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Art

Developing personal lines of study and practice within the areas of printmaking, painting, sculpture, digital media and other related disciplines.

For more information about this course please visit the Bath School of Art and Design website.

Art is part of the Creative Arts course, so you will select another subject to study with Art. Attention is always paid to the interaction of Art with the various subject combinations within Creative Arts - for instance if you decide to combine Art and Textiles the subject may function in a different way than if you choose Art and Creative Studies. Students who would like to have a broader experience of Art should apply for this course.

Course Structure and Content

• Compulsory sequential modules on the Art subjects;
• Various approaches to painting - making art, the uses of media in relation to ideas;
• Printmaking including silk screen, etching, relief printing and lithography;
• Photography, uses of the camera, printing both in colour and black and white;
• Sculpture processes such as mold making, plate work and the needs of structure making;
• Digital Media: the learning of computer programmes involved in image making.

Teaching Methods and Resources

The course is a combination of lecture programmes, which generate the theoretical aspect of the course, and studio work.

You are taught by practising artists who, using their own personal experience, encourage a professional approach to the subject.

Teaching methods include:

• Talks which look at contemporary issues within the visual arts and the historical background to these ideas;
• Visiting speakers talking about their own work;
• Tutorials, critiques and seminars.

Specific areas within the School of Art and Design are allocated for the use of Art students in printmaking, painting and sculpture.

There are workshops in photography, etching, lithography, silk screen, wood construction and digital media.

Assessment Methods

• Years 1 and 2: 80% practical, 20% essay;
• Year 3: 80% practical, 20% slide talk in the first module, 100% practical in the final module.

Entry Requirements

240-280 UCAS Tariff points (eg BCC; BB+AS a), with minimum 80 points from Art/Visual Arts subject.

OR Art Foundation course and a portfolio of recent work.

Alternative qualifications welcome.