What is special about this course?

Explore your creative identity and engage your imagination, working on collaborative projects, participatory art, community initiatives, digital creation, relational practices, curation, art and education, public art, and more. Interpret and contextualise theory, creative, and technical skills to produce effective contemporary art that builds engagement between the art world and the wider community.

Set your sights on a successful career, focusing on employment in your chosen field, with opportunities to explore the evolving possibilities for art and creativity within the full context of contemporary art, health, recreation, and education.

Special features

• Emphasis is on each individual student interpreting and contextualising theory, creative and technical skills to produce effective art that engages within the art world and wider community and context of contemporary art
• Your studio practice, work placements and collaborative projects will give you the opportunity to define your own creative identity and explore the evolving opportunities for art and creativity within the full context of contemporary art, health, recreation and education
• Develop your individual artistic practice in direct connection to the current professional pathways commonly inhabited by contemporary artists today
• Modules focus on working in collaboration with others in professional settings, providing the necessary theoretical and practical skills to bring to life creative practices and help define your identity as a professional practitioner in art and contemporary practices
• Many former students have gone on to employment in the arts
• There will be opportunities for national and international trips to enhance your experience

What can I do on completion of my course?

On successful completion you may be able to undertake careers as a practicing artist, in community arts, workshop artist, public art, participatory art, art in health, art in education, participatory art, collaborative practice, and curating.

Can I progress into further study?

You may be able to progress from the BA (Hons) Art and Contemporary Practices to master programmes such as Art Psychotherapy, Art and Social Practice, Museum and Heritage Studies, or Teacher Training, or our MA Art and Social Practice.