Fine Art, Contemporary

Why study with us?

This is a creative and intensive programme of self-directed study that encourages the breakdown of conventional barriers between arts disciplines and prepares students to locate their position within contemporary practice.

Students have the opportunity to access modern workshop and studio resources that include printmaking, sculpture, photography, AV and IT suites. Your individual programme of studio and research work is agreed in consultation with and supervised by a member of the fine art team.

Seminars provide the framework for critical debate on a range of subjects, including your own practice. This aspect of the programme draws upon the diverse specialisms of the fine art team, along with visiting artists and practitioners of national and international repute.

What can this course lead to?

Graduates have been successful in developing their position within the visual arts, exhibiting nationally and internationally. They are also at the centre of initiatives within Cumbria related to contemporary arts.

Resources and facilities

Postgraduate students have the opportunity to access workshop and studio resources hosted by the Fine Art programme in printmaking, sculpture, photography, AV and IT suites.

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Entry requirements

1st or 2nd class honours degree

Students with other qualifications may be admitted to the course via APL procedures

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Selection criteria

Each application is assessed individually on merit.

Selection is by interview with portfolio. Applications are welcome from people without the standard qualifications if they can demonstrate the skills and capacity necessary for academic study at postgraduate level.

Additional contact information

Mark Wilson
Reader in Fine Art
Email: mark.wilson@cumbria.ac.uk

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Course summary

This is a research-based, taught programme with three distinctive phases leading to postgraduate exit awards.

Postgraduate certificate level focuses on research methodologies and how they impact on individual fine art practice, the importance of proposal writing and when and how to use particular strategies for learning or for problem solving.

Postgraduate diploma encourages enquiry into working strategies and concepts within the context of contemporary fine art and the development of a critical understanding of evolving practice leading to a completed body of work for public exhibition.

Masters level extends the development of personal practice in the form of a substantial body of completed work accompanied by an analytical and reflective deconstruction of the student’s practice within the developments in fine art.

This critically reflective approach helps with the development of personal practice within personally mediated research territories.

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