If you're keen to develop your creative skills for a career in visual arts, this course is for you!
Being successful in the visual arts industry requires creative flair, but there's also some technical know-how behind it all — that's where this nationally accredited and recognised qualification can add value for your future career.
You'll gain skills in drawing fundamentals and how to follow a design process for a range of techniques using mixed media, including digital art and photography. Depending on where you do the course, you may also learn ceramics and sculpture or other visual art types. Learning is very hands on, with experienced professional visual artists as your teachers, and you will also learn about the professional and business side of visual arts.
Completion of this course can provide credit towards a relevant higher level qualification, should you wish to pursue further study.
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Start your visual arts journey and build on your creative skills
North Metropolitan TAFE offers a wide range of creative industry courses which will equip you with the skills you'll need to excel in your future professional practice as an artist or craft maker. Our visual art and craft qualifications provide you with skills that are relevant to current industry trends and practices.
In this introductory course you will develop skills such as drawing fundamentals and a range of techniques using mixed media, to digital art, including basic photography and manipulating digital images, and you'll also learn how create ceramic and sculpture artworks.
Each term you will focus on a specific subject such as ceramics, sculpture, drawing or digital art.
Our courses offer excellent resources and highly experienced lecturers. If you are interested in further developing your art skills, then this is the course for you.
This course provides a pathway to a wide range of other qualifications in visual arts and craft, and more broadly, the creative industries.
There are a great many opportunities within the art area from production of small local products to be sold in markets, pop-up shop initiatives, art competitions, art as an engagement pathway for other non-profit organisations, as well as production of works available through local galleries to large works such as paintings, jewelry, ephemeral installations, public art and sculptures for the community and local organisations.
Classes are often held in the evenings and depend upon industry demand. It is recommended to complete one or two units only per term.
The Certificate II in Visual Arts aims to develop the basic creative and technical skills that underpin visual arts and craft practice. Students who complete the certificate willfind that it prepares them for the higher-level learning that supports professional art practice.
The information presented on the course lists within this website is provided to the Department of Training and Workforce Development by the WA TAFE colleges and private training providers, and is offered as a guide only. It is updated regularly, however some changes to details may occur in between updates. You should always contact the TAFE or private training provider directly to confirm details and/or ask questions.