Fine Art - BA (Hons)

University of Chester

The Fine Art course will expand and develop your visual creativity within a contemporary practice-based context underpinned by relevant theory. It includes possibilities in painting and drawing, sculpture, time-based and lens-based media, textiles, printmaking and interdisciplinary studio contexts. The diverse and exciting nature of contemporary fine art is represented in the design and delivery of the course whilst the emphasis is on practice, this is underpinned by a strong theoretical and contextual element. You will gain practical and workshop skills that are then applied to studio projects at Levels 4 and 5 and your own autonomous practice at Level 6. Workshops are well resourced and include specialist foundry, fabrication and construction workshops, printmaking studio, textiles studio, drawing and painting studios, as well as facilities for video, photographic and computer-based activity. Level 5 and 6 students work in their own studio spaces with adequate storage for work. Opportunities for placements and elements of professional practice provide the course with a ‘real-life’ edge, so you can envisage the fine artist you could become. Whilst approximately 75% of your time at Level 6 will be occupied with studio modules, you will have the option of theory modules to suit all learning styles, from a short essay and presentation to an extended essay or 8,000-10,000-word dissertation. There is regular tutorial and teaching contact with academic staff, many of whom are practitioners and researchers of national and international standing.