Online open days for our Foundation Diploma in Art & Design take place from autumn to spring. They are a great opportunity to find out more about the course content, meet our teaching team, learn about our specialist facilities and get a feel for what it’s like to study here. You will also have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

We run our online open days in small groups so you’ll have the opportunity to find out everything you want to know, and you can expect it to take approximately 60 to 90 minutes.

You are also invited to take part in one of our weekly Student Virtual Chats where you can talk to current Art School students and ask about their experiences of studying with us. Register here.

If you have any queries, please contact us at office@cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk

About Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at City & Guilds of London Art School

Our fast-paced and intensive Foundation course offers a focused, inspiring and memorable year which will thoroughly prepare you for further study or professional practice. Our aim is to help you develop the skills you need to go on to be the leading artists and designers of the future. Whether you intend to make an application for a BA course in these subjects, explore a personal interest or take the first step on a career, with this course you will be making an important investment in your future.

We are committed to an intensive and individual approach to teaching and our Foundation Diploma is rare in offering generous teaching and tutorial support from Monday to Friday with an exceptionally high ratio of staff to students. You will find that there are always tutors on site offering advice and running specialist workshops.

We will encourage you to explore a range of art and design disciplines including a variety of approaches to drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, design communication, 3D design, printmaking and art and design history and theory. Once you have identified your chosen specialism with the support of your tutor, you’ll be assigned a personal studio space where you will work for the remainder of the course.

As you start to work more independently, you’ll concentrate on a final project in the last part of the year and you’ll exhibit this work in the Foundation Show at the end of course. The brilliant work of our 2019/20 Foundation students is currently exhibiting in our online Graduate Showcase – enter here to view their work!

Find out more about Foundation Diploma in Art & Design.