Fine Art: Studio Site and Context (BA)

Program Available at Swansea Campus

You are able to draw upon and utilize, an expansive range of materials, media, concepts, and philosophies to develop your work and convey your ideas.

Studio practice is at the core of our teaching and encompasses the use of a wide range of workshops, together with personal studio spaces. The studios are our powerhouse, a place where your ideas are explored and developed through material practices - painting, drawing, sculptural practice, video, sound, installation, and performance.

The site is also key to our teaching in Swansea, both in terms of concept and place. The relationship between our Fine Art department and the city has developed over many years, resulting in our graduates developing artists' studios and gallery complexes. Our staff is professionally involved with major art institutions that have formed links with the course, enabling you to engage in cultural activities beyond the university.

The notion of Site in relation to Context is an important consideration and you are encouraged to explore this relationship. Explorations of Context form a central pillar of your course. The importance of Context is taught through theory lectures, practice-based lectures, seminars, and workshops. Our teaching investigates Context, from the contemporary, political, conceptual, philosophical and practical, including explorations of site responsiveness as well as developing an awareness about the appropriateness of materials.