar for an event which will encourage passionate young artists and designers and hopefully help support the future of creative life in Scotland.   We are a school that is very passionate about art and this is a subject explored here by pupils from a very young age.  I am delighted that we are able to host this event and am grateful for the many artists, teachers and candidates who will be contributing.”

The Exhibition of Advanced Higher Art and Design will take place in the Maguire Building at Dollar Academy from Friday 28th October until Sunday 30th October and is expected to attract around 550 attendees. Advanced Higher candidates and teachers are invited.  For more details visit: www.eventadvance.co.uk