MA Visual Arts: Book Arts

Course detail Content: what students can expect

• To develop a project from proposal to final exhibition
• To research content, materials and technical skills, then produce written and practical work exploring a subject in relationship to contemporary practice
• Support and supervision throughout the course from specialist academic staff in workshops, individual tutorials, seminars and lectures
• Staff and student-led seminars to help promote debate, and work-in-progress sessions that allow for supportive critique
• To develop research skills, professional practice and an understanding of the wider context of book arts as an area of fine art and design practice
• A shared lecture programme across the Visual Arts courses that draw upon the richness of research across Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges
• To get involved in artists book fairs and visit special collections in London such as the Tate and the National Art Library at the V&A Museum
• Students also have the chance to explore the expanded book in a display or installation by showing their work in public exhibitions
• To have access to Camberwell's shared workshops. View the Camberwell facilities section

MA Visual Arts programme specification (PDF - 465 KB)

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StructureExtended Full-Time Study Mode

The MA is taught over two years in six blocks of 10 weeks. Extended Full-Time mode is a hybrid of part time and full time study.

By teaching in this mode we aim to give our students the opportunity to benefit from undertaking a full time Masters degree while also pursuing and sustaining other commitments such as part-time employment, gaining other experience in the creative industries or maintaining care responsibilities.

Students explore, experiment and research to further develop their Project Proposal. The unit introduces you to subject specific issues and topics, research methodologies and techniques. It aims to orientate you and your practice within the course, and to develop your contextual, critical and research skills at the onset of your MA learning.

Resolution and presentation of students' work according to their Project Proposal. A symposium will provide the opportunity to present their research and provide further peer feedback. Students' practice at this stage should synthesise their practical, conceptual and professional abilities and they will be expected to consider their future practice, audience and context of their work in contemporary practice.

The intention and context of students' work will inform their decisions they will take regarding a final exhibition. Students' will also be expected to work collaboratively with their peers to actively plan, organise and install an exhibition as part of their continued Personal and Professional Development.

Monday 1 October - Friday 7 December 2018

Monday 7 January - Friday 15 March 2019

Monday 13 May - Friday 19 July 2019

Learning and teaching methods

• Blogs and wikis
• Collaborative projects
• Lectures, seminars and tutorials
• Peer-lead events, critical engagement and feedback
• Personal and professional development
• Personal projects
• Research methods
• Study visits
• Workshop inductions

Assessment methods

• Contextual and evaluative writing
• Exhibition
• Presentations
• Project proposal
• Reflective journal
• Research portfolio
• Writing on critical practice - including blogs

Facilities

• Printmaking

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• Digital Media

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• 3D Workshops

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Staff

• Susan Johanknecht - Course Leader
• Les Bicknell
  
• Clare Bryan

• Helen Douglas
  
• Denise Hawrysio
• Sam Winston