Fine Art (including Foundation Year) - BA (Hons)
University of Chester
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As a developing artist, our Fine Art degree course will provide you with a dynamic and inspiring environment with which to explore, practice, expand, develop and deploy your creative potential. You’ll be supported and encouraged to engage with painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, textiles, lens-based and time-based media to expand the possibilities and opportunities inherent to your individual practice. The course is designed to cultivate your technical expertise and creative thinking, ...Read more

As a developing artist, our Fine Art degree course will provide you with a dynamic and inspiring environment with which to explore, practice, expand, develop and deploy your creative potential. You’ll be supported and encouraged to engage with painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, textiles, lens-based and time-based media to expand the possibilities and opportunities inherent to your individual practice. The course is designed to cultivate your technical expertise and creative thinking, and to equip you with the necessary skills to excel as a Fine Artist in the Creative Industries.You will develop your unique visual language making use of specialist techniques and processes whilst being informed by the contextual concerns and interests that are individual to you. At Chester, we support you in fostering a critical understanding of art's role in contemporary society what you think, what you say, what you make, how you make it and how it is received are all questions you will consider and navigate.Our studio projects ask you to visually experiment and innovate, and you will gain increasing autonomy and confidence in the development of your ideas and your practice. You will be supported and guided by expert academic and technical staff in social learning studio spaces and workshops. You will produce work that challenges perceptions and speaks to both personal and global issues making work that is significant to you and to your audience.As you learn and collaborate with students across Art, Design & Innovation, you'll not only widen your social and professional network but also learn new skills that will underpin your success as a World Ready graduate.

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74th
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Rosie
12 Oct 24

If you're looking for a smaller city and don't think big city Uni life is for you, then Chester is a great option. Small city centre, not overwhelming, manageable, with beautiful..Read more

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Rosie
29 Oct 23

If you're looking for a smaller city to study in then Chester is a really great choice. I found city Universities and their spread-out campuses overwhelming when I went on Open..Read more

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Rosie
12 Oct 24
Fine Art - BA (Hons)
If you're looking for a smaller city and don't think big city Uni life is for you, then Chester is a great option. Small city centre, not overwhelming, manageable, with beautiful...
Read more
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Rosie
29 Oct 23
Fine Art - BA (Hons)
If you're looking for a smaller city to study in then Chester is a really great choice. I found city Universities and their spread-out campuses overwhelming when I went on Open...
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University of Chester
University of Chester , Chester

Once a teacher training college founded in 1839, the University of Chester has evolved into a modern, forward-thinking university...

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University of Chester
Parkgate Road Chester Cheshire CH1 4BJ United Kingdom
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