Fine Art with History of Art

You'll explore practices and interpretations of art across an exceptionally wide array of intersecting cultures and different periods. In a world increasingly defined through images and material culture, we approach art and art history as a vital and dynamic framework for understanding both our shared histories, and some of the most pressing questions we are faced with now.

By immersing yourself in a range of art techniques and practices, you’ll experiment with your own creativity and discover your personal style. You’ll be given a dedicated studio space to work from, allowing you lots of opportunity to embrace a multitude of materials and methods. Our course provides you with multiple opportunities to experiment across different media and undertake original research, while building broader skills in curating, event production, critical thinking, writing, researching, publishing and media content production. You’ll have opportunities to contribute to the creative community, to build networks in the city and to exhibit your work regularly.

You’ll have opportunities to contribute to the creative community, to build networks in the city and to exhibit your work regularly. You’ll investigate the interconnections between art and the larger social dynamics that shape our culture, such as ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, being human and our relationship to nature and the environment. You’ll become equipped to act in the world as artists and creative global citizens, innovators in your respective fields of making. We’ll prepare you to be a socially conscious graduate with an array of relevant and transferrable skills. Throughout the course, we’ll support you in discovering what kind of creative practitioner and art historian you want to be.