This studio-based MA Fine Art course allows you to develop your creative potential in a cross-disciplinary environment, using specialist equipment and drawing on the expertise of practising artists and skilled technicians at our Locksbrook campus. Working with students from across the Bath School of Art, Film and Media and School of Design, you’ll study a range of approaches including painting, sculpture, live art and photography, to further your skills and knowledge in your specialist area. You’ll identify your individual position as an artist, develop the appropriate technical skills and learn how to promote and exhibit your work professionally. Key to the Fine Art Master’s at Bath Spa is the chance to specialise in your chosen discipline while learning alongside fellow students across all MA Fine Art and MA Design pathways. You’ll also engage with industry leaders, galleries, museums, curators, artists and businesses, ready for the next step in your professional or academic career.

Overview

Learn to adopt an interdisciplinary and material-led approach, based on experimentation, risk-taking and personal innovation. MA Fine Art at Bath Spa will challenge your assumptions about art production and encourage you to explore ways to progress within and transform the field. It will also encourage you to build collaborative relationships with other artists and develop transferable skills. You’ll identify your individual position as an artist and learn to promote and exhibit your work professionally. You’ll take a holistic approach, embedding theory, research, and historical and contemporary practice into your work.