Fine Art - Painting/Printmaking BA (Hons)
Glasgow School of Art
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Garnethill Campus

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16-SEP-24

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4 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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The Department of Painting and Printmaking is the largest specialist department within the School of Fine Art and the programme of study provides an increase the breadth of experience and learning opportunities for students.The programme aims to equip students with the necessary skills and expertise to realise their full creative potential and to pursue a career in the visual arts or other chosen professions. Each year is designed to ensure that it builds upon the previous year in terms of ...Read more

The Department of Painting and Printmaking is the largest specialist department within the School of Fine Art and the programme of study provides an increase the breadth of experience and learning opportunities for students.The programme aims to equip students with the necessary skills and expertise to realise their full creative potential and to pursue a career in the visual arts or other chosen professions. Each year is designed to ensure that it builds upon the previous year in terms of content, skill development and individual research. Students are provided with a sound knowledge of the theory and practice of their subject before developing personal study paths and self-motivated programmes of work in the final year. Staff will help students to acquire the theoretical and practical skills needed as a practising artist and all students will be exposed to a wide range of views from both staff and visiting artists.PaintingPainting is a very long-standing human activity, and is as much the outcome of thought and reflection as writing a novel or a theoretical scientific paper. An awareness of the history and traditions of painting are fundamental to our programme of study.The Painting programme reflects the complex and changing conditions of art today, responding to new ideas and encouraging innovation. Painting in Glasgow is understood as a vehicle of thought and an intellectual discipline capable of great expressive powers. The Department encompasses a wide range of approaches to the subject and students have the opportunity to extend their work, in addition to printmaking, into areas such as electronic media and photography.PrintmakingPrint exists as a vital force in our everyday lives, providing an effective means for communicating ideas and disseminating information. Printmaking at The Glasgow School of Art is based on an exploration of visual representation allied to the materials, processes and formats of established and developing technologies.For the student, an understanding of the continuing relationship between reproduction and expression, the original and the copy, fine art and printed information, will engender an awareness of the print as a primary form of visual art, whilst supporting the creation of work informed by critical debate.The Printmaking programme is structured around two principal areas of activity, the studio and the workshop. The three main areas of technical provision in the workshops are etching, lithography and silkscreen. There are also extensive facilities for relief printing, photo-mechanical and reprographic processing and a comprehensive print-specific digital imaging suite.

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Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 98 = 2% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
2%
Employment rate
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85%
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Art graduate salary at this uni
£15,000
UK Art graduate salary
£16,000
What students say
SR
Student Reviewer
10 Apr 14

I remember my mum taking me to visit the Glasgow school of Art when I was younger & I never forgot about the moment I seen the Charles rennie macintosh pieces. Wow!..Read more

SR
Student Reviewer
10 Apr 14

I have learnt so e of the best painting skills here & my quality if work has improved quite significantly since leaving school and moving further to here. Thanks to Glasgow school..Read more

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Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

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Art

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Art & Design
95%
English Literature
43%
History
30%
Mathematics
13%
Religious Studies & Theology
9%
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£9,250 per year

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£1,820 per year

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£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,250 per year

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£21,360 per year

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£21,360 per year

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10 Apr 14
I remember my mum taking me to visit the Glasgow school of Art when I was younger & I never forgot about the moment I seen the Charles rennie macintosh pieces. Wow!...
Read more
SR
Student Reviewer
10 Apr 14
I have learnt so e of the best painting skills here & my quality if work has improved quite significantly since leaving school and moving further to here. Thanks to Glasgow school...
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Glasgow School of Art
167 Renfrew Street Glasgow Glasgow, City Of G3 6RQ United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Anderston  0.2 miles away
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