Fine Art, BA (Hons)

The BA (Hons) in Fine Art at ECA is a 4-year intensive studio-based programme designed to support students in developing their own approach to creative practice. Students work closely with specialist staff to support multiple approaches to creative endeavour. BA (Hons) Fine Art students will be supported to employ a wide range of materials, media, techniques, methods, technologies, and tools associated with the discipline. Students will also be supported to achieve a well-developed understanding of how Fine Art is disseminated, consumed, and valued in contemporary culture and society.For 2023 Admissions Cycle all applicants should apply for Year One BAFA. Those who qualify for advanced entry to Year Two will be contacted directly by the UG Admissions Team to discuss their options furtherAreas in which you will workYou can work across several areas within Fine Art creative practice, including:

• Installation

• Moving image

• Painting

• Participatory practice

• Performance

• Photography

• Printmaking (3-D and traditional)

• Publications

• Sculpture

• Sound

Visual CultureComplementing BA (Hons) Fine Art's focus on development of your creative practice, a dedicated strand of Visual Culture courses provides a multidisciplinary context for your studies.Visual Culture courses will develop your experience and skills in the imaginative research, analysis and communication of issues raised by the visual aspects of culture.In your Visual Culture courses, you will:

• engage in a critical and creative dialogue with the work of your peers

• gain an understanding of the nature of today's diverse visual cultures

• study the artistic, intellectual, social and professional contexts that shape creative practice in Fine Art

• learn how to best communicate your developing knowledge and insight in a range of written, oral, visual and practical forms