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Premier Spanish school revolutionising artistic education
Barreira Arte+Diseño stands out as a beacon of educational distinction. Since its founding, the institute has been committed to developing the visionary artists and designers of the future. Through its broad curriculum, the school cultivates a diverse set of artistic disciplines, fostering a generation of talented and innovative individuals.
The Barreira A+D Higher School of Studies offers a comprehensive range of educational programs, including Fashion, Graphic Design, Interior Design, 3D Animation, Video Games, and Cinema. The school provides various official programs at different levels, such as middle and higher degrees, which are equivalent to a University Degree, as well as master’s degrees and continuing education courses. The school’s teaching method is centred around applied knowledge, with students actively working on creative projects that align with their desired professional sector. This hands-on approach enables students to gain practical experience and develop the necessary skills to excel in their chosen fields.
Renowned artists, designers, and industry experts serve as mentors, guiding students on their creative journeys and imparting invaluable insights. The emphasis on collaboration fosters an environment of mutual learning, where students exchange ideas and perspectives, enriching their growth as artists and designers.
With a long history of producing visionary artists and designers, Barreira Arte+Diseño continues to shape the course of the creative world, cementing its reputation as a centre of creativity and inspiration.
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Unreal Engine has become the most powerful engine in the market and an industry standard, used for games like Fortnite or The Medium. A tool that today opens doors for many jobs.
Sketching directly in 3D sculpture gives us the ability to provide multiple views, lighting conditions, and realistic materials. It is a method that aims to streamline the creative process, increase results and reduce delivery times. The use of asset libraries will be explained, that is, pre-sculpted objects that allow us to accelerate the most repetitive parts of the anatomical construction, such as eyes, noses and ears.
Graphic Design is one of the most demand-growing professions in recent years, so professionals and those who want to be the last in the design computer tools. With our graphic design course you will become a real specialist in Adobe Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop is the application of excellence, both amateur and professional, for the editing of digital images and creative visual expression. If you’re starting at Photoshop, this course will provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills so that you can drive yourself in this technology. You will learn to dominate the main tools of the application, to make color corrections that improve your photographs and to creatively transform images to be used in your photographic or graphic design projects.
Adobe InDesign is an editorial design and model application for excellence. With this tool you can carry out all kinds of editorial support: From the creation of a magazine, physicists or electronic or promotional printed material.
With our introduction course to InDesign you will learn from scratch to design all kinds of paperly, pamphlets, posters, annual reports, magazines and books.
Adobe InDesign is an editorial design and model application for excellence. With this tool you can carry out all kinds of editorial support: From the creation of a magazine, physicists or electronic or promotional printed material.
With our introduction course to InDesign you will learn from scratch to design all kinds of paperly, pamphlets, posters, annual reports, magazines and books.
It is a course focused exclusively on Ipad or Ipad Pro users with pencil apple or similar who have the Procreate application downloaded.
Procreate is an APP focused on digital drawing and illustration:
This course will explain the functioning of this APP, its development and use in the world of digital illustration; where we will perfect different digital, coloring and lighting techniques of our illustrations.
If you’re starting at Photoshop, this course will provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills so that you can drive yourself in this technology. You will learn to dominate the main tools of the application, to make color corrections that improve your photographs and to creatively transform images to be used in your photographic or graphic design projects.
With our course of introduction to Illustrator you will start your career in the world of digital illustration by learning to edit vectorial graphics and plasmate your creative vision with shapes, colors, effects and different typographs.
With our advanced course of Illustrator you will become a specialist in digital illustration by learning how to edit vectorial graphics and plasmate your creative vision with shapes, colors, effects and different typographs.
Understand and master this program for digital image processing and post-production work. It is an image organization program which helps to view, edit and manage digital photos. The more accurate name would be a workflow tool. The workflow in photography or workflow is a defined, orderly and efficient work method that allows addressing all the tasks of photographic production , from importing images from the camera to obtaining the final product.
ZBrush is today a standard in the digital art or computer graphics industry, from the creation of characters and creatures for movies or video games, to the creation of failures, toys, miniatures, jewelry or collectible figures of characters from the world of cinema. or video games.
Procreate is an APP focused on digital drawing and illustration:
This course will explain the functioning of this APP, its development and use in the world of digital illustration; where we will perfect different digital, coloring and lighting techniques of our illustrations.
You’ll know what WordPress is for and what characteristics it has. You will also start up on the administration panel and become familiar with the types of content, plugins, widgets and all the free resources WordPress makes available to us.
It reaches the next level by giving your designs with a photoreric 3D. In this course you will learn how to manage the basic tools to patron and create clothing digital that will allow you to visualize your high-quality finish, as well as become familiar with 3D work environments.
Video editing is a key tool to complement many of the work profiles that companies demand in design professionals. This course aims to provide students with basic knowledge of editing through one of the most used softwares in the professional sphere and which is also the most widely widespread Adobe family.
Today, graphic communication cannot be understood without taking into account its audiovisual aspect, nor audiovisual communication without its graphic aspect. It is a territory on the rise from which cinema, television and any online media are fed. It is also essential for any type of graphic project that wants to take advantage of the potential of the medium.
The course is aimed at developing technical skills in the management of the watercolour and its possible applications in various areas.
Initially we will work the watercolor, focusing on the methodology and giving the student tools to reflect on their peculiarities, management and graphic language.
The course is, on the one hand, to develop technical skills in the management of the watercolorand on the other hand, to analyze the editorial environment.
Initially we will work the watercolor, focusing on the methodology and giving the student tools to reflect on their peculiarities, management and graphic language.
With this one-day workshop provided by Gimeno Gràfic, a study by Pepe Gimeno, winner of the National Design Award 2020, you will work on the composition of a poster, as well as on the adaptation of this image to other supports such as a magazine page, an advertising original, a banner or a banderola.
The A+D Barreira Fashion Estilism course is designed for all those people passionate about fashion who, with or without knowledge and/or previous experience in the sector, want to know in depth the fashion industry and day-to-day in the life of a fashion stylist.
The course of introduction to fashion design is, on the one hand, aimed at entering fashion through the knowledge of the sector in its different vertients. On the other hand, to learn the work methodology of a fashion designer: from illustration techniques to the conceptualization of inspiration through moodboards
The lettering initiation course is focused both on graphic designers and illustrators who want to add value to their projects, and on people who want to get started in this fantastic world. In the final stage of the course we will vectorize our piece in Adobe Illustrator, so it would be advisable to be familiar with this tool.
With our course of contemporary art you will be able to analyze the last 35 years of creation in this exciting field, from the perspective of its protagonists, the artists.
An introduction to the world of skin design and its potential for the development of brokerchinery projects such as bags, footwear, jewelry and objects.
Throughout this course you will lose fear of the management of the sewing machine, knowing the most important parts and parameters for its proper operation and thus cope with any unforeseen. The course will start you in the textile clothing with a project made with your own hands and the help of the machine: a tote bag bag bag with mascaral at stake.
Our manga initiation course is thought for those people who are passionate about Japanese culture, manga and anime. We will develop the skills of drawing, character design, scenarios. techniques and sleeve styles, tools, techniques and tricks that will improve your drawings and acquire a style of your own within the sleeve world.
Our Graphic design initiation course will provide you with professional knowledge about the most widespread tools in the professional field, to create, edit and retouch images from advertising agencies, graphic arts, design studies, or other visual communication-related companies.
Our advanced course in graphic design will provide you with professional knowledge about the most widespread tools in the professional field, to create, edit and retouch images in advertising agencies, graphic arts, design studies, or other companies related to visual communication.
Our advanced course in graphic design will provide you with professional knowledge about the most widespread tools in the professional field, to create, edit and retouch images in advertising agencies, graphic arts, design studios, or other companies related to visual communication.
A weekly workshop to learn and put into practice the techniques necessary to create a jewel. The objective is to create with your own hands the jewel that you will later wear. During these five days you will learn to manipulate the metal, understanding how it reacts when we work it, we will learn to set, to create textures on the metal;
The advanced jewelry design course will give you a global vision of this creative artisan discipline. We will get to know the leading contemporary jewelry brands and discover first-hand the creative work of an emerging jewelry brand. We will learn and work with metal to shape a unique piece of jewelry.
The introductory course to fashion design is oriented, on the one hand, to delve into fashion through knowledge of the sector in its different aspects. On the other hand, to learn the work methodology of a fashion designer: from illustration techniques to the conceptualization of inspiration through moodboards.
This course is aimed at developing the technical skills of drawing fashion costumes. We will see its main features and its various applications, we will learn to draw the human figure and its proportions, and then delve into the world of color, texture, and movement.
Practical sessions, with application exercises based on real cases of interior design plans. The student will learn how to use the program to be able to generate 2D plans and graphics: distributions, surface plans, construction details, finishing plans, moodboards on plans…
Practical sessions, with application exercises based on real cases of interior design plans. The student will learn how to use AutoCAD to be able to generate 2D plans and graphics: Layouts, surface plans, construction details, finishing plans, moodboards on plans…
The professional course in interior design is designed for all those people who have concerns about this fascinating world.
Through different projects and with active professionals, you will learn to start a project from the development of a concept, going through a good distribution, its materiality, and reaching the final phase of the project.
In this course you will learn to generate photorealistic infoarchitecture images using some of the most widely used software on the market such as Autodesk 3ds Max, and the V-Ray Render engine. You will discover the keys to the correct workflow, and the key concepts to stand out in this world.
n this online course offered by Barreira A+D and taught by SINMAS – an interior design studio highlighted among the 100 in Spain by AD magazine- , you will learn to understand two of the fundamental elements in the interior design profession, such as light and color. , and of course, to work with them.
The online introductory course to interior design is designed for people who, without having specific training in interior design, are interested in training or starting out in this field. With the help of this course, the student will acquire the basic notions to face a reform of interior spaces of a house and will be able to:
This is the objective of the online course on styling, decoration and trends, which will help students identify trends in their environment, and will also give them the tools and knowledge to go into much more detail in decoration projects.
The image projected by the consumer is increasingly relevant, for this the design and assembly of shop windows becomes of vital importance in commercial premises. With our window dressing and visual merchandising course, you will learn window dressing techniques and tools to unleash your creativity and make high-impact window displays.
In this course you will learn basic aspects of floral design, how to make compositions with different techniques that you will be able to put into practice at the hands of great professionals in the sector, in addition to learning about the latest trends in this art, and the rules of composition and color.
During the course, basic principles will be taught to carry out any housing project, and to know what elements we must take into account when carrying out said project. We will learn to prepare the perfect spaces for our clients through a project.
Shape your ideas and learn how to generate plans and 2D graphics professionally. He learns to draw with the standard tool on the market. Practical sessions, with application exercises based on real interior design cases. The student will learn how to use the program in order to generate 3D models and graphics, with photorealistic lighting and textures, and real-time rendering.
Asset creation On-campus
Think Tank’s mentorship is designed to help artists that have previous training and/or experience brush up on their skills and produce a viable demo reel. Each student is assigned a personal, state-of-the-art workstation. During your time on campus, you will have access to 4-months of guidance from an industry professional to create and polish your demo reel.
Vancouver, Canada
12 Months
February | June | October
International Students: $50,800 CAD
Canadian Students: $38,400 CAD
asset creation Online
Asset Creation is a term used in the CG industry for the creation of all bits and pieces, both big and small, used in Film and Games. This Asset Creation program is designed to train working artists in the CG Industry for the roles of Props & Environments for Film, Characters & Creatures for Film, Environments for Games as well as Characters & Creatures for Games.
Online
16 Months
February | June | October
$15,840 CAD
If you pay for all 4 terms upfront, you will receive 5% off.
Mentorship
Think Tank’s mentorship is designed to help artists that have previous training and/or experience brush up on their skills and produce a viable demo reel. Each student is assigned a personal, state-of-the-art workstation. During your time on campus, you will have access to 4-months of guidance from an industry professional to create and polish your demo reel.
Vancouver, Canada
4 Months
February | June | October
International Students: $16,500 CAD
Canadian Students: $12,500 CAD
Higher Degree Training Cycle in Animation
Higher Technician in 3D Animation, games, and interactive environments
Interactive Graphic Product Training Cycle
Senior Technician in 3D Animation, Games, and Interactive Environments
Filmmaker Master for Cinema and New Media
Master in Podcast and Digital Audio
Master’s Degree in Screenwriting for Film and New Media
Online Master in Digital Creative Production
Master in Art Direction
Master in Professional Illustration
Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design
Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design
Higher Degree Cycle of Fashion Styling
Higher Degree Training Cycle in Advertising Graphics
Intermediate Training Cycle in Fashion Accessories Design
Master in Contemporary Crafts
Master in Costume Design
Master in Design Thinking & UX/UI Design
Master in Fashion Styling and Creative Direction
Master in Transportation Design and Future Mobility
Printed Graphic Product Training Cycle
Online Master in Visual Design UX/UI
Master in Fashion Communication and Marketing
Master in International Contemporary Art Market
Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design
Higher Degree Training Cycle of Projects and Decoration Works Management
Online Master in Interior Design and Advanced Design
Mentors
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Elena Gimenez
Graduated in Journalism, specializing in corporate communications and public relations. Currently, she is the director of marketing and communication at JUAN VIDAL. She is also managing Barreira A+D’s Fashion department and offering strategic consulting to startups.

Adrian Salvador Candela
Adrian earned a degree in Fashion Design from IED in Barcelona. He graduated from CEU-Cardenal Herrera University in Valencia in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design. He currently directs a Master’s in contemporary Crafts at Barreira Arte + Diseño.

Danai Delipretrou
After graduating from the University of Athens (Greece), she obtained a Master’s degree in Human Rights, Democracy, and International Justice from Valencia University. Through her postgraduate studies and specialization, she promotes diversity and equality in the classroom, emphasizing the importance of human rights education.

Lucas Zaragosi Vazquez
Having obtained a degree in Advertising and Public Relations from CEU-Cardenal Herrera University in Valencia, Lucas has specialized in Sponsorship Management and Event Implementation at the IED in Madrid, Coolhunting at the Catalan Fashion Institute, and Photography at the International Center of Photography.

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