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Art and Design

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About the Art and Design Department

Welcome to the Art & Design Department at Glasgow Kelvin College—a creative community where your ideas and imagination can truly take flight! Whether you’re just starting your artistic journey or looking to refine your skills for a professional career, our department offers a vibrant mix of courses designed to help you grow as a visual communicator, designer, or illustrator.

Here, you’ll explore everything from traditional drawing and painting to digital media, graphic design, and contemporary illustration. Our hands-on courses encourage experimentation, collaboration, and the development of your own unique style, all within a friendly and supportive environment. You’ll have access to specialist studios, industry-standard software, and opportunities to showcase your work in exhibitions and gallery spaces.

Our dedicated team of experienced tutors will guide you through building a strong portfolio, developing your creative process, and preparing for further study or exciting careers in the creative industries. Whether your passion lies in fine art, digital design, or illustration, you’ll find the inspiration and support you need to take your next step with confidence.

Art and Design Courses

Fine Art student Katrina sharing pages from her sketchbook during an interview in the studio at Glasgow Kelvin College.

Catriona from our Fine Art course gave us a sneak peak into her sketchbook 🎨

Our students explore creativity in all its forms – from sketchbook development to final exhibitions. Get inspired by Catriona's ideas, techniques and personal journey as she shares what art means to her 🎨

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Industry Partners

We are proud to partner with Strange Field and The Pipe Factory  where our students have the unique opportunity to build relationships and gain experience within a working arts organisation in the heart of Glasgow’s East End.

Our students undertake workshops with professional artists and designers off site, learn the process of creating art and design work for public audiences, produce public exhibitions of their work in historic buildings and learn to teach their practice in community settings supported by working artists at Strange Field and course Lecturers.

Our Staff Team

Printed textile artwork hanging on a wall, featuring repeated black, red, and purple beetle patterns in neat horizontal rows.
Student in a navy hoodie sketching or working on an art piece, with various fruits and vegetables on the table.
Student working on an art project, using orange paper to create a design in a sketchbook, surrounded by art supplies.
Hand holding a small, unfinished ceramic pot or clay object in a studio setting.
Close-up of a colourful sculpted skull made from painted cardboard, displayed on a white plinth under a circular wall light.
Person lifting a sheet of paper with a bold red and yellow print design from a printmaking press in a well-equipped art studio.
Close-up of hands carving a design into a printmaking block on a desk, surrounded by sketches and art supplies
Two colourful painted portrait panels leaning against a window, featuring stylised faces in red, purple, green, and blue tones, with a decorative hanging lantern above.
Close-up of a digital illustration being edited on an Apple iMac using graphic design software.
Easel displaying student artwork, featuring colourful collages of fruits and vegetables, including a bell pepper and a sliced citrus fruit.
A small table installation with a white tablecloth, two chairs with cushions, a vase, broken dishes, books, and a coat hanging beside a patterned blue wall with a window image.
A hanging mobile made of colourful geometric and floral panels suspended above a decorated red-and-yellow box, displayed on a plinth.
Four framed abstract portrait artworks arranged in a grid on a white wall, featuring expressive colour palettes and layered textures.
Student in a black shirt cutting bright orange paper, working on an art project in a classroom filled with supplies.
Student with red hair wearing a pink shirt and black jacket, sitting at a table in an art classroom, holding a pencil.
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