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Creative Exhibition Gets Fantastic and Strange

Published 19 June

Last week saw our Creative industries departments come together for the annual End of Year Show exhibition ‘Fantastic & Strange’.

Fantastic and Strange is an intriguing insight into the fantastic work and strange concepts explored by the College’s Art, Design, Style, Creative and Digital students. 

The show highlights the diversity of work created by our talented students across Film, Photography, Fashion, Fine Art, 3D Design, Media Makeup, Performing Arts, Creative Media & Digital as well as work from the Hair, Beauty and Nails students.

Fantastic and Strange represents the culmination of the students’ hard work and vision over the last year and it will be the last time for some students to display their work before going off into employment, or higher education.

The launch event opened with a rendition of Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ by Performing Arts students and was attended by special guest actor Olivia Pentelow. Bradford-based Olivia is currently starring in the BBC drama, ‘The Gallows Pole, directed by Shane Meadows, and spoke about her passion for the creative industries and her journey to securing her role in The Gallows Pole. She offered our students advice on their next steps after finishing college by saying, “Working towards my dream has been a struggle and it takes a great deal of resilience, and everyone here will have that resilience inside them.”

The launch event was also an opportunity to recognise students’ achievements in an award ceremony. Creative Industries Awards celebrated students who have overcome adversity and those for outstanding achievement and good attendance and punctuality and Hair, Beauty and Nails students’ achievements were recognised with the David Nisbet Awards for Outstanding Achievements.

Jemma Crozier, Head of Department for Art, Design and Style comments, “I am always so proud of our students and the work they achieve – as well as acquiring a wide specialist skill base, our students learn to work collaboratively with each other, skilfully guided by specialist staff. It is their continued professionalism and dedication which is so vital in setting an example to those who aspire to take up careers in the creative industries. I am very excited to share their outstanding work with the public at the End of Year Show.”

The End of Year Show ‘Fantastic & Strange’ is housed within Craven College’s Ingleborough Building on the Aireville Campus in Skipton and is open to the public until 23 June 2023.

Applications for Art, Design, Style, Creative Industries and Digital Technology are still open for this September. For more information on how to apply visit www.craven-college.ac.uk

Vocational
TitleLevel
Access to FELevel 1
Art & DesignLevel 1, Level 2, Level 3
Art & Design (Foundation Studies)Level 3, Level 4
Beauty TherapyLevel 1, Level 2, Level 3
Fashion & Textiles (Pathway)Level 3
Fine Art (Pathway)Level 3
Graphics (Pathway)Level 3
HairdressingLevel 1, Level 2, Level 3
Media Make-upLevel 3
Media StudiesLevel 1, Level 2, Level 3
Nail ServicesLevel 2, Level 3
Performing ArtsLevel 1, Level 2, Level 3
Photography (Pathway)Level 3
Apprenticeships
TitleLevel
Advanced & Creative Hair Professional ApprenticeshipLevel 3
Barbering Professional ApprenticeshipLevel 2
Hair Professional ApprenticeshipLevel 2
Degrees & Higher Levels
TitleLevel
Performing Arts (Acting) HNCLevel 4
Performing Arts (Acting) HNDLevel 5
Part-time
TitleStart
Animal Drawing & PaintingThu 26 February 2026
Aromatherapy Essential Oils - IntroductionSat 18 October 2025
Body Massage - IntroductionSat 18 April 2026
Ceramics - Hand BuildingTue 13 January 2026
Ceramics - IntroductionTue 11 November 2025
Digital Photography – IntroductionThu 25 September 2025
Drawing - IntroductionThu 18 September 2025
Dry Point & Collagraph PrintmakingFri 17 April 2026
Film Making - IntroductionTue 4 November 2025
Indian Head and Face Massage - IntroductionSat 28 February 2026
Landscape Drawing & PaintingThu 4 June 2026
Lino & Wood Block PrintmakingThu 8 January 2026
Lino Block Printmaking - Make your own Christmas CardFri 28 November 2025
Nail Technology Level 2 CertificateTue 4 November 2025
Photoshop - IntroductionTue 2 December 2025
Post Production in Film - IntroductionTue 6 January 2026
Post Production in Film - IntroductionTue 29 April 2025
Printmaking - IntroductionSat 20 June 2026
Reduction Lino PrintingFri 5 June 2026
Reflexology - IntroductionSat 20 June 2026
Silk Screen PrintingThu 6 November 2025
Silversmithing - Make a Silver RingSat 28 February 2026
Stained Glass – IntroductionSat 15 November 2025
Stained Glass Level 1 AwardFri 19 September 2025
Stained Glass Level 2 AwardFri 23 January 2026
Still Life PaintingThu 16 April 2026
T-Levels
TitleLevel
Craft & Design - Ceramics Maker T LevelLevel 3
Craft & Design - Textiles & Fashion Maker T LevelLevel 3
Access to Higher Education
TitleLevel
Access to HE Diploma - Creative Arts (19+)Level 3
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