Bachelor's degree

In Luton

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Luton

  • Duration

    3 Years

Students develop their own artistic interests and learn to think and work in an independent, creative and critical way helping them to produce distinctively personal work. Stuentsl acquire knowledge and experience of using up-to-date technologies and software.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Luton (Bedfordshire)
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Bedfordshire Institute Of Media And The Creative & Performing Arts, University Of Bedfordshire, Luton Campus, LU1 3JU

Start date

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About this course

Applicants will be invited to attend an interview and a portfolio of work should be presented for discussion and perusal by the programme team.*

In the portfolio we are particularly interested in seeing visual evidence of how you have responded to the world around you, in whatever media you have found appropriate. These could include drawing and painting but might also include lens-based media such as photography or video. We are also interested in seeing how you have developed ideas in a visually creative way.
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Course programme

BA (Hons) Fine Art
Mode: full-time


This course will focus on contemporary artistic practices, some of which are traditional, such as painting and printmaking, while others embrace new media such as video, photography, digital imaging and installation.

You will be encouraged to consider, through practice, the context of a rapidly developing multicultural and predominantly urban and technologically based society, in which the traditional notions of artistic production are being continually challenged by new and exciting conceptual alternatives.

Your own personal creativity and artistic expression are the main focus on this course.

You will have access to a range of studio facilities that include a state-of-the-art non-toxic silkscreen printing studio supported by digital and photomechanical processes, well equipped photographic facilities, both digital and chemical, video and digital editing and large scale digital colour printing.

An exciting and highly topical programme of contemporary artistic issues will provide you with a contextual background for your practical studies. You will be expected to make visits to exhibitions during the course as this is fundamental to the understanding of current fine art practice.

By taking advantage of the excellent transport links between Luton and London you will be able to experience contemporary art in world-class galleries. There will occasionally be organised visits to other galleries and exhibitions including visits abroad to centres of culture, cities such as Barcelona, Berlin or Paris.

You will also have access to a well-stocked learning resources centre that will support your contextual learning.

Areas of study include:

  • Studio Practice (embracing Painting, Drawing and Printmaking as well as Video, Photography and Digital
  • Media)
  • Visual Communication (including Drawing, Visualising and the use of Imaging Software)
  • Contextual Studies that link Theory and Practice in Developing Creative Ideas
  • Professional Practice and Personal Development

Why choose this course?

  • Multi-disciplinary approach with opportunities to explore a range of creative media before starting specialist study
  • Predominantly practice-based study
  • Dedicated studio spaces within a lively studio environment
  • Teaching staff are practising artists and designers who regularly exhibit
  • An emphasis on developing personal creativity and self-expression, and on professional practice

Career Opportunities

Whilst this qualification is principally conceived as the means by which you might embark on a career as a practising artist it also provides you with knowledge, skills and expertise that is highly transferable within the creative industries.

As you will be used to thinking and working creatively and critically with a keen sensitivity for visual communication you may find employment in graphic design, film and video production, multi-media/web design, editorial illustration, publishing, animation, advertising, public or community arts participation arts education.

You will also be equipped to enter further study with a view to teaching or art therapy. As an undergraduate you will have acquired transferable skills that will equip you to enter other types of employment where a wide range of graduate attributes are sought.

Teaching/learning methods and strategies

A particularly distinctive feature of the teaching and learning at level one and two is the interdisciplinary approach in which you will be expected to work.

You will incorporate graphic design, illustration, product design and interior design on common projects so that you can learn from different approaches to similar visual problems and issues. At level three you will be engaged in developing your work for your degree show at the end of the course.

Assessment

Portfolio assessment, studio critique, written assignments, student peer assessments, degree exhibition.

Entry requirements

Applicants will be invited to attend an interview and a portfolio of work should be presented for discussion and perusal by the programme team.*

In the portfolio we are particularly interested in seeing visual evidence of how you have responded to the world around you, in whatever media you have found appropriate. These could include drawing and painting but might also include lens-based media such as photography or video. We are also interested in seeing how you have developed ideas in a visually creative way.

Applicants seeking entry on the basis of experiential and non-certified learning will need to submit a personal Art and Design portfolio/portfolio of learning.

Fine Art

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