Fine Art (Placement Year) BA Hons

Program Overview

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Lancaster University's Fine Art program blends theory and practice with teaching by practicing artists. Students develop a sophisticated understanding of fine art, hone their independent artistic style, and prepare for careers in the creative economy, including roles in curating, museum and gallery management, and art event management. The program offers dedicated studio space 24/7 and a visiting artist program.

Program Outline

Lancaster University's Fine Art program offers a distinctive blend of theory and practice, with teaching by practicing artists and your own studio space. The program aims to equip students with a sophisticated understanding of fine art and hone their independent artistic style under the guidance of leading practitioners in the field.

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Objectives:

• Develop a sophisticated understanding of fine art.
• Hone independent artistic style.
• Gain practical studio skills.
• Engage in critical analysis of contemporary art.
• Prepare for careers in the creative economy.

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Program Description:

The program combines academic and creative skills, preparing students for postgraduate study or careers in the creative economy, including roles in curating, exhibition management, museum and gallery management, artefact conservation, TV and film scenography, and art event management.

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Outline:

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Year 1:

• Fine Art Practice: Establishes fundamental Fine Art practices and principles, initiates development of critical understanding of basic concepts, approaches, possibilities, and ways of working.
• Fundamentals: Art (part 1): Surveys Fine Art ideas and movements through pairings of major exhibitions throughout modern history.
• Fundamentals: Art (part 2): Continues the study of Fine Art ideas and movements through pairings of major exhibitions throughout modern history.
• Fundamentals: Contemporary Arts and Design: Introduces key methods, tools, and critical concepts used to understand a broad range of creative work, its discussion, and practice historically and today.

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Year 2:

• Critical Reflections in Creative Arts: Explores key interdisciplinary philosophical and cultural theories and concepts to analyze, engage with, and reflect upon artworks in the student's discipline.
• Studio Practice: Develops knowledge and skills in fine art thinking and making, prepares students to direct their own research, and encourages a self-reliant and independent approach to studio practice.

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Optional Modules:

• Art and Writing: Examines the many ways in which artists engage with writing, texts, language, and books.
• Art, Site & Interaction: Introduces the skills and sensitivities needed to work outside the studio through interactions with people, places, and technologies.
• Documentary Drawing: Develops a range of graphic skills to approach and represent ideas, issues, and experiences in a documentary manner.
• Expanded Painting Practice: Provides training and experience in visual communication through painting in the broadest sense.
• What Is The Contemporary?
: Gives students a grounding in "the contemporary" as a key critical concept used in artistic discourses.

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Year 3:

• Placement Year Work-Based Learning: Students spend this year working in a graduate-level placement role, gaining experience in an industry or sector they might consider working in after graduation.

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Year 4:

• Advanced Studio Practice: Supports students in developing their own distinctive voice as an artist, taking increasing responsibility for the creative and conceptual direction of their artwork.
• Dissertation: Allows students to undertake a major independent research project on a topic of their choice, presented in the form of a dissertation or a practice-based project and an essay.

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Optional Modules:

• Advanced Studio Practice (maximum weighted): Allows students to dedicate the maximum time possible (75 credits) to developing their practical skills in the studio.
• Contemporary Dance and the Visual Arts: Explores methods of improvising or choreographing movement from the practice and study of drawing, and approaches to drawing that emerge from the experience of movement and the analysis of motion.

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Teaching:

• Teaching by practicing artists.
• Dedicated studio space available 24/7 from day one.
• Technical workshops and practical demonstrations.
• Seminars and lectures in history and theory.
• One-to-one tutorials, group tutorials, and peer feedback.
• Visiting artist program of talks.

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Careers:

• Artist
• Curator
• Exhibition manager
• Museum and gallery manager
• Artefact conservator
• TV and film scenographer
• Art event manager

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Other:

• The program is highly distinctive, combining fine art practice with the study of contemporary ideas and modern art movements.
• Students have their own dedicated studio space available 24/7 from day one.
• The program is taught by tutors who are practicing artists and scholars, exhibiting and publishing across a range of fine art ideas and mediums.
• The program is part of a thriving creative community of staff and students committed to thinking about and making art relevant to today.

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Home

£9,250

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International

£23,750