Program Description
About the course
With more museums and galleries than any other UK city outside of London and the country’s largest contemporary art biennial, Liverpool provides a dynamic setting for the study of Fine Art. Through partnerships with renowned cultural organisations such as TATE Liverpool, you can experience an enriched curriculum with visiting lecturers and international artists contributing to your learning experience.At its core, Fine Art is about communication, innovation, challenge and application. It is about exploring your individual potential through visual possibilities and theoretical questions, with an awareness of the increasingly complex and media-saturated global arena. Our Fine Art degree is for those who have the desire to work hard and the ability to explore ideas through a wide range of media. The course is driven by its core aim; to encourage and enable you to engage with issues and practices across a broad Fine Art spectrum - from the historical to the contemporary.The Fine Art degree at Liverpool Hope is delivered through three main components: Studio Practice, Art and Design History, and Professional Practice. This combination of studies will equip you with the essential skills to establish yourself as a professional artist, or work in the wider creative industries. Study with us and you will have access to excellent dedicated studios and workshops, with a balance of traditional and new media. The Art and Design History element of the curriculum provides a systematic underpinning of Art and Design practices and theories with a strong emphasis on critical thinking.Based at Liverpool Hope’s Creative Campus, students are immersed in the city’s cultural activity, including at the University’s Cornerstone Gallery. The Gallery is used to underpin and inform learning across the curriculum, through a programme of exhibitions by visiting artists and students.Fine Art at Liverpool Hope is Top 6 in the UK for Overall Student Satisfaction (National Student Survey 2021).
Course structure
Teaching on this degree is delivered in individually allocated studio spaces where you will have group projects, one-to-one tutorials and independent studio time. The Art & Design History component is delivered through lectures, where all students are taught together, seminars of smaller groups of around 15-20 students, and tutorials which typically have no more than 10 students. You also spend time in the studio for practical sessions, and you have the opportunity to have a one-to-one meeting with your tutor each week.In your first year, there are approximately 13 teaching hours each week, which reduces to approximately 10 hours in your second and third years. On top of teaching hours, you are expected to spend a number of hours each week working in the studio and studying independently, as well as studying in groups to prepare for any group assessments you may have. Independent museum and gallery visits form an essential part of your primary research activities.
