Master of Arts - Fine Art (Canterbury)

1 year: Duration

17,500 GBP: Price

Rolling admission: Start

Rolling admission: Deadline

Master: Degree

Campus: Format

Canterbury / United Kingdom: Location

UCA - University for the Creative Arts: School

Program description

What does being an artist mean today? You will think about and take action on this subject during our MA Fine Art course at UCA Canterbury in order to reexamine your work and advance your own practise.

Our interdisciplinary course, which is open to theorists, designers, illustrators, architects, and graduates of the humanities, is intended to spark fresh ideas for advanced study of fine art.

You will collaborate closely with regional and national art galleries and public institutions, such as Turner Contemporary, Whitstable Biennale, Strange Cargo, and the Folkestone Triennial, and you will receive active encouragement to create and exhibit work outside of the university setting in order to reach a wider audience. You can expand your personal network, improve the criticality and articulation of your practise, and build your personal network by participating in guest lectures, artist masterclasses, and professional practise seminars. You will be able to identify, create, and manage your own Master's project in a variety of social, cultural, artistic, and intellectual contexts by the end of the semester, working independently. You might want to use your degree to launch a career showing your own or other people's art, get into film and video editing, enter the field of education, or work in the print or photography industries.

A group of instructors who continue to excel in their individual disciplines lead our course. Steffi Klenz, an internationally renowned photographer, Edward Chell, a mixed-media painter who specialises in teaching, and Professor Andrew Kotting, a short film and documentary maker, will be your teachers as you pursue your studies.

You can choose the Integrated International Pre-Masters, a year-long preparatory programme of study to get you ready for your master's in the UK, improving your speaking and writing skills in English along with your specialty skills, research knowledge, and self-confidence.

Program structure

Term one

Context and Method

You will be challenged to think about specific texts in this unit in order to examine important themes and ideas that have affected modern art theory and practise. You will discuss texts from aesthetic, literary, and philosophical contexts in seminars and lectures. You'll gain knowledge of the research methods that are available to you for your studies as well as be given a chance to consider your own ideas.

Exploring Practice

Through practical inquiry, group discussion of ongoing work, and one-on-one tutorials, you'll examine your own creative practise and how it fits into the larger context of contemporary art, running concurrently with Context and Method. This will enable you to focus on the artistic disciplines that most interest you and to create your MA project proposal, a written submission that will be evaluated at the end of the unit together with a demonstration of your practical work.

Term two

Project Development

You'll start working on your MA project proposal while assessing and putting ideas and approaches to the test. Through one-on-one tutorials and group evaluations, you will be led and questioned, and you will be urged to keep probing and exploring your ideas all along. You will also write a critical research paper, and you are strongly encouraged to display and share your work outside of the university setting.

Term three

Final Project

Your final project, which represents the apex of all that you have learnt throughout the course, will be the main focus of your last term. You'll come up with an idea for a piece that can be published, shown, or distributed to the general public or to other professionals. You'll be pushed to develop something challenging but with a high level of professionalism. You will also create a critical analysis article and a professional practise folio in addition to your final body of work.

Price

Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students

We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.

Requirements for applicants

If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.

In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.

For our Master's courses, we usually require that you have successful completion of your Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognised university.

English Language requirements for MA/MSc & MBA courses:

IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.5
Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 90
Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 176
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Pass, Reading Pass, Speaking Pass, Writing Pass, Total ISE III
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 38, Reading 38, Speaking 38, Writing 38, Total B2 Communicator High Pass

Portfolio requirements

We'll need to examine your written or graphic portfolio for these courses in order to review it. Once you've applied, we'll send you an invitation to submit your portfolio via your applicant portal; more details will be given at that time. This can also be arranged for you if you would prefer to evaluate your work with the Academic Team in person while on campus.

About the university

The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.

Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.

We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.

So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.