The purpose of this degree is to teach how to make art and to evaluate different critical approaches to your own practice, through integrated Studio Practice and Critical Studies courses. The programme aims to support your development and creativity and to help you acquire independent learning skills. This approach requires you to be committed, thrive on constructive criticism and participate in discussing your own work and that of others.
The staff on the programme are practising artists, curators and writers, here to respond to the work that you make and to help you understand how it contributes to, and challenges, the critical debates that exist in the study area and beyond. Our aim is to help you develop the necessary self-motivation and confidence in your work to continue successfully and independently in your chosen career. The degree structure enables you to develop your work through exploring selected media and approaches, including: drawing, painting, constructed textiles, film, installation, performance, photography, printed textiles, printmaking, sculpture, stitch, fabric and video. You can specialise in one or more media throughout the degree. Studio teaching is enhanced by technical support, which introduces you to techniques relevant to the development of your work.
The first year is the beginning of three years of intensive studio and research laboratory practice.
Each year you are allocated a studio space. In the final year you mount an exhibition of your Studio Practice for assessment, which is then open to the public. You will be taught through individual tutorials in your studio, group tutorials, and mixed year studio practice presentations. The parallel Critical Studies course is designed to support your practical work in the studios. The lectures and seminars introduce and develop key issues which inform diverse art practices and encourage you to extend your critical faculties and develop your ability to discuss, write about, analyse and judge contemporary art. In the third year you demonstrate your research skills and ability to pursue an argument of your own choice in a dissertation.
The programme aims to equip you with the necessary skills to develop independent thought and confidence in your practice.
Our students actively seek opportunities to exhibit their work beyond Goldsmiths through external networks whilst they are here. Many continue to be successful practising artists long after graduating. For eleven consecutive years the Turner Prize shortlist has included at least one former undergraduate student from Goldsmiths.
The programme can include an introductory level 0 year. For more details refer to www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals. Refer to www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
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Advice on courses and careers:-
The Creative Way IAG team provides a specialist service for anyone
interested in finding out about courses and careers in the creative and
cultural industries. We can provide information direct to Students,
Parents/ Carers, Tutors and Careers Advisers via email, phone or organised
workshops and 1 to 1 sessions.
To find out more, visit our IAG page on this site on
http://www.creativeway.org.uk/IAG Or contact one of our career advisers: Matt Ball 07889 001764
m.ball@uel.ac.uk or Sarah
Comerford 07515 051509
s.comerford@uel.ac.uk