Course summary

The MA in Fine Art offers an exciting opportunity for students to expand and deepen their knowledge and practice. This dynamic programme will support you by engaging with the challenges inherent in building your artistic practice. It provides you with a framework within which you will experiment, work through personal investigations, and be encouraged to work in the medium/s most appropriate to your ideas. Subject themed seminars focused on contemporary art now, alongside group critiques of your visual work integrate practice and theory, and provide a forum for sharing and exploring perspectives. Applying critical reflection and locating your work within a contemporary environment of ideas, you will develop your practice to produce a substantial body of work. Through an interdisciplinary approach, you will be able to take advantage of our facilities and expertise in painting, drawing, digital media, photography, video, sculpture, installation and printmaking. Constantly looking outward, exploring the contemporary context of your work will enable you to understand the relevance and agency of your work within today’s creative landscape. The course emphasises practical exploration, supervised independent learning, reflection and critical evaluation. You’ll be encouraged to share your knowledge, experience and perceptions. The course promotes intellectual enquiry, a high level of practical and technical ability, and the acquisition of a professional skill set. Its aim is for graduating students to be fully prepared as competitive arts professionals. Module Descriptions

• Visual Enquiry and the Contemporary: Extend your practice into a self-directed body of research

• Research and Context: Consider key concepts and research methodologies to situate your own practice in relation to contemporary discourses around creative production

• Developing Professional Practice: Explore the ways creative practitioners operate both commercially and noncommercially and develop your own career plan

• Extended Visual Enquiry (PG Dip and MA): Explore new territories and conduct experimental practice off campus

• Major Project (MA only): Undertake a significant, practice-led body of research into your creative specialism and develop your portfolio of work

• Extended Visual Enquiry (PG Dip and MA): Explore new territories and conduct experimental practice off campus