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MA - Master of Arts
Falmouth University
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
Falmouth University
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
Falmouth University
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
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Develop your unique visual language on this studio-based Illustration MA.
Course overview
Develop your unique visual language as you draw inspiration from a diverse range of influences on this renowned studio-based MA course, which centres around an examination of authorship and storytelling.
Throughout the course you’ll learn to see your work as an evolving practice, as you challenge and re-evaluate your personal vision and voice with the help of experienced practitioners. You’ll develop skills such as screenprinting, creative writing and bookbinding, through hands-on workshops, while working on longer-term projects in your choice of media. Taking an entrepreneurial approach, you’ll develop your professional practice, identify your audience and consider channels and opportunities for your work.
You will:
Careers
Our Illustration MA graduates have harnessed their developed practice, enterprise and entrepreneurial skills to find success in a range of creative sectors including; publishing, reportage, e-learning, residencies, art collectives, film and theatre, self and independent publishing and education.
Alumni have produced work for the likes of MacMillan, Kingfisher, Polar Bear Music Prize, Fantagraphics, Blankslate and Editions Memo; offered art direction for Penguin and Little Brown; joined collectives such as We Colonised the Moon, Tara Books and Kekien Collective; taken up residencies with Women’s Studio Workshop, The Bauhaus Print Studio and The Full Dome (California); accepted teaching posts with universities, from Manchester to Tuluca; started independent publishers including Pirrip Press, Atlantic Press and Guillemot Press, and undertaken PhD’s.
We welcome applications from those with relevant equivalent Level 6 qualifications, or relevant equivalent experience, and a demonstrable interest in the subject.
Students living in
Domestic
£10,200 per year
Students from Domestic
£250 acceptance fee payable. This is deducted from tuition fees.
£19,950 per year
Students from EU
£500-£2,500 acceptance fee payable. This is deducted from tuition fees.
£19,950 per year
Students from International
£500-£2,500 acceptance fee payable. This is deducted from tuition fees.
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