Full time
As a full time student you will spend three tutored days a week studying at the Academy; two days per week on Skills modules or Elective Skills Workshops and one day a week working with tutors on your Studio Practice modules, developing your portfolio and studying Art Theory. At least one further day per week should be spent developing your Studio Practice work independently in your own dedicated studio space.
Term 1
You will explore a range of mediums and ways of working. We want you to become confident in your expressive abilities and to discover the joy of experimentation. In this term you will cover four disciplines to give you an introductory awareness to different mediums through the compulsory Foundation Skills modules; 3D, Drawing, Painting and Digital Media. Each module runs for 1 full day per week for 5 weeks. Like the Electives, these are not subject to summative assessment. They are intended to give you the freedom and space to experiment.
You will attend three Art Theory module sessions on some of your Studio Practice days.
You will be supported in making applications to undergraduate programmes
Term 2
You will select two Elective Skills Workshop Courses to support your Studio Practice modules. The electives provide an opportunity to develop skills in a range of specialist areas across five disciplines; painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and digital media.
As part of your Studio Practice module in term 2 , you will receive targeted sessions on portfolio development with an expert tutor, preparing you for interviews.
You will attend a further three Art Theory module sessions on some of your Studio Practice days.
Term 3
In the Summer term you will work towards your final exhibition as well as completing one final elective to complement and support the development of your work.
Part time
In the part time mode, Studio Practice modules run across a term and a half and part time students are not required to supplement this with independent study outside of these taught sessions. Part time students usually undertake the Art Theory module in the first year of the programme.
Year 1/ Term 1
In this term you will complete the painting and drawing compulsory Foundation Skills modules, to give you an introductory awareness to different mediums. Each course runs for one full day per week for five weeks. Like the Electives, these are not subject to summative assessment. They are intended to give you the freedom and space to experiment.
You will spend a further day a week working with tutors on your Studio Practice modules, developing your portfolio in your dedicated studio space.
You will attend three Art Theory module sessions on some of your Studio Practice days.
Year 1/ Term 2
You will select one Elective Skills Workshop Courses to support your Studio Practice modules. The electives provide an opportunity to develop skills in a range of specialist areas across five disciplines; painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and digital media.
You will submit your first Studio Practice module at the end of week five of this term and start your second Studio Practice module post the reading week.
You will attend a further three Art Theory module sessions on some of your Studio Practice days.
Year 1/ Term 3
In this term you will again select one Elective Skills Workshop Courses to support your Studio Practice modules. You will continue your second Studio Practice module, submitting it at the end of the term.
Year 2/ Term 4
In this term you will complete the two remaining compulsory Foundation Skills modules (3D and Photo, Video & Digital). Rather than undertaking a Studio Practice module, you will use Studio Practice days to make applications to undergraduate programmes and build your portfolio for interviews under the guidance of the Foundation tutors.
Year 2/ Term 5
In this term you will again select one Elective Skills Workshop Course to support your Studio Practice modules. After continuing with your portfolio development for the first half of the term, you will start the third and final Studio Practice module in the latter half of the term.
Year 2/ Term 6
In this term you will again select one Elective Skills Workshop Course to support your Studio Practice module as you work towards your Graduate Exhibition.