Fine Art

Our friendly studio-centred programme will support you to understand and participate in the expanded forms of making, thinking and writing that reflect art practice today. Be guided by practising artists, curators, producers and writers to explore concepts, contexts, techniques, and technologies across sculpture, installation, performance, video and digital media, painting and drawing.<br/><br/>Through our strong links with the citys and regions arts, culture and research organisations youll have opportunities to exhibit, network, take part in projects and build your profile. Realise your potential in a coastal community known for its dynamic artist-led culture.<br/><br/><br/>- **Studio culture.** Our main teaching and learning space is the studio and we place emphasis on creating a friendly, supportive, vibrant, creative, critical and reflective studio environment. You will work in dedicated studio spaces and specialist workshops through a mix of practical exercises, one-to-one and group tutorials, seminars and interactive lectures, artist talks, and fieldwork and field trip opportunities.<br/><br/><br/>- **Thinking through doing.** This is a practice-based programme, which means that critical enquiry is at the heart of making work. We encourage you to be exploratory and experimental, to think through making and to embrace uncertainty and not knowing. <br/><br/><br/>- **Facilities.** You will have inductions in and access to a wide range of specialist workshop facilities to advance your artistic enquiry, including letterpress and printmaking, ceramics, woodworking, metal, video, audio, XR and 3D printing.<br/><br/><br/>- **Interdisciplinary.** Studio practice modules and the common challenges and dissertation modules offer you opportunities to work in interdisciplinary research areas across the arts, humanities and sciences.<br/><br/><br/>- **Degree show.** Showcase your final project in a faculty-wide exhibition alongside students from our 12 art and design degrees. The Degree Show is your chance to introduce friends and family, your new creative network and art community, prospective employers and the general public to your work.<br/><br/><br/>- **Collaboration.** You will collaborate with partners through placements in organisations like KARST, The Box, Arts Institute, Marine Institute and you will exhibit work both on- and off-site throughout your degree. <br/><br/><br/>There is also an opportunity to take part in an international exchange programme.