CARDIFF SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
ILLUSTRATION BA (HONS) UCAS Code: W220 Entry requirements: Minimum Tariff: 300 Illustrators bring ideas to life; they have a talent and an ability to illuminate often very complex subject matters in a way which resonates with people, and captivates imaginations. Stemming from a desire to communicate beyond words, illustration is a diverse and expanding discipline, originating in gesture and, now, encompassing drawing and print as much as sound, moving image, 3D modelling and new technologies. The work of an illustrator helps to shape our experience and interpretation of the everyday. It can be encountered through magazines and advertisements; it can enable the understanding of science, medicine and health, psychology, politics, and more; and it remains integral to the film and animation industries. Illustration has a unique, personal staying power – treasured by those who have loved its enhancements of particular literature and narratives – but it also has the power to confront, provoke and disrupt conventional thinking on a much larger scale. The Illustration programme at CSAD is taught by an experienced team of dedicated illustrators and researchers, whose experience and specialist subject areas range from editorial to fine art illustration, from puppetry and music to animation design and production. We lead in teaching narrative form, with an approach that connects art, information, science and technology, rhetoric, forecasting, and memory. The briefs you will be set present opportunities to experiment using different media. Some assignments will see you unpicking theories of illustration; some will invite you to take inspiration from hidden corners of the city, while others will immerse you in creative philosophy.
Our role is to foster your curiosity, expand your critical and creative breadth, and underpin your artistic development with a practical understanding of illustration’s broader contexts and purposes. Throughout your studies, you will be encouraged to work with and learn from your peers – not solely from illustration but, occasionally, through briefs which span across the undergraduate programmes. In your second year, you have a real opportunity to enhance your development through travel, learning about illustration in other cultures through an Erasmus programme or a study visit to Rajasthan. Everything you do at CSAD – from your academic and practical work, lectures and seminars, and extracurricular projects, to your industry placements and final year exhibition – is shaping your development into an illustrator with a distinct voice, technical range and critical insight. It is this combination which equips graduates of the Illustration programme with the skills, experience and confidence to succeed as creative professionals. It continues to be a launch pad for students aspiring to create their own practice, or build upon expertise through further education, as well a pathway for many others into the professional worlds of film, publishing, animation, theatre, fine art, and new media.
Further information: Admissions Tutor: Amelia Johnstone ajohnstone@cardiffmet.ac.uk
YOUR PLACE AT CSAD Meeting applicants is important to us. We like to show you around, answer your questions and talk to you about your work and aspirations. No doubt you would like to look at our facilities and the Llandaff campus and find out more about accommodation, transport in the city and finances. This year we will be holding seven ‘Big Interview Events’ in our new building. The aims are to welcome candidates applying for places, give you the information you need, and conduct interviews. We will have a lot to show you and will be able to answer all your questions about studying with us and living in Cardiff. The dates of our ‘Big Interview Events’ are as follows, but we will be conducting interviews throughout the year for people who miss these or who are unable to attend on these dates. The Interview Days for 2015 entry are:
10 DECEMBER 2014 28 & 30 JANUARY 2015 4 & 6 FEBRUARY 2015 11 & 13 FEBRUARY 2015
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