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Part Time
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16 Weeks
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Boston
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Thursday 11th September 2025
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Students aged 16β19 with a household income under Β£45,000 can apply for financial support.
β οΈ Apply by Monday 7th July 2025 to avoid delays to funding and transport support (including Lincolnshire County Council travel passes or taxis) π Apply now
Art for Wellbeing Award Level 2
Add to ShortlistThe Art for Wellbeing Award Level 2 course builds on the foundation of creative exploration established at Level 1, offering a more focused and personal journey into art and design practice. This course is ideal for students who wish to deepen their creative skills, take greater ownership of their projects, and begin to explore specific areas of interest in more detail. You will be encouraged to develop your personal creative practice while learning how historical and contextual research underpins and informs contemporary art and design. You will explore how artists and designers have responded to the world around them, and how this can inspire and shape your own work.
The qualification continues to foster creativity as a tool for wellbeing, promoting a reflective and mindful approach to making. This course focuses on topics and techniques including Ceramics, Mark-making, Printmaking and Painting. You will hone your technical and creative skills through hands-on experimentation with materials, methods, and processes; focus on a personal area of interest, developing a project that reflects your individual style and ideas; undertake independent research to inform and support your work, with opportunities to respond to themes that are meaningful to you; and build confidence and resilience through creative expression, while learning to manage and take responsibility for your own creative process.
What will I do?
Class activities will include experimental art-making with different materials, learning different ways of seeing and recording, and learning new craft-related skills. By the end of the course, you will have a better understanding of the value and role of art and creativity for mental well-being and be equipped with skills, confidence, and knowledge of a range of craft material, techniques, and processes.
You will study units designed to give you a solid foundation in practical and contextual aspects of art and design:
- Introduction to Materials, Processes and Technical Skills in Art and Design
- Introduction to Contextual Research in Art and Design
To pass this course, you will need to complete all three of these units. You will need to document your processes and findings for submission. This record will be returned to you following moderation and will, in future, be a valuable resource for you to revisit to remind yourself of your creative journey, as well as being able to refresh your memory on how to do the different crafts you will have tried.
Entry Qualifications
To study this course, you will need to have successfully completed the Art for Wellbeing Award Level 1 course or equivalent.
Attendance
The Art for Wellbeing Award Level 2 will take you 16 weeks to complete starting on Thursday 11th September 2025. You will attend college from 6:00pm-9:00pm for 1 day per week (Thursdays) at our Rochford Campus in Boston. You will also be expected to undertake additional work at home in order to back up classroom activity.
Fees
The Art for Wellbeing Award Level 2 may be fully funded by the Adult Education Budget should you be eligible under the following criteria:
- Be aged 19+ on the 31st August at the start of the current academic year
- Be either unemployed and receiving JSA, ESA or Universal Credit (subject to criteria) OR be earning less than Β£20,319 (annual gross salary) a year
If you do not qualify for the Adult Educational Budget, this course will cost you Β£341 (Tuition Β£293 and Exam Β£48).
Please note that all fees are subject to change.
How Will I Be Assessed
You will be assessed via practical assessments (100%), including workshops, individual research, and production of your final piece(s). All work will be assembled in an annotated sketchbook which will be internally assessed by your tutor and externally moderated by the examination body.
Where Could It Lead?
Successful completion of this course could lead to a Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design, or involvement in one of the Collegeβs Creative Clubs.
Additional costs
Additional costs include purchasing a sketchbook at around Β£5 that accompanies the course.
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