Bronze Arts Award
Product Design

This is a 6 week Bronze Arts Award course specialising in Product Design. This course is for pupils in years 9, 10 & 11. The sessions will run on Sundays during October, November and December. The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 13th October 2024.

Event details

  • 27 October 2024 - 1 December 2024

    10:00-14:00 (GMT)

    Online

    Apply here

During this six week online course you will be given the opportunity to use Fusion 360 CAD design software to design a lamp and shade, as well as an environment for it to be rendered in. After designing the lamp and the room elements you will then use Adobe Spark develop promotional materials for your designs. The course will end with a virtual exhibition to show off your work. The course will give you the opportunity to achieve your Bronze Arts award, however it is not essential that you work towards a Bronze Arts award during this course, as we would very much welcome you if you simply want to enjoy the creative sessions.

Participants will require access to either a PC or Mac computer/laptop for this course. Unfortunately Chrome Books will not be compatible with the software used during the course.

More information about the Arts Award qualification can be found HERE. *Please note that if you have already achieved a Bronze Arts Award, you will not be able to receive another one as they are not linked to subjects, however you are still more than welcome to participate in the course, providing you meet the admissions criteria.

Session dates and structure:

  • Week 1: Sunday 27 October
  • Week 2: Sunday 3 November
  • Week 3: Sunday 10 November
  • Week 4: Sunday 17 November
  • Week 5: Sunday 24 November
  • Week 6: Sunday 1 December

Week 1 – Intro, Ice breaker, setup, arts award explained. (Part A)

Students will have been sent a how to get set up pack, this will include how to use collaborate and set up fusion 360 account.

10.00 – 10.30: UCA Welcome talk/ Presentation 

10.30 – 11.45:

  • Presentation of what we are going to create on the course.
  • Arts award explained, what you have to do and how to document your evidence.
  • How we are going to use Instagram to document evidence.

11.45 – 12.15: Lunch Break

12.15 – 12.45: 2nd Briefing and demo. Fusion 360 Puck design

12.45 – 13.30: Students follow Tutorial video, one to one tutor support available. Video tutorial will be hosted on YouTube

13.30 – 14.00: Debriefing, students show their work, Briefing for next session

 

Week 2 – Lamp Design and Lamp Shade Design (Part A)

10.00 – 10.30: Briefing and Demo. Demo of how to design lamp. 

10.30 – 11.30: Student follow Tutorial video, one to one Collaborate support available. Video tutorial will be hosted on YouTube

11.30 – 11.45: Debriefing and students show their work

11.45 – 12.15: Lunch Break

12.15 – 12.45: 2nd Briefing and demo. Demo of how to design lamp shade.

12.45 – 13.30: Students follow Tutorial video, one to one tutor support available. Video tutorial will be hosted on YouTube

13.30 – 14.00: Debriefing, students show their work, Briefing for next session

 

Week 3 – Your arts inspiration (Part B & C)

10.00 – 10.30: Briefing on days activity

10.30 – 11.45: Pixar Movie Review

11.45 – 12.15: Lunch Break

12.15 – 12.45: Arts inspiration. Students briefed on how to document their arts inspiration.

12.45 – 13.30: Students to complete arts inspiration activity

13.30 – 14.00: Debriefing, students show their work, Briefing for next session

 

Week 4 – Environment design (Part A) 

10.00 – 10.30: Briefing and demo. Demo of how to build desk, walls, floors, and photo frames over Collaborate

10.30 – 11.30: Student follow Tutorial video, one to one tutor support available. Video tutorial will be hosted on YouTube

11.30 – 11.45: Debriefing and students show their work

11.45 – 12.15: Lunch Break

12.15 – 12.45: 2nd Briefing and demo. Demo of how to add image into frames and apply textures for rending over Collaborate

12.45 – 13.30: Student follow Tutorial video, one to one Collaborate support available. Video tutorial will be hosted on YouTube

13.30 – 14.00: Debriefing, students show their work, Briefing for next session

   

Week 5 – Promotional materials and show prep (Part A)

10.00 – 10.30: Briefing and Demo. Demo of how to export renders from fusion 360 and import them into Adobe Spark to create promotional materials over Collaborate.

10.30 – 11.30: Student follow Tutorial video, one to one tutor support available. Video tutorial will be hosted on YouTube

11.30 – 11.45: Debriefing and students show their work

11.45 – 12.15: Lunch Break

12.15 – 12.45: 2nd Briefing and demo. Demo of how to gather materials for the exhibition and how to send them to tutor for exhibition preparation over Collaborate

12.45 – 13.30: Students will have time to gather materials and send them over.

13.30 – 14.00: Debriefing, students show their work, Briefing for next session

 

Week 6 – Share and show (Part D)

10.00 – 10.30: Briefing and Demo. Demo of how to complete the share task over Collaborate. This will either be how to change materials and render or how to change lampshade shape. (depending on student skill level)

10.30 – 11.30: Students to complete the share task and document it.

11.30 – 11.45: Debriefing and students show their work

11.45 – 12.15: Lunch Break

12.15 – 13.00: Students have mini tutorial to check over their arts award evidence

13.00 – 14.00: Students to go online and visit VR exhibition of their work

The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 13th October 2024.

Useful
information

UCA’s Arts Award programmes are suitable for students who are studying or have an interest in creative subjects and would like to develop their skills and portfolio.

The aim of the course is to provide an opportunity for young people to access free art and design tuition from a higher education institution to support them in the development of their portfolio of work. It's also designed for students who may not otherwise have the chance to access such an opportunity.

Priority will be given to applicants who meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • are the first generation in their family to study at higher education level (e.g. Degree, HND, HNC)
  • are currently eligible for Free School Meals
  • come from a neighbourhood with low overall progression rates to higher education (determined by postcode using POLAR 3 data)
  • are from a black or minority ethnic (BAME) background
  • are in, or have lived under local authority care
  • have caring responsibilities for a family member
  • have a disability
  • attend a HEON, KaMCOP or KMPF partnered school (a list of eligible schools is included below)
  • live in HEON or KaMCOP target postcode area
  • have not previously attended a UCA outreach programme
  • are studying without the support of family
  • are an unaccompanied asylum seeker/refugee
  • a child from a military family
  • from a gypsy, roma and traversal community

Allocation will also be based on your personal statement, where we would like to see an evident passion for the subject and an interest in studying a creative subject at a higher level.

This information will be gathered via UCA’s Arts Award application form and will be assessed by the University’s Outreach Manager and Outreach Officer.

Once the application deadline has passed, we will consider all applications against the priority criteria listed above to determine who will be offered a place. A decision will be sent in writing to confirm whether a place on the programme has been secured, and successful applicants will be asked to confirm their place in writing. Where the programmes are oversubscribed, unplaced applicants who meet the criteria outlined above will be kept on a waiting list and allocated spaces should they become available. UCA reserves the right to cancel or amend Arts Award activities at any time prior to the start of the course.  In the event of any changes, applicants/participants and their parents/carers will be notified accordingly.

If an applicant decides not to accept their offer, they must inform UCA staff via email as soon as possible so spaces can be reallocated where possible, by emailing outreach@uca.ac.uk

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