BRIT Kids at Canterbury College celebrates creativity through its dynamic classes taught by energetic and passionate teachers of their specialism. We believe that Creativity and the freedom to be creative is vital for young people to gain so many life skills. 

 

Course Type

Art Club

Digital Design

Fashion and Textiles

Course Length

  • 1 hour between 9.30 and 12.30
  • Fees, £115 per 12 week term. These classes go well with any other 1 hour class, or one of our two hour Specialist classes.
  • Specialist Fashion is a two hour course for 11+ students, priced at £230 a term.  This course goes well with an additional one hour class of your choice, should the timetable allow.  Should you choose 3 hours of classes, the third hour has a 50% discount. Siblings have a 33% discount. See the About section for further information.
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Art Club (ages 7-18)

Course Overview 

Art Club offers a space for students to explore their creative potential, express themselves visually and make new friends. Students are introduced to a wide range of course materials, from developing their observational and imaginative drawing skills to sculpting. Painting, collage and sculpture are just some of the mediums they will explore. This is a contemporary art course where students will explore themes and briefs to develop their creative abilities.

 


Digital Design (ages 7- 11 years)

The students will explore character design, looking at a range of digital and non digital techniques including pixel art, vector shapes, live tracing from pen/ pencil drawings, collage and animation. This year the students will bring their characters to life by creating paper craft nets, that will be printed, folder and constructed into 3D forms for a group diorama. They will also select a range of their character designs and artwork to be presented in a small printed zine, where they can also explore layout and typography.

Digital Design and Photography (ages 11+)

Course Overview 

This fun and exciting course covers the fundamentals of digital design and photography, offering a hands-on exploration to the key concepts and techniques for visual storytelling. The students will learn the basics of photography including composition, lighting and framing to capture creative images, while discovering the technical aspects of the camera including shutter speed, aperture and ISO. Using these techniques the students will explore a range of topics from reflections, long exposures, textures, portraits, architecture and colour. The captured images will be used to create a small printed zine, where the students will explore the principles of graphic design, page layout, typography and digital image manipulation using the Adobe Creative Suite.

Fashion and Textiles (ages 7-18)

Course Overview 

This course is aimed at students with an interest in all areas of Fashion and Textiles. Students will explore design through influential designers, gaining a varied insight and approach to the fashion industry. Stitch, appliqué, heat press, mixed media and sewing machines(for our older students) will be used to create works inspired by current trends. Students will be set briefs, brainstorm themes, have experimental workshops and produce final outcomes. Customizing clothing, textile panels, mood boards, fashion dolls, garment construction, textile construction, are all projects that have been explored by previous students. This course is ideal for any young person looking to develop an eye for style and design. These classes run between 9.30am - 12.30pm and are one hour long. Please note during these classes students will be using needles and sewing machines. 

 

Specialist Fashion

Emerging young creatives are invited to celebrate their passion and design talents in the two-hour fashion course at Canterbury. You will be able to learn and explore sewing machine techniques that will support you in developing creative outcomes inspired by trends and inspirational fashion icons. You will gain skills in a varied range of construction techniques as well as an array of traditional and contemporary surface, print and pattern textile processes. This will support you on your journey to make your fashion design ideas a reality.