Postgraduate
In Cardiff
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Cardiff (Wales)
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Duration
1 Year
The MFA (Master of Fine Art) programme aims to develop your ability to: Formulate an original, professionally designed and managed project that extends your knowledge and understanding of fine art. Reflect on the knowledge, skills and understanding that you need in order to further this body of work. Familiarise yourself with a range of contemporary professional positions the field. Be involved in debate and discussion relating to fine art at an advanced level.
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Entry requirement
Applicants should have a good BA (Hons) degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field. We also recognize the value of prior learning and experience within related fields.
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Career potential
This programme is designed to fit the requirements of contemporary professional artists. Graduates of the new MFA (Master of Fine Art) programme are well placed to continue to pursue a career within the field of contemporary visual art.
Course content
Our new MFA (Master of Fine Art) programme focuses on the professional aspects of an artist's work. You will develop and strengthen your existing practice within a critical academic context through a negotiated programme of learning with the support of staff and technicians. As an MFA student, you will also work towards a certificate in professional skills. We welcome recent graduates as well as those with more established practices.
All staff involved with the new MFA (Master of Fine Art) programme are actively involved in making or writing about art. They bring this knowledge and experience to the programme, entering into an ongoing dialogue with you in order to develop and strengthen your art practice within a critical, professional context.
We particularly welcome recent graduates and those whose career is already focused on art practice and the production of new work. This may include teachers or lecturers who want to develop practice-based projects within an educational environment, or artists who are undertaking residencies or commissions and who wish to enhance their professional work through a process of critical self-reflection with the support of subject-specialist academic staff and technicians.
This programme is designed so that you will be able to sustain your professional practice whilst studying towards your Masters qualification. This programme is offered in both Full-time mode (1 year duration) and Part-time mode (2 year duration). In both cases, the programme is delivered on one day per week during the first Semester (October to January). At all other times you are expected to be self-directed, negotiating your own programme of learning with your personal tutor and supervisory team.
Assessment
Assessment is though a combination of portfolio review, report and reflective-journal writing, viva voce examination and a final exhibition of work.
Objectives
The MFA (Master of Fine Art) programme aims to develop your ability to:
• Formulate an original, professionally designed and managed project that extends your knowledge and understanding of fine art.
• Reflect on the knowledge, skills and understanding that you need in order to further this body of work.
• Familiarise yourself with a range of contemporary professional positions the field
• Be involved in debate and discussion relating to fine art at an advanced level.
• Toward the end of the course, produce a high-level final exhibition of professional practice that synthesises the knowledge, skills and understanding acquired on the programme.
Fine Art