MA Art Practice

Key facts

• Opportunity to exhibit your work, enter competitions and take part in related study visits
• The course is taught by research-active staff who are practising artists and designers
• By working in close proximity on the assignments students from related subject areas will experience opportunities to collaborate with one another (and by negotiation with those inother subject areas). This situation simulates the contemporary workplace, in which specialist staff may be required to meet with, and develop ideas in consultation with, specialists from different subject areasand industrial partners
• The course is studio-based and you’ll have good access to a range of specialist equipment covering a variety of media and techniques

The course will guide you through essential knowledge taking in discussion and debate about current theories. You’ll also be encouraged to review the cultural and theoretical issues related to art practice and build a comprehensive understanding of your subject and the influences at work within it. The course investigates the key area of the aesthetic, psychological and cultural requirements of a target audience.

This MA course has been designed to bring together specialist practice areas sharing core principles of art and design theories with approaches to art and design practice. The concept behind the course is for skilled practitioners of art and design to advance their abilities devise new and challenging applications for their knowledge.

Course duration

Full-time
1 year working from September to September (3 days minimum in university and 2 further days private study per week)
Part-time
2 years (five semesters) working from September to June (1 day in university and a further day of private study per week)
Location: Wrexham
Start month: September

Career opportunities

Our aim is to produce highly motivated and independently active practitioners able to respond creatively to a range of opportunities and display imagination in their thought processes.

We aim to ensure that our graduates have a portfolio of work and a range of skills which not only helps them to establish themselves as professional practitioners, but also enables them to seek opportunity to work alongside other creatives in the pursuit of their objectives or fulfilment of their career objectives.

Course content

The course reflects the nature of the design industries which depend upon the ability to communicate between specialist areas of practice.

• Research Methodologies
• Dissertation and Master’s Presentation
• Applying Research to Creative Practice
• Specialist Practices Route
• Dissertation and Master’s Presentation

Options

• Collaborative Practice
• Transitional Skills Route
• Working with Clients Route
• Engagement & Immersion Route
• Skills within Context Route

Entry requirements

You should normally have gained a good honours degree in a relevant subject but applications are considered by those with sufficient evidence of experience in the subject to equate to this award.