This exhibition is the result of a collaborative project between Arley Hall and the college's AS Textiles and Photography students. Having undertaken a research trip to Arley last October, the students explored the grounds, taking photographs to inform the development of their ideas. They drew inspiration from the surface textures, organic forms and patterns found within The Grove as well as the formal gardens and architectural features of Arley's buildings. (2016)
Curious artefacts have inspired an exhibition by a group of Warrington students. Warrington Museum and Art Gallery opened its Cabinet of Curiosities to Fine Art students from Priestley College and asked them to create their own pieces. Now the guest curators have put together an exhibition that will run for the next year alongside many of the unusual items in the collection. (2015)
For 20 years, Professional Imagemaker – which is delivered to photographers in 72 countries and read across the world– has asked BTEC Graphic Design students at Priestley to create pages fit for its readership. "The biggest thing the students bring to it is they have no pre-conceived ideas of how our pages should look so therefore they come up with some incredibly fresh and original ideas," said Mike McNamee, editor of Professional Imagemaker.
This exhibition is the result of a collaborative project between Arley Hall and the college's AS Textiles and Photography students. Having undertaken a research trip to Arley last October, the students explored the grounds, taking photographs to inform the development of their ideas. They drew inspiration from the surface textures, organic forms and patterns found within The Grove as well as the formal gardens and architectural features of Arley's buildings. (2015)
BTEC Art and Design Students have created wallpaper that is set to inspire workers at one of the world's leading banks, to brighten up some of their workspaces at its global technology centre Radbroke in Knutsford . Priestley's Graphic Design students were asked to create an advertising campaign which could be used to commission the next viral advert for Pingit – an app that allows you to send and receive money using just a telephone number.
Over the years Priestley has hosted many Catwalk Shows. This annual event has helped to showcase the talents of the students here studying BTEC Fashion/Textiles and the A level Textiles courses. The event has also helped raise money for many charitable causes. Click on the image below to view an archive of these events.