Fine Art Mixed Media BA Honours

Based at the recently refurbished Harrow Campus – home to the Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design – you will work alongside students from film, photography, music, fashion and journalism, in a unique hothouse of creative opportunity.
The course enables you to work across disciplines or within the more traditionally defined areas of practice, and relevant critical and theoretical debates are referenced to support this.
This studio-based course provides you with a permanent space, depending on the type of work you engage with as you progress through the programme.
The teaching team are all practising artists with national/international profiles working in and across the mediums of sculpture, painting, moving image, performance, photography and sound. Teaching and learning methods encourage you to create a body of work characterised by personal commitment and an increasing sense of autonomy.
Teaching methods include lectures, tutorials (individual and group), presentations, crits, workshops, and gallery visits and talks.
Subjects of study
The following subjects are indicative of what you will study on this course. For more details on course structure and modules, and how you will be taught and assessed, see the full course document.
Year 1 (Credit Level 4)
The course emphasis on creativity and individuality is supported by regular tutorials and studio discussion. This encourages you to explore different approaches to practice, coupled with technical introductions and workshops, enabling you to conceive increasingly ambitious projects.
Contemporary fine art practice is the focus of debate in both lectures and the studio, supported by the programme of visiting artists and lecturers. You will develop increasing insight into the exciting and diverse contemporary London art scene.
Subjects of study include:
Contemporary Fine Art Practice – Experimentation
Contexts of Contemporary Practice
Introduction to Mixed Media (Fine Art) Practice
Material Light
Reconsidering Drawing
Sources of Contemporary Practice
Year 2 and Year 3 (Credit Levels 5 and 6)
In Years 2 and 3 the focus is on your chosen area of practice; experimentation and innovation are consolidated, and you will undertake a work placement within the creative industries to test your emerging aspirations.
Contextual studies, theory and practice are allied, with you defining the topic through tutorial discussion for your Dissertation. The final year culminates in the degree show.
You will engage in fundraising, promotion and curation of this public event, which currently takes place at Ambika P3 at the University’s Marylebone Campus.
Subjects of study include:
Art/Science Collaboration
Concepts of Contemporary Fine Art
Contemporary Art Ideas and Form
Contemporary Fine Art Practice – Exploration and Development
Contemporary Fine Art Practice – Presentation
Contemporary Fine Art Practice – Realisation
Contemporary Fine Art Practice – Research and Development
Creative Encounters
Dissertation
Photo-related Theory
Work Placement/Professional Practice
The Course content.
is listed by year, corresponding to the full-time mode of study. If you study part-time you will study the same content, spread over four to eight years.
Westminster electives
As part of your course you can take elective modules. Electives are an exciting opportunity to widen your experience at university and to gain skills and knowledge that will help make you more employable.