Our Arts and Media Academy is part of an elite group of the best arts and media providers. We offer a gateway into many creative industries and have a strong track record of successful students.
One of our courses could help you become a graphic designer, screenwriter ,photographer, curator, director, animator, actor, musician, or radio/TV producer.
The creative industries span a huge choice of training and job options from fashion designer to radio broadcaster. We have strong links with local businesses and highly qualified, industry-experienced staff. Study with us and you could work on live briefs, visit film sets and more!
Take a look at some of the fantastic work our Art and Design and Graphic Design Students have created below;
Holly has a strong background in delivering film and media at all levels, having completed her undergraduate Film degree at University of Exeter and Masters in Film at the University of Bristol. Alongside her teaching, she has consulted for scriptwriters and film festivals, combining her love of watching film with creating original ideas. She is also embarking on a PhD in Film, which means that pretty soon she’ll become the ultimate ‘film geek’ – although don’t ask her about any superhero films, she is not a fan of those!
Layla prefers life looking through a lens where everything and anything can be edited out. Her favourite styles of photography are surreal and fine art, although she has a soft spot for some awesome landscapes. Having worked in the public and private sector she decided to branch out and put the art of media into practice with her own studio and production company in the mighty FOD. She’s one of the many experts in videography, editing and photography on the media team.
James is from an audio background and is a master of the synthesizer and keyboards as well as a sometime singer and footballer. He likes noodly synths, catchy hooks and messing around with time signatures and generally lives the life of an international rock star. He also knows his way around a recording studio, having spent plenty of time in them and as well as audio editing, mixing, mastering and recording techniques he’s also pretty accomplished at music video making and visual imagery.
Kevin trained as an electronics and mechanical engineer and is a qualified sound engineer. He is the longest serving member of the teaching team and what he doesn’t know about music and music technology probably isn’t worth knowing. Kev’s also a dab hand at video editing, photography and anything else he puts his mind to as well as being a fantastic guitarist and singer.
Nick plays keyboards, melodica and saxophone among other things and also sings harmony vocals when needed. The guitarist in her band also once told her that she is never allowed to play the tin whistle or recorder in public but she ignores him. She loves a killer chord sequence, fruity organ riffs, pretty keyboard sounds and middle eights that go somewhere unexpected. Inside she’s a frustrated noisy guitarist who accidentally learnt a ‘proper’ instrument when she was young.
Pete is our resident Logic expert and knows just about everything you could ever need to know about numerous music technology programs, having a massive knowledge of Mac shortcuts. He’s also one of the best piano players in the department and has a secret past working in the audio departments of TV and radio stations. Pete’s a whiz in the studio and happens to have a fantastic singing voice as well.
Here at Gloucestershire College, we are proud of our students’ work. It is not only showcased on the walls across our campuses, but also on our website. Below you will find a selection of inspired works created by students across Arts and Design, Photography, Media, Music and Performing Arts.
Interested in Arts and Design? explore our Student showcase here;
Here at Gloucestershire College, we know that excellent teaching is key to learning, but we also believe brilliant facilities make learning so much easier.
We have several fully equipped theaters with industry standard facilities, including full lighting rigs, projection facilities and space for an audience of up to 300 people.
The recording studio, situated at the College’s Gloucester Campus, contains the facilities you would expect to find in first-rate recording studios.
The dance studio at Gloucestershire College is equipped with a sprung floor, ballet bars, as well as a wall of mirrors.
Gloucestershire College has a range of art facilities available to students. From clay to metal there is something here that can benefit all art students.
Our Mac suites contain several iMacs that are kitted out with the latest software.
We’re proud that so many of our lecturers have either come from industry or still work in it. We’ve been catching up with Nicola Cudby who teaches music, alongside playing keys and saxophone and singing backing vocals in her band, Dead Anyway.
The UK is known as a global hub of creativity for arts and media – but the creative industries cover far more areas than you may initially imagine.
