BA Fine Art
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
BA (Hons) Fine Art, a fine art degree focused on studio-based creative practice and contemporary culture. Core topics include Fieldwork. The programme spans four years and includes participation in ECA's annual Degree Show. The first year covers foundational methods through modules such as Adventures in Drawing, Body as Artistic Material, Expanded Drawing Practice, and Fine Art Printmaking: An Introduction to Multiples as Artistic Expression and Strategy. The second year builds upon practical and contextual studies through modules such as Art in Practice 2 and Art in Context 2. The third year explores professional integration and collaborative working through modules such as Art as Process: Ways of Learning, Making, Working Together, Art and Ecology: The Intersection of environmental and social justice, Exhibiting at Large as Contemporary Artists, and Gendered Soundings? Sound Art & Feminism. The final year culminates in independent research, external project establishment, and final project outcomes through modules such as Art in Practice 4, Art in Context 4, and Going Public.
Modules
- group and individual tutorials
- critiques of individual work
- technical instruction through access and induction to ECA’s workshop provision and team
- lectures
- seminars
- workshops
- field trips
- visiting artist talks
- Adventures in Drawing
- Body as Artistic Material
- Expanded Drawing Practice
- Fine Art Printmaking: An Introduction to Multiples as Artistic Expression and Strategy
- Introduction to the Moving Image: Expanded History of Cinema
- Textiles in Contemporary Art Practice: Making and Thinking
- Art in Practice 2
- Art in Context 2
- lectures
- seminars
- workshops
- field trips
- visiting artist talks
- Adventures in Drawing
- Black and White Photographic Practice: The Portrait
- Body as Artistic Material
- Expanded Drawing Practice
- Fine Art Printmaking: An Introduction to Multiples as Artistic Expression and Strategy
- Introduction to the Moving Image: Expanded History of Cinema
- Textiles in Contemporary Art Practice: Making and Thinking
- how to draw from and integrate practical and contextual studies into forms of artistic praxis
- exploring how the work and projects you are involved in and are developing can move into the world beyond the university
- Art as Process: Ways of Learning, Making, Working Together
- Art and Ecology: The Intersection of environmental and social justice
- Exhibiting at Large as Contemporary Artists
- Gendered Soundings? Sound Art & Feminism
- Popular Art and Folk Culture
- Popular not Populist: Contemporary Art ‘Lost’ in the Mainstream
- Themes in Contemporary Art
- Making Things Public 1
- Making Things Public 2
- the exhibition of artworks
- the staging of performances
- the hosting of participatory activities
- launching publications
- Art in Practice 4
- Art in Context 4
- Going Public
- subjects, skills and practices of your work
- your research into the work of others
- your final project outcomes
- research
- action
- reflection
- participation in ECA’s annual Degree Show
- establishing an external artistic project
- staging performances
- screening events
- workshops
- talks
- hosting symposia
- developing art educational resources
- alumni of ECA
- specialists from related professional bodies and organisations
- encourage you to self-identify and articulate your skill needs for entering careers after study
- equip you with transferable skills and an understanding of your employability after study