A group of Photography and Textile students, across year 11-13, travelled to London to visit the V&A Museum earlier this week to see the magnificent Tim Walker Wonderful Things show. The trip was a great opportunity for the students to feel inspired and to gather useful primary research for their projects, through viewing the work of a contemporary practicing fashion-photographer and the chance to take … Continue reading Tim Walker: Wonderful Things
A group of our year 10 Art & Design students set off to the Cathedral with Carmel and Gretel to source primary research for their recently assigned Cathedral project. Read More Continue reading Year 10 Cathedral Visit
The College’s annual Summer Festival has already been and gone – somebody told me that we were in our 10th year of this lovely event – that cannot be right, I’m not that old! Whenever its inception, the Summer Festival has always been a real highlight of the year and a wonderful way to celebrate the achievements of our students in the Arts. We had … Continue reading Summer Festival
Grand finale of RIC’s touring exhibition celebrating 35 Years of Visual Arts. Continue reading 35 Years of Visual Arts at RIC
It was an exceptional year for GCSE Photography with some truly outstanding work produced. I was particularly impressed by the standard of work from students who had never done any photography before September 2018. Their level of enthusiasm, energy and creativity was quite thrilling to watch as the year progressed. Hats off to them! Continue reading GCSE Photography 2019
On November 14th The RIC GCSE Photography students went on a trip to London to visit the Cecil Beaton exhibition and 1930s fashion exhibit at the Fashion and Textiles Museum in London as part of their coursework project. They were also encouraged to take photographs of the urban environment for their Art & Design project. First we visited Rochester Castle for a quick run through … Continue reading GCSE Photography London Trip
A selection of the very impressive work produced by this year’s GCSE photography students. Continue reading GCSE Photography 2018
As part of a GCSE portrait project I asked students to research the life and work of David Bailey and recreate an image in his photographic style. Here are some of the results. Continue reading Homage to David Bailey
On June 28th RIC had their annual summer festival with captivating performances by the lower school drama students interpreting ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and a hilarious 6th form version of John Buchan’s ‘The 39 Steps’. There were various musical performances by students and well known musician Henry Dagg playing some very curious instruments. Another highlight was the incredible talent on view in the Underhill theatre … Continue reading RIC Summer Festival 2018
The College’s annual Summer Festival on Wednesday 28 June kicks off our 2017 exhibition displaying this year’s GCSE and A level work from students in Fine Art, Textiles, Graphic Design, Photography and 3D Design. A record number of students have taken art & design subjects this year and the standard remains as high as ever. The exhibition will be up all over the summer and … Continue reading GCSE & A level Summer Exhibition 2017
