St Matthew's Church – Great Barr

The team, from left to right: Tracy Baker, Khoa Nguyen, Vicky Ellerton and Father Simon

"The Church at Great Barr set the college a live project , the brief was to design new curtains for the "Dove Social Club", which is located in the church hall.
A group of seven second year art and design students were given the task of designing the new interiors for the church, students spent one of their yellow weeks designing and sampling with fabrics in the textiles studio, they then presented their work to Father Simon the priest of the church – eventually the winning design was chosen and the choice fell upon the designs of Khoa Nyugen.
Khoa then worked closely with Tracy Baker (textiles lecturer ) and Victoria Ellerton (textiles technician) to adapt his design into a screen print, which would work successfully on the curtains."
Tracy Baker

Initial Design

Khoa Nguyen and Father Simon

School taster day - 5th July 2010

Year 10 pupils from several local schools were invited to the college for a taster day. The pupils had the chance to sample activities within the different departments of the college. Below are pictures of the activity offered by the art & design department. Under guidance from our fine art lecturer Nolan Wall, the pupils were recording a still life with charcoal which was attached to sticks.

43 Visions - One Essence

Below you can find a small selection of pictures from the private view and images of student's work from our National Diploma in General Art & Design, as well as the Foundation Studies in Art & Design. At the end of their courses all 43 students showcased their work during an exhibition, which was held at Matthew Boulton Campus for one week during June 2010.
Many thanks to all students who have worked hard and produced some amazing work, as well as all members of staff who have helped with the build of the show, it looked amazing and the show was a great success.
Anita & Tjark
P.S.: Follow this Link to find more images of the exhibition

Private View




Rachael Reid

Leena Verma

Alex Yates

Shumi Begum

Ruqaiyya Qazi

Andy Duong Vu

Mussawir Hussain

Melissa Adams

Talha Din