MArt Creative Art Practice

Attendance

Part-time

Part-time – typically eight years

At a glance

About this course

To develop your ability as an artist or artist-designer, you attend skills-centred workshops with practising artists and skilled technicians.

Exploring traditional and contemporary art making processes, you develop skills in 2D and 3D art forms ranging from painting and illustration to casting and furniture.

You use modern and well-equipped facilities including
• woodworking machinery and workshops
• metalworking machinery such as welding, foundry and silversmithing equipment
• printmaking, which supports activities including etching, drypoint, cyanotype, lithography and screen printing
• a photography department with black and white, and colour dark room facilities

Drawing is a central part of the course in the beginning. At level one, you take workshops in sculpture and painting, and choose workshops from other 2D and 3D areas such as • printmaking • metalwork and jewellery • furniture design • illustration • photography.

You also study
• digital image software packages
• art history and theory to help place your practical work in a wider context

During level two you develop your practical skills through specialist workshops. To continue your professional development, you create your own website. You also complete a module on exhibition/commission research and execution. All of the practical modules involve report writing.

At level three, you specialise in 2D or 3D work and take an industrial placement or equivalent. In level four, you develop your business acumen and complete a substantial body of work for your final exhibition.

You prepare a research report for your final degree show, and take a module that develops business and work-based knowledge to help you reach your goals after graduation.

There is a full-time version of this course.

Associated careers

This course helps you to develop a career as a professional visual artist working as a • painter • printmaker • sculptor • photographer.

Some of our previous art graduates now work in the visual arts as • curators • writers • managers • technicians • set designers • prop makers • art directors • animators.

Course content

Level one modules

• drawing: essentials and potentials • 2D practices • 3D practices • digital making • artist professionals • art history and theory

Level two modules

• drawing: essentials and potentials 2 • specialist 2D practices • specialist 3D practices • artist professionals 2 • exhibition research • exhibition practice

Level three modules

• advanced 2D practices or advanced 3D practices • professional enhancement

Level four modules

• research for art practices • artist professionals 3 • from art practice to exhibited practice

Assessment

• exhibition • portfolio • essay • visual and verbal presentation • research report

Entry requirements

Normally one of the following

• 240 points from at least two GCE/VCE A levels or BTEC National qualifications including art and design or a media-related subject. AS levels and Key Skills may count towards these points.

• pre-2002 A levels – 18 points from two relevant A levels, one of which should be art, media or similar

• GNVQ – advanced level 3 merit plus an A level or AS level in a relevant subject

• pre-2003 BTEC/SCOTVEC National Certificate/Diploma – overall pass in art or design

• Scottish Highers – 240 tariff points from at least four Highers to include a relevant subject

• Irish Leaving Certificate – four grade Cs at higher level including a relevant subject

• Access – an Access to HE Diploma with at least 45 credits at level 3 from a QAA-recognised Access to HE course, in an art or media-related programme, or an equivalent Access to HE certificate

• Foundation Diploma – pass in art and design

Where geographically possible, we try to offer all applicants an interview. We like to see samples of your work. Provided you meet our minimum entry requirements, we base our offer on your application, interview and work portfolio. If you are not sure what sort of work we are looking for we are happy to offer advice. We normally hold interviews between March and the end of May.

If English is not your first language you need an IELTS score of at least 6.0.

Fees

Home and EU students

2013/14 academic year

Typically £4,500 a year

How to apply

Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form

Contact details

For further information please contact the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Sheffield S1 1WB. Phone +44 (0)114 225 2646, fax +44 (0)114 225 3433 or e-mail aces-reception@shu.ac.uk

For an application form see www.shu.ac.uk/study/form