Fine Art courses

About Fine Art in Aberystwyth University

Covering the fundamentals for establishing a career in art, this MA in Fine Art features a highly practical repertoire of modules which will encourage you to direct your studies into areas of art which particularly fascinate you. Technical, stylistic, and conceptual experimentation is enthusiastically encouraged throughout this MA scheme and undertaking this course will push you to develop your skills in your chosen medium, whether that is illustration, drawing, painting, photography, or interdisciplinary studies. Whatever your chosen career path, this MA in Fine Art will signal to prospective employers your commitment to personal excellence, professional rigour, and technical innovation.

Why study MA Fine Art at Aberystwyth University?

• Throughout this course, you will become more confident as a creative practitioner of contemporary art and will be equipped with highly valuable skills, expertise, and critical capabilities that are appreciated in a wide range of employment contexts within the Arts and beyond.
• 24/7 studio access
• Preparation for the creative and practical realities of life as a professional artist
• A scheme that provides vocational training and experience in higher education teaching at undergraduate level
• Opportunity to submit articles for publication and to develop your engagement with critical and public opinion
• There are over 20,000 original artworks in Aberystwyth School of Art’s collection
• Aberystwyth University is a top 50 university for research power and intensity – REF 2014
• 100% of Aberystwyth School of Art’s research was either world leading or internationally excellent in terms of research impact – REF 2014
• 75% of the School of Art’s publications were of an internationally recognised standard or higher – REF 2014
• Opportunity to work closely with staff in a stimulating research environment
• Opportunity to study within one of the UK’s up-and-coming Schools of Art and to develop as a confident artist in a comfortable environment

Careers

The range of posts to which our graduates progress widens all the time. Our alumni have gone on to work:

• For designing companies
• In museums and galleries
• As art teachers
• On education programmes in galleries
• In gallery assistant posts
• producing family-based learning activities in galleries and museums

Our graduates have also taken up exciting internships and traineeships with a variety of national and international organisations, progressed to further academic study (PHDs), and recent MA graduates were selected for the FBA Futures show held yearly at the Mall Galleries in London.

Skills

Throughout this course you will develop a wide array of skills that will not only market you as a professional artist, but also as a mature individual with attractive skills and qualities for potential employers. This course will encourage you to:

• Develop and sustain a self-initiated programme of work
• Increase your critical faculties
• Increase your technical possibilities, developing individual abilities in a certain area of art practice to the highest standards possible
• Develop your skills, knowledge, and hands on experience of artistic processes
• Develop a conceptual, practical and historical framework for your Art
• Play an active, learning based role in the operation of the School’s galleries
• Stage public exhibitions and perform as a professional, exhibiting artist
• Hold up your work against scrutiny from tutors, peers, critics, and the public
• Improve your capacity for conducting a critical review of yours and others’ work through discussion, presentation and writing
• Develop research and study skills
• Manage the practicalities of exhibition preparation, installation, and curation 

Academic qualification equivalents:

• We normally accept a minimum of 55% or GCPA 6.0 in a relevant Bachelors degree from a recognised institution. Non-graduates with at least 2 years of relevant full-time work experience are welcome to apply. In this case your application will be assessed on an individual basis.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS          :         6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component 
• TOEFL         :         93 with minimum component scores:Reading 18, Listening 17, Speaking 20, Writing 17.
• PTE             :          62 with minimum scores of 51 in each component 

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