GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION - ONE YEAR
In this program, you will form the basis for artistic work, using illustrations, pictures and text as communicating means. The teaching includes illustration and graphic design, typography, layout and digital photo editing. In addition, there are exercises in drawing and painting in different illustration techniques. Illustrative works are mainly done manually but also digitally. The focus is set on the artistic and creative ability rather than the technical skills. The purpose is to give you training within as many different expressions and techniques and to give you an insight into professions such as graphic designer and illustrator. The education will set the path for further higher education while forming the basis for professions working with printing, web and animations/moving pictures.

The academic year starts with exercises in drawing and painting and lessons in digital photo, layout and illustration programs. After this, the tuition is transferred to week-long exercises with independent projects, supervised by the teacher. All assignments and exercises are presented jointly in group. The academic year is terminated with a larger individual project.

During the year, teaching will also be performed by an amount of guest teachers with special knowledge of different areas within the program. Several study visits will be undertaken during the year and we visit graphic illustrators and designers.     

SUBJECTS
Illustration 47 days
Drawing and painting 40 days
Graphic design with layout 39 days
Photography with digital photo editing 14 days
Material studies 11 days
Typography 9 days
Final project 21 days

Note that the number of course days are converted from hours and may be approximate. During the program, you go on field trips to museums, galleries and studios.

Subjects in common:  Group dynamics 40 hrs (“The individual versus the group”) and lectures on History of art, crafts and design 20 hrs. An introduction to the computer studio 10 hrs.

DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE - ONE YEAR
This program is directed towards you who are interested in working with architecture, industrial and product design, stage design, interior design, design in general and sculpture. The program also provides complementary education for students with previous educational qualifications or professional experience within the area. 

At the program we will emphasis on the artistic expression, working with design and different shapes. By drawing and painting you will train your abilities in visualising, chromatics and reproduction. You will work with different types of material and methods. In sculpture you will form the basis of your own ability to perform three-dimensional assignments and find your own expression.

In the school’s workshops you will meet different materials such as wood and industrial clay (plasticine).  You will work with traditional hand tools as well as with machines. You will cast in plaster and concrete. In the textile workshop you will work with different printing techniques and free design assignments using pictures and patterns as starting-points.

In the subject architecture and design we will teach you how to draw, sketch and present your ideas. You will work three-dimensionally, build scale models and learn how space and objects interact. You will study different form and design concepts and discuss the aesthetic and social significance of the three-dimensional space. 

This program invites several guest teachers with special knowledge within the areas architecture, industrial design, design theory and stage design. General lectures on art and design are also included as well as study visits and visits to current exhibitions.

SUBJECTS AND MATERIALS
Drawing and painting 54 days
Architecture and design 36 days
Three-dimensional configuration (woodwork) 18 days
Three-dimensional configuration (textile design) 18 days
Sculpture I – model studies 18 days
Sculpture II – composition studies 18 days
Introduction to stage design 8 days
Sketching and presentation techniques 11 days 

Note that the number of course days are converted from hours and may be approximate. During the program, you go on field trips to museums, galleries and studios.

Subjects in common:  Group dynamics 40 hrs (“The individual versus the group”) and lectures on History of art, crafts and design 20 hrs. An introduction to the computer studio 10 hrs. You will also learn general program management in Photoshop and InDesign.

METALDESIGN AND CRAFT - ONE YEAR
The program is aimed at those who wish to explore the possibilities of metal and have an interest of design and crafts. We do not require any special previous knowledge within the area but we expect you to be curious about the material and its expressive possibilities.

The education will give you a good foundation for further studies within the areas: art of jewellery, public art, silver and gold smithery, iron smithery or nearby areas such as industrial design and architecture.  The program will also suit you who wish to complement an education or profession already gained.

By drawing and painting you will develop your ability of seeing. You will also learn how to visualize your ideas and communicate through sketches and models. A number of study visits at galleries and work shops are included in the education.

The metal subject comprises different professional areas with courses within silver smithery, art of jewellery, iron smithery, welding, product design etc. Most of these courses are held by guest teachers, active professionals within these areas. In sequences you will work with artistic and technical approaches of a problem. The follow-up is made by common group discussions or individual expositions. The sub-courses are layered with periods of independent projects, giving you the space and opportunity to applying and refining your own ideas. During autumn term, the assignment focus is on problems and challenges within basic design and techniques. During spring term, the education will mainly consist of in-depth studies and independent projects. 

SUBJECTS AND MATERIALS
Introduction course 11 days
Art of jewellery 18 days
Corpus smithery, iron smithery and welding 32 days
Product design, architecture, form analysis 14 days
Sketching and presentation techniques 4 days
Individual projects and final project work 29 days
Drawing and painting 36 days
Sculpture 36 days

Note that the number of course days are converted from hours and may be approximate. During the program, you go on field trips to museums, galleries and workshops.

Subjects in common:  Group dynamics 40 hrs (“The individual versus the group”) and lectures on History of art, crafts and design 20 hrs. An introduction to the computer studio 10 hrs. You will also learn general program management in Photoshop and InDesign.

WOODWORK AND DESIGN - ONE YEAR
The programme is directed towards you who wish to explore the possibilities of wood, both functionally and artistically. Wood has always played an important role for Scandinavian architecture and product, interior and furniture design. Nyckelviksskolan takes part in this tradition but will also pose new type of questions.

The programme paves the way for professions and further higher education within a number of areas such as interior architecture, furniture design, industrial design, arts and crafts and stage carpentry. The program also suits you who wish to complement other education or profession already gained. No previous special technical knowledge is needed but we want you to be curious about wood as a material.

The programme will provide you with basic knowledge of wood as a material in arts and crafts and design. The education is founded on an artistic base, why education in drawing, painting and sculpture is integrated, The goal is to develop your artistic skills, your expression of form and knowledge in crafts.  The teaching is based on a mix of different set tasks and some free themes. We also make pure form practises. You will learn the manual and machine-related techniques for treating wood in a handicraft way. The tuition of drawing techniques is combined with furniture construction, chromatics and an introduction to design methodology.

Different phases become part of larger processes. The subjects are interwoven. The weekly schedule is built in blocks where you work with one and the same subject or material three days in a row. The work is evaluated both individually and in group. In parallel to the work performed in the work shops and studios, lectures are held both in common with all students but also separately at the individual programmes. We make theme-related study visits, go to exhibitions and make a study tour.

SUBJECTS AND MATERIALS
Woodwork- material and tools, construction and planning, project assignments, history and contemporary orientation 95 days
Final project work 13 days
Painting and drawing 36 days
Sculpture 36 days

Note that the number of course days are converted from hours and may be approximate. During the program, you go on field trips to museums, galleries and workshops.

Subjects in common:  Group dynamics 40 hrs (“The individual versus the group”) and lectures on History of art, crafts and design 20 hrs. An introduction to the computer studio 10 hrs. You will also learn general program management in Photoshop and InDesign.

CERAMICS DESIGN AND CRAFT - ONE YEAR
Clay is today used within many areas -  from design, production of utility objects and crafts to architecture, public art and industrial production. Ceramics is also advancing as a free art form.  The program Ceramic Design and Craft is connecting to all this is will form a good foundation for further higher studies in ceramic art and design, glass design, furniture, interior decoration, architecture, industrial design etc. It will also form the basis for professions within design, fine arts and crafts. The programme can also be used as a supplement to education or professions already gained.

The education begins with different form and technique practises, forming the basis for further work with glazing and incinerating in kilns. The studies are both theoretical and practical. The independent problem assignments will give you a natural motivation for solving and exploring different techniques and methods.

Together with the main subjects: utility objects, ceramic as a free art form and ceramics in the public room, the artistic training in painting, drawing and sculpture will constitute a foundation. You will be encouraged to draw and develop rough sketches.

Some special courses are held by guest teachers, for example within glass technique, preparation of glazes and incineration techniques. We also make study visits to professional craftsmen and designers.  

SUBJECTS AND MATERIALS
Interpretation and Design 42 days
Techniques and methods 32 days
Ceramics – architecture and interior design 14 days
Sketching and presentation techniques 200 hrs
Individual projects 90 hrs
Drawing and painting 200 hrs
Sculpture 200 hrs

Note that the number of course days are converted from hours and may be approximate. During the program, you go on field trips to museums, galleries and workshops.

Subjects in common:  Group dynamics 40 hrs (“The individual versus the group”) and lectures on History of art, crafts and design 20 hrs. An introduction to the computer studio 10 hrs. You will also learn general program management in Photoshop and InDesign.

TEXTILE DESIGN AND CRAFT - ONE YEAR
Today the textile area is broader than ever. We are all surrounded by textile forms and expressions. This program is aimed at those who want to acquire basic knowledge within textile arts and crafts and design and/or is interested in one of the professions: interior design architect, stage designer, costume designer (within theatre and film) or free artistry.

The program gives new angles on traditional techniques. The purpose is to develop artistically, emphasizing on independent creativity. The education will form a good foundation for further studies within the areas with connection to art and design, and also to professions and assignments within the art industry. The program can also be used as a supplement to a profession or an education already gained.

Drawing, painting and sculpture are crucial subjects of this education and a prerequisite for working with colour and design in the various textile techniques. Textile printing includes composition exercises, sketching assignments, pattern units and printed textile pictures. In weaving, the work is emanated from the thread and study how it can be built into a surface and a shape. We emphasise on the artistic process in that subject.

The knowledge conquered from all the different subjects of the programme are joined and connected into a special project. In this project you will work three-dimensionally with textile materials, related both to body and space.

The program contracts guest teachers with special knowledge in textile disciplines. In connection to the individual work the school, we make study visits. Common lectures on art and design are held. Studies of history of textiles as well as study visits to current art exhibitions are also included.

SUBJECTS AND MATERIALS
Textile printing 38 days
Textile weaving 54 days
Group project in textile design 16 days
Painting and drawing 36 days
Sculpture 36 days

Note that the number of course days are converted from hours and may be approximate. During the program, you go on field trips to museums, galleries and studios.

Subjects in common:  Group dynamics 40 hrs (“The individual versus the group”) and lectures on History of art, crafts and design 20 hrs. An introduction to the computer studio 10 hrs. You will also learn general program management in Photoshop.

SPECIALIST CRAFT TUTOR - TWO-YEAR PROGRAM
The basic thinking behind specialist craft teaching is that peoples' involvement with arts and crafts is of significance in their personal development. One main focus of the entire course is an understanding of the artistic process and the communication which can take place when people come together through craftwork.

It could be about preventive social work and different types of rehabilitation. Today you will find specialist craft tutors within schools, care centres for children, youth centres, refugee centres, prisons, museums, crisis centres for women as well as within care for the elderly, psychiatry and forensic medicine.
    
This two-year program covers the six craft subjects: woodwork, weaving, textile design, metalwork, ceramics and drawing and painting.  In addition, there is an educational component containing educational theory, psychology and social work theory.

You will be acquainted with the different materials and will receive experience in the artistic process. The students gain basic experience in craft techniques and tasks which provide practice in how to proceed from idea to execution in a creative and instructive way. The purpose is that you will be able to help and guide other people by creative activities.
The educational component provides theoretical knowledge about society, the family and individual development. The theoretical part of the education continuously interplays with the practical parts in the work shops.

The tuition is built on presence and group teaching in common themes and projects, crossing borderlines. The education is finalized with an essay where theory and practice are combined.

An important part of the education is the ability to dissolve set structures and working with human meetings. Specialist craft tutors work with groups. The two-year vocational training also contains a tutored work placement in one of the profession’s work areas. The teachers at the Specialist craft tutor programme are active professionals within arts and crafts, psychologists and trained social workers. We also contract guest teachers will special skills and knowledge.
Since special craft tutors are required in many more areas within the society, we welcome a variety of knowledge from the applicants. You do not need any previous experience from pedagogical work. The most important is to be curious about and having a large interest in people.

SUBJECTS AND MATERIALS
Drawing and painting 58 days
Woodwork and metalwork 54 days
Sculpture 27 days
Textile design 27 days
Ceramics 27 days
Weaving 27 days
Educational and social theory 45 days
Pedagogics 18 days
Psychology 18 days
Tutor practices 9 days
Work placements 36 days
Final project work 11 days

Note that the number of course days are converted from hours and may be approximate. During the program, you go on field trips to museums, galleries and studios.

Subjects in common (per school year):  Group dynamics 40 hrs (“The individual versus the group”) and lectures on History of art, crafts and design 20 hrs. An introduction to the computer studio 10 hrs. You will also learn general program management in Photoshop and InDesign.