Fine Art Practice BA (Hons)

Fine Art at the University of Worcester encourages the development of inventive questioning and visual intelligence.

The course is rooted in broad research concerns such as landscape, place, narrative and journeys, but embraces a variety of visual interests and disciplines. Our students work using a wide range of processes and methodologies, and become articulate and confident about what they are presenting, because this is what they will need when they leave.

We value thoughtfulness experiential enquiry and visual poetry, and foster students who are hardworking, practical and widely employable. Fine Arts students at University of Worcester develop a clear understanding of their responsibilities as they relate to legal, moral and ethical codes of practice. Recent graduates have progressed to setting up their own creative businesses or undertaking postgraduate study at some of the UK's most prestigious institutions.

Students are provided with the opportunity to learn transferable academic skills. These skills help them realise their potential in critical thinking and looking and cultivate an individual voice in their practical and written work. Our course lecturers are practicing artists and researchers, and are active both nationally and internationally.

The course is run at The Garage, the University’s new purpose-built studios. It places emphasis on your growing knowledge and understanding of contemporary fine art practice internationally. Worcester regularly hosts artists in residence, artist fellows and visiting artists, working with a range of external agencies and partners. Thus, students have opportunities to work alongside them and to benefit from their experience.

Worcester is conveniently located for students to have easy access to galleries in Birmingham, Oxford and Bristol. Regular study visits are offered to London and the destinations of recent international trips include Rome, Florence and new York. Students are also encouraged to explore opportunities to extend their practice, such as study and work placements, exhibitions and competitions. 

Particular consideration is given to your individual progress and aspirations. The first year focuses on a review of previous experience and an introduction to the subject through experimentation, media workshops and projects. Students’ visual language is established in the second year through critical enquiry. In the third year you will consolidate your practice and develop professional exhibition and curatorial skills through preparation for a final degree show.

Core studies in Fine Art are supported by modules that address critical and contextual studies, drawing, object making and time-based media.

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