Course summary

Our programme of study is designed to promote and develop inventiveness, improvisational skills and the questioning of established practices. Students are encouraged to experiment with processes and materials, acquiring new workshop skills and realising the potential for creative processes to communicate ideas visually. This approach to learning also involves transformative experiences with unpredictable visual outcomes. New ways of thinking and problem solving are encouraged and your individual responses are developed in relation to contexts of art practice and to the wider world around you. You’ll have designated studio space and a variety of well-equipped workshop facilities. The programme encourages the exploration of a wide range of contemporary fine art practices such as performance, collaboration and film as well as traditional skills including wet photography, printmaking and ceramics facilities that are now rare in modern institutions. Understanding and engaging with professional fine art practice is central to this course. Therefore, visiting lecturers, visits to museums or residential opportunities in the UK and abroad may form part of the wider education. Exhibiting your own work is also a priority. In addition to your End of Year Degree Show, you will have opportunities to exhibit work throughout the course at our in-house gallery and at external venues. Students also may have the opportunity to fundraise to take their degree show on tour to industry at events such as Free Range in London, or in galleries in our regional creative hub of Bristol. Beyond graduation, we continue to invest in our graduates by including them in events, exhibition opportunities and offer residency placements. The modules studied may include: • Studio Practice (Development) • Studio Practice (Exhibition) • Context Progression Opportunities Employment opportunities for Fine Art graduates are many and varied, including creative arts practice, curating, arts administration, arts therapy and roles in museums, galleries, community engagement and education. Many of our students establish their own studios as artists or craftspeople, while others progress to postgraduate study in a related discipline including MA and PGCE programmes. Fine art graduates are also excellent creative problem-solvers who would benefit any employer