MA Fine Art - MFA

Postgraduate

In Nottingham

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    2 Years

This course allows you to develop your artistic practice whilst engaging professionally with the rich and vibrant arts community in Nottingham, which is recognised as having one of the most active artist-led scenes outside London. You will critically engage with, interrogate and resolve your own practice, as you develop an informed and established body of work.

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Location

Start date

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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Start date

On request

About this course

Dedicate yourself to the studio, focusing and exploring your practice. * Work with the arts community in Nottingham to widen your practice and professional network
Take part in a programme of professional practice, including career development planning and professional work experience
Be supported by staff who are practicing artists in their own right. * Benefit from our extensive links with festivals, arts organisations and artists’ groups locally, nationally and internationally, including our own Bonington Gallery
Opportunity to go on study trips both in the UK and abroad, to locations including Berlin and New York
Have the opportunity to study abroad with a partner institution, through the Erasmus+ programme
Opt for an additional research module if you’re thinking of progressing to PhD or Professional Doctorate study.

Professionalism is at the heart of this course, helping you to gain experience and make lasting connections with arts organisations outside of the University. The opportunity to undertake work placements and to engage in professional practice is embedded into the course, helping you to gain insight and knowledge in preparation for a career after graduation.
If you're thinking about progressing to further study you'll have the option to undertake an additional series of research sessions, to help prepare you for a Professional Doctorate or PhD.

2.1 honours degree in a related subject.
Applicants with non-standard entry qualifications and / or relevant work experience will be considered on an individual basis.

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Subjects

  • Presentation
  • Design
  • Art design
  • Art
  • Development
  • Fine Art
  • MA Fine Art
  • Verbal presentation
  • Visual art
  • D’art

Course programme

Modules

Research and Project Development
(120 credit points)


This module starts with you focusing on the critical review of your practice. Studio practice and theoretical investigation will be integrated, and you’ll be supported and encouraged to engage in research and develop a reflective journal. A study trip will help to create a community in which you’ll work together and support each other.

With support from your tutor, you’ll create and develop a learning agreement that will outline your plans for the development of your self-directed practice.
During the research and development of your practice, you’ll be encouraged and supported to create closer working relationships with organisations outside the University, focusing on professional practice and creating a basis for your future beyond this course. This stage of your studies is also a good time to engage in pushing the boundaries – taking risks, experimenting, exploring and questioning.

Working with your tutors, and through discussion with your peers, you’ll be encouraged to evaluate the development of research, personal engagement and critical reflection that feed your practice. You’ll attend the Live Lecture programme and Context Talks organised by our Fine Art staff team. These will support you in the exploration of relevant research material, and will provide additional feedback opportunities.

You’ll continue to develop your reflective journal, including all the material relevant to your work, providing detailed critical reflection of your journey. An external interim exhibition at the end of the module will provide you with an opportunity to engage in preparing your work for an audience, and to receive feedback from a professional audience.

You’ll also be asked to present your work to date in the form of a visual and verbal presentation, and to submit your learning agreement, reflective journal, research, and self-directed practical work for assessment. You’ll be asked to effectively articulate, critically analyse and reflect upon your progress through presentations of your work, and in your reflective journal.

Project Realisation and Presentation

(120 credit points or 100 credit points)

You can opt to complete this module as either 120 credit points, or as 100 credit points with an additional module in Advanced Art and Design Research worth 20 credit points.

During the first part of this module, you can choose from one of the following options:

  • Apply to take part in an international exchange through the Erasmus+ programme, giving you the opportunity to work with one of our partner universities in Europe, such as Ecole Superiere D’art de la Reunion, France.
  • Intensify your professional engagement through activities such as work placements (in Nottingham, or abroad through the Erasmus+ programme), international collaborations, or the development of a group exhibition. There will also be the opportunity for you to apply for a paid professional development placement with Nottingham Contemporary.

In July you are invited to pitch for a studio assistant role in Summer Lodge, a research residency led by NTU’s Fine Art staff team. For ten days our studios and workshops are transformed into Summer Lodge, and play host to a gathering of thirty diverse artists. This group is comprised of current teaching staff, student assistants, and local artists.


You’ll critically engage with your chosen activity at the start of the module, and integrate it into your reflective journal. All of the choices carry equal weight, and should be considered appropriately as part of your journal, which is reviewed and assessed holistically at the end of the course.
The course culminates in a presentation and celebration of your work, held at a venue outside of NTU and organised by you and fellow students as part of your professional practice.

Optional research module

Advanced Art and Design Research
(20 credit points)


This module exposes you to a range of different research methods across diverse practice-led research projects and research-led practices within art and design. If you are interested in pursuing your practice in the form of a PhD, this course will give you the tools to prepare for this.

MA Fine Art - MFA

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