Art at Malvern
The Art Centre offers outstanding facilities for a wide range of artistic techniques. There are specialist studios for painting and drawing, ceramics, print making and photography. An introductory course in the first year forms the basis for more advanced work which a pupil may undertake as part of the GCSE syllabus or as an extra-curricular activity. Those continuing to sixth form are encouraged to be involved mainly in a specialist area in order to produce rich and well developed course work. Each year a number of students prepare portfolios for entry to Colleges of Art and Architecture.
Work from the Arts Centre is displayed extensively throughout the school buildings, and the exhibits are changed regularly, forming a powerful creative focus.
Contextual studies connected to A-level and IB coursework are augmented by frequent visits, organised within Europe to major capitals of artistic and cultural interest. There is an Art Society providing lectures and trips to Galleries. Exhibitions by professional artists are occasionally held, and the school has an extensive collection of contemporary paintings, etchings and lithographs.
Art Scholarships and a number of exhibitions are awarded every year after the submission of candidates' portfolios and an examination to test objectivity and imagination. Natural artistic ability is obviously important but so equally is real enthusiasm at this stage.