St Edmund's
Art, Ceramics & Photography
If we have a single purpose in the Art Department, it is to draw out the creativity in every pupil so that they find their own means of expression.
We want every pupil to become a confident independent learner, creative thinker and problem solver. Everyone’s learning experience is different, and so we share with them our own insights and passions – careful to offer guidance and suggestions rather than answers, and so prompting pupils to find their own way. Ultimately, we want to see pupils appreciate the visual world through sight and feelings, and to understand Art as an intellectual pursuit rather than a mere acquisition of skills.
Expertise in the Department includes Fine Art, Ceramics, Glass, Illustration, Photography and Textiles, allowing us to offer an unusually extensive range of GCSE and A-level options. Our facilities are equally impressive, and include a specialist ceramics studio and kiln, a photography studio, and a professional printing press. We are also able to accommodate those who want to work with textiles.
Alumni profile
Alumni profile
Mengyi (Linda) Li
A long-term boarder at St Edmund’s, Mengyi studied GCSEs and A-levels in Fine Art and 3D Design, achieving A* grades in both and being awarded an Art scholarship for her Sixth Form studies. Her thought-provoking work was a regular feature of the Art Department’s exhibitions. Mengyi is currently studying Interior and Spatial Design at UAL (University of the Arts London), a world top six university for Art and Design.
Alumni profile
Alumni profile
Youmei Huang
Youmei, from northern China, studied at St Edmund’s from 2016-2018, completing A-levels in Fine Art, Photography and Mathematics. Along the way, she developed a particular interest in visual effects and animation. Her results in Art and Photography were excellent, and she has gone on to study the new Games and Virtual Reality course at Glasgow School of Art.
