Fine Art BA (Hons)

Students can either specialise from the outset or can experiment with a wide range of disciplines and media before committing to a particular approach in Level 3. Students are encouraged to experiment with diverse methodologies in the search for a personal artistic vision.

The following routes are available:

• Painting
• Printmaking (ie silkscreen, etching, collograph, block printing)
• Sculpture (including ceramics, metal, installation)
• Textiles (including weaving, embroidery, felt-making)
• General and/or mixed-media
• Digital Art (ie photography, video, sound, net art, animation, installation and projection)

Our students are offered a studio space (except when Fine Art is studied as a Joint or a Minor), as well as access to further workshop space to develop selected skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, digital photography, digital media, welding, bronze or aluminium casting, carving, plaster, ceramics, woven and printed textiles, felt-making, embroidery and/or papermaking.

Our Fine Art lecturers, all respected, practising artists, have expertise in a broad range of specialist areas. They ensure that the department is relaxed and friendly, that students are stretched to achieve their potential, and that they are supported in their studies.

Indicative Course Content

Years One and Two

• Self-directed practical work with full tutorial support: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Textiles, Printmaking, Design for Digital Art and Mixed-Media
• Visual Research and Drawing-based activities encouraged as part of a self-reflexive focus on personal artistic development
• Workshop skills development in Painting, Textiles, Sculpture, Ceramics, Printmaking and/or Digital Art, with workshop choices driven by a desire to specialise or to mix disparate processes and media
• Critical and Contextual Studies: Modernism and Postmodernism from the perspective of the Visual Arts and Cultural Theory.

Year Three

• Development of a coherent body of work for public exhibition at the 'Degree Show'
• A written dissertation OR
• An essay followed by the professional practice module which supports the degree show.

Why this Course?

• Excellent local resources including the superb Pallant House Gallery, Cass Foundation Sculpture at Goodwood and our own Otter Gallery and Collection.
• Broad-based learning, allowing students to control the direction of their work
• Sustained development of workshop skills appropriate to students' artistic aims
• Regular one-to-one tutorials, group studio-based critiques, debates, lectures and seminars
• Study trips to major international cities
• Purpose-designed art building 'artOne', with specialist workshop areas and large open plan studio
• Key skills developed on this course include: working knowledge of contemporary and historical art and culture, self-management, analysis and problem-solving, interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate and work collaboratively, IT skills, creativity and independent thinking.

Careers

• Professional artist
• Art teacher, educator, or technician
• Art administration and management in galleries and museums
• Art therapy (with extra professional qualification) and art community work
• Art journalism
• Curator
• Or further study (such as MA in Fine Art, MSc in Art Therapy, PGCE, etc)

Student Successes

Fine Art students at Chichester have achieved recent recognition with inclusion in the Cass Foundation, Sculpture at Goodwood and 1st prize at the National Open Art Exhibition.

Entry Requirements

3 Years Full Time