MA Painting

Course detail Content: what students can expect

• To identify and debate key issues in contemporary painting
• To contribute to a collaborative public event and online archive on the subject of contemporary painting
• To extend your knowledge of paint as a material and process
• To examine the ways in which methods and materials shape the agenda in contemporary painting whilst creating a critical relationship to tradition
• To explore the range of models of practice for the contemporary painter
• To examine the notion of painting as research
• To develop your key questions and ideas from an initial period of review and experimentation
• To be part of a challenging learning and teaching environment that supports the development of your practical, professional and research skills
• To engage with the wider research culture at University of the Arts London
• To have access to Wimbledon's shared workshops. View the Wimbledon facilities section

MA Painting programme specification (PDF - 414 KB)

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Structure

The course runs over a total of 45 weeks. Learning and teaching will take place through studio practice, written work, group seminars, critiques, exhibitions, peer-led workshops and reading groups. The course places emphasis on the idea of a community of painters.

• Unit 1: Reviewing practice and forming questions
• Unit 2: Developing practice and consolidating research
• Unit 3: Interdisciplinary practice

Monday 8 October - Friday 21 December 2018

Monday 7 January - Friday 29 March 2019

Monday 15 April - Friday 13 September 2019

Learning and teaching methods

• Contextual practice project
• End of year public panel discussion or symposium
• Group crits
• Independent practice-led research
• Individual tutorials
• Interim show and external projects
• Lectures, artist’s talks, demonstrations and seminars
• Online research folios
• Orientations and inductions
• Painter’s forum
• Painting research online project
• Peer evaluation exercise
• Professional practice workshops
• Reading groups
• Student presentations
• Study visits

Assessment methods

• Illustrated report
• Project proposal
• Research folio and paper
• Studio work
• Verbal presentation

Facilities

• 3D Workshops

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• Kristy Noble.

  Audio Visual Department

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• Kristy Noble.

  Digital Media Centre

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Staff

• Geraint Evans - Course Leader