Hollie Turner
University: Sheffield Institute of Arts (Part of Sheffield Hallam)
Course: Fine Art MArt
From TRC’s Fine Art A-level I went straight onto study Fine
Art MArt at Sheffield Institute of Arts (part of Sheffield Hallam). TRC’s art
helped so much with this, and I feel more prepared than a lot of students who
have come from foundation degrees. The level of freedom and experimentation at
college with the help of amazing teachers makes the start of university a lot
less scary!
At SIA we started with an introductory set of “streams”
workshops, which is essentially drawing based skills aiming to get you straight
into your studio practice (which is 80 out of the 120 credits each year). This
ran until trips week, when we went to London for three days! Now we’re about to
start more specific workshops in the printmaking, photography, film and
sculpture workshops (and in January we choose one to really specify in).
As well as this there are two visiting artist lectures each
week- transmission and gravity. This means that we have contact with those
already working in the art industry and we get more of an insight as to how
they work and advise they can give us. We have two written modules, one runs in
the first semester which is Professional Art Practice which over the three/four
years aims to get your ready to enter the art world, and the other is an art
context and theory module which I’m starting in January.
As well as university I’m also volunteering at Old Market
Gallery, which is a community run gallery in town (the big glass one as you
walk down from college). It’s really nice to get involved in the local art
scene and events such as Love Comes First.
I don’t really have a set goal for when I leave university
yet. I’m thinking possibly about the e film industry, or working with arts
charities. I’m hoping that over the next few years I can get a better idea of
what I really want to do so that for my 3 month work placement during my fourth
year I can get involved in something that could potentially lead to a career!
Rough work in my sketchbook focussed around the Rotherham Sex
abuse scandal and the reaction to this.
Start
of a “never ending drawing” as part of the streams workshops- based on an
interactive piece of peoples thoughts on Rotherham
Blogs:
http://hollieolivia-studiopractice.blogspot.co.uk/ (for my professional art practice module- to
be assessed)
http://hollieolivia-artblog.blogspot.co.uk/ (personal blog)
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