Very bright and early on Wednesday 21 of June, we boarded the Eurostar for Paris, with a full itinerary of sightseeing and gallery visits planned as part of the 2017 Lower School Arts Week. After checking into our hotel, we enjoyed the obligatory ham and cheese baguette for lunch and some well executed selfies in front of the Eiffel tower before making our way to the … Continue reading Lower School Trip to Paris
Summer is in full swing and the RIC Summer Festival is less than a week away. A main part of the festival is the Visual Arts exhibition, featuring work by GCSE and A-level students in Fine Art, Photography, Graphics, Textiles, and 3-D. We have seen some excellent work from all students. Every year is different, and this year in particular has resulted in some varied … Continue reading Photography 2016-17
As part of Arts Week, the Lower School enjoyed a day at the Design Museum in Kensington High Street in London. The sun shone brightly as the year 7, 8 and 9s took part in the Designer Maker User workshop which is the companion to the Design Museum’s permanent gallery. Using refreshed handling collections of contemporary design objects, students were able to interact with key … Continue reading Lower School Trip to the Design Museum
From Monday 19 – Friday 23 June 2017 Lower School students in years 7-9 will be taking part in our first official Arts Week. We will be kicking off with a trip to the Design Museum in London where students will be taking part in the Designer Maker User workshop which is the companion to the Design Museum’s permanent gallery. Using refreshed handling collections of … Continue reading Lower School Arts Week
One of the elements of the photography course which manages to incorporate a number of disciplines, from studio lighting to understanding flattering angles, is portraiture. Arguably one of the most popular uses for photography upon its invention was its ability to capture the human likeness. Students study all forms of portraiture, from experimental depictions of the human face to journalism, identity, and of course the … Continue reading Ready for your closeup? – Portraiture photography at RIC
Now more than ever photographic manipulation is made easier and more accessible to all, from sophisticated computer programmes such as Photoshop, to Apps on smartphones. However there is still a great deal to learn and a lot to understand in order to ‘get it right’. To produce an image which can amaze, entertain, amuse or bemuse takes preparation and time, and an understanding not just … Continue reading ‘It’s like being a magician’ – GCSE Photography
Each year the GCSE students undertake the task of producing photographs without the use of a camera. Understandably they are baffled by the prospect, but to get them used to the idea, and to truly understand how a camera works (and it’s relationship to the human eye), we initially create a darkened room, with only a 5p-sized hole through which to view the outside world. … Continue reading Camera Obscura
Rochester Independent College’s Alfie Rutter has been selected for this year’s Royal Academy A-level Online Summer Exhibition out of over 2,400 entries. Although only a GCSE student, Alfie was old enough to be allowed to enter, and has made it to 49 selected works available to view on the Royal Academy’s very own website. Have a look by following the link, and be sure to … Continue reading RIC student selected for Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Graphics students in years 12 and 13 went to the new Design Museum in Kensington in February to see the museum’s permanent collection ‘Designer Maker User’ which tells the story of contemporary design through these three interconnected roles. We also visited the Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition which displayed some wildly fascinating and extremely innovative designs in furniture, fashion, graphic and product design. https://designmuseum.org/ … Continue reading A Level Graphics Trip to The Design Museum London
One theme in particular the Photography students enjoy every year is ‘capturing motion’. It is an exercise designed to introduce and master the more technical workings of the camera, in particular shutter speed. The knowledge required can at first seem complex, but through experimentation and trial and error, students discover exactly how they can show movement, from blurred ‘traces’ of motion to ‘freezing time’ and … Continue reading GCSE Photography – Capturing Motion
