Art & Design

Fine art practice at Teesside provides a studio-based learning culture that allows you to specialise in painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and/or new media. You have open access to all media workshops to develop your personally defined project themes.

Lectures, seminars and studio-based critique raise ideas and themes to explore the shifting status of beauty in visual culture and contemporary practice. You hear from visiting artists, curators and writers who share their expertise during lectures and give direct support to your individual research projects.

Our fine art graduates have been instrumental in setting up four new artist-led studio groups in the Tees Valley.

How you learn

An academic staff team of specialist practitioners and theorists works in partnership with a weekly programme of visiting artists to ensure you have access to a diverse and extensive range of fine art expertise. You have contact with artist-led agencies, have the opportunity to establish a support network for arts practice and undertake study visits directly related to your personal research. Progress tutorials throughout the programme are designed to help you develop clear and realistic objectives for continued professional development and employment. Individual and independent learning priorities become an integral component in each study module and are supported by a fully established 'Negotiated Learning Plan' at all levels of the programme.

How you are assessed

The continuous assessment structure allows key assessment deadlines to be located at the mid-point and end-point of each academic year.

Enhanced professional development

University-initiated mentoring programmes in conjunction with an extensive series of short-course study skills are provided to support career and professional development across the full breadth of arts, education and cultural activity.

Career opportunities

Tees Valley graduates move forward into an increasingly broad range of professional futures including postgraduate study in arts and education: MA Fine Art and Graduate Teacher Training and Recruitment (GTTR), acquire sponsored fellowships and arts-based residencies (facilitated by Digital City and Tees Valley Arts), develop independent practice, sustain practice through locally based studio groups (Saltburn Artist Projects and Platform Arts), initiate curatorial and gallery-based exhibitions (Python Gallery), take advantage of local and regional opportunities for additional professional development (a-n and Arts Council England, North East) and as self-employed artists become professional cultural practitioners.

Entry requirements

A typical offer is 240-280 tariff points (2011) or 300 tariff points (2012) from at least three A levels (or equivalent) – one must be in an appropriate discipline. And we attach considerable importance to your portfolio of work. You're also expected to have the appropriate literacy skills for a degree programme.

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