The MA Fine Art at Arts University Bournemouth is designed for aspiring artists and creative professionals who wish to critically re-evaluate their practice through autobiography and cross-cultural dialogue. You will explore diverse research methodologies and understand how differing cultural perspectives can inform and transform your creative process, fostering a unique approach to making. This postgraduate degree welcomes applicants from varied backgrounds, including those without a first degree in fine art, and embraces multifarious ethnicities and neurodiversity, valuing the dynamic interplay of disciplinary and multi-disciplinary practices within a fluid contemporary art climate.
This Masters degree is studied full-time on campus over one year, immersing you in a dynamic learning environment. You will engage in informal critiques, scholarly activity, and conceptual enquiry, developing a substantial individual body of work. The curriculum progresses through units like ‘Strategies for Practice’, ‘Navigation and Transformation’, and ‘Audience and Resolution’, encouraging critical evaluation, self-direction, and the articulation of your practice. You will graduate with advanced conceptual and critical thinking skills, alongside highly skilled making abilities, prepared for further research or professional careers in the international art world.