W3FY Fine Art with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Skills and experience gained During this course you will: Have access to digital photography, video equipment, computer facilities and high-quality screenprinting, develop your practical Fine Art skills across a range of traditional and lens and digital media and processes, enjoy dedicated studio space within a lively studio environment, have one-to-one contact with staff - with an emphasis on your personal creative development, enjoy experiential learning and development of professional practice. You will experience visits from a practising artist from Germany, and have the opportunity to visit her and work in her studio and be taught by staff who are practising artists and designers who regularly exhibit. After the course Career: Whilst this award is principally conceived as the means by which you might embark on a career as a practising artist it also provides you with knowledge, skills and expertise that is highly transferable within the creative industries. As you will be used to thinking and working creatively and critically with a keen sensitivity for visual communication, employment in the galleries and museums sector, public or community arts participation or arts education is also an option. Further study: Specialist Postgraduate courses in fine art, photography, film making or critical theory or education.