Fine Art

<div id="tab2" class="tab grid_8 alpha hide-on-small" style="display: block;"> <div class="courseLinks hide-on-medium-down"> <img src="/media/liverpoolhope/styleassets/cssimages/media,975,en.gif" alt="print Icon" style="width : 24px; height : 24px; "> <span><a href="javascript:window.print()">print this page</a></span> <span class="st_sharethis_custom" st_processed="yes"><a href="#">share this course</a></span> </div> <h2>Curriculum</h2> <div>Level 1</div> <div> <ul> <li>You will be introduced to the subject through a range of exciting and challenging studio projects in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and installation.</li> <li>To develop your skills you will undertake induction sessions with a range of materials and processes including for example: wood, metal, plaster, print-making, laser-cutting, video capture and editing, colour and mark-making.</li> <li>You will work with outside agencies to realise a live project in the public realm.</li> <li>Lectures and seminars within Art and Design History are an integral part of the learning process, supported by regular tutorials to facilitate each individual’s creative potential.&nbsp;</li> <li>The theoretical curriculum addresses key developments in art and design history from Antiquity to the present day, with a strong focus on early modern, modern and contemporary art.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div>Level 2:</div> <div> <ul> <li>Level 2 begins with a series of projects designed to build upon your experience at Level 1 and diagnose your strengths and potential future direction in two or three dimensions.</li> <li>Early in the first term, and in consultation with studio tutors, you will write an Independent Research Proposal, outlining the direction and focus of your studio practice for the remainder of the academic year. This is a statement of your intentions and has the potential to change as your work develops.</li> <li>Professional Practice becomes integrated with your studies at Level 2 and includes planning an exhibition. You will work as a group, setting up a bank account, organising the marketing and publicity of your exhibition as well as learning about fundraising strategies and curatorial decision making.</li> <li>The programme of lectures and seminars continues throughout Level 2 at the end of which you will identify an area of theoretical research for your Level 3 Special Study.</li> <li>Theoretical lectures and seminars provide a wider framework from which to evaluate and analyse the history and theory of Art &amp; Design, as well as the discourses informing contemporary art practice.</li> </ul> </div> <div>Level 3:</div> <div> <ul> <li>Studio practice at Level 3 becomes autonomous, with regular support via one-to-one tutorials, group critiques and indicative assessment.</li> <li>Professional Practice becomes a central component of study, preparing you for the outside world. This component is supported by a series of talks by external agencies from the creative industries and cultural organisations.</li> <li>Theoretical research for your Special Study is, wherever possible, linked to studio practice and supported by a member of staff from Art History as well as a studio lecturer.</li> <li>The curriculum content in studio practice and Art &amp; Design History will make full use of the wealth of relevant sites in Liverpool, as well as Liverpool Hope’s partnerships, for example with Tate Liverpool, FACT, National Museums Liverpool and Liverpool Biennial.&nbsp;</li> <li>Level 3 culminates in an end-of-year degree show and a curated exhibition, external to the University, where you will present work to a professional standard in the public realm.</li> </ul> </div> <h2>You may also be interested in...</h2> <p><a href="http://www.hope.ac.uk/undergraduate/undergraduatecourses/artanddesignhistory/">Art &amp; Design History</a></p> <p><a href="/undergraduate/undergraduatecourses/creativeandperformingarts/">Creative and Performing Arts</a></p> <p><a href="/undergraduate/undergraduatecourses/design/">Design</a></p> </div>