This two-year studio-based programme is designed to develop advanced practical and theoretical skills, and is aimed at graduates, practising artists, and working professionals. Individual or group project work is research-driven and process-based, and the methods of study bridge the apparent divide between analogue and digital media.

The programme combines an understanding of your own work within the wider intellectual and social context, self-managed studio practice, and experiential learning based on practical research, internship or residency; all supported by a well-established and well-regarded core faculty team.

The experiential approach to learning is enhanced by the newly introduced Advanced Practice module. Students complete an internship, research project, university-based project or residency, enabling the development of solutions to real-world problems, accelerating personal and professional knowledge, skills, behaviours and the opportunity to increase professional connections.

Programme Essentials:

• Develop an advanced academic analysis of your creative work as a professional art practitioner
• Produce work that leads, questions and creates discourse within wider contemporary local and global art contexts
• Collaborate with a community of artists and thinkers with common and disparate goals
• Experiment and explore a wide range of media, techniques and technologies
• Develop creative problem-solving through investigation and experimentation
• Commit to intellectual and professional development at an advanced level

What you Study:

Year 1:

• Contemporary Practice
• Research Methods
• Post-Studio Art
• Critical Thinking and Theoretical Contexts
• Advanced Practice

Year 2:

• Future Practice
• Launchpad: Exit into Industry
• Masters Exhibition

Low residency schedule:

Students can expect 8-9 hours of class time a week, plus additional workshops & guest lectures. Further independent learning and group work of around 16-17 hours per week is expected.