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
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
The new academic year is nearly upon us and we’re all ready to start again! We have two new members of staff joining us this year, Joe Becci – ex RIC student and Illustration graduate and Peter Quirke – Graphic Design. Welcome to our fabulous Art Department. I am also back from maternity leave and raring to go! Welcome back all staff and students and … Continue reading Ready for September 2015!
Photograms are traditionally created in a darkroom, with the photographic paper run through the chemicals to produce a black and white image (when using black & white paper). This time, however, the students experimented with taking photographic paper outside and exposing it to natural light. Rather than finding objects to place onto the paper, they would bring the paper to the natural world and place it … Continue reading Photography Lesson 3: Daylight Photograms
Students on the GCSE and A-level Photography courses hit the ground running this term by bringing in boxes to their first lesson and making them into pinhole cameras. The process required making their boxes ‘light-proof’: painting the insides black and sealing any gaps and holes. An easy way to check for leaks was to take the boxes into the darkroom, turn off the lights, drop … Continue reading Photography Lesson 1: Pinhole cameras
The College celebrates the end of the year with our annual Summer Festival. The Art Department will be exhibiting all GCSE and A level work from students of Fine Art, Graphic Communication, Photography and Textiles and will remain on show in the Underhill Hall throughout the summer. Continue reading SUMMER FESTIVAL 2014
As a taster to the upcoming Exhibition at the RIC Summer Festival on 25th June, here is some of the work from this year’s A-level and GCSE Photography students. It’s been a highly creative and exciting idea, I hope you’ll agree. Enjoy! Brooke Ellis Thomas Yearron Continue reading Photography: A-level and GCSE students’ final work 2013 – 2014
The London Design Festival is an annual event, held to celebrate and promote London as the design capital of the world, and as the gateway to the international creative community. First staged in 2003, the London Design Festival is one of the world’s most important annual design events. The Festival programme is made up of over 300 events and exhibitions staged by hundreds of partner … Continue reading DESIGN AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
The RIC Art Dept will be relocating in September 2014 to our brand new art studios on the first floor of New Court. Watch this space for more exciting info. Continue reading STATE OF THE ART
The 2013/14 End of Year Show will kick off at this year’s Summer Festival with all our GCSE and A level Art & Design students exhibiting their work from this year in the Underhill Hall. Congratulations to all of you who have worked so hard to produce such fantistic work this year. We all wish our students who are leaving us the very best of … Continue reading END OF YEAR SHOW
