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 organizations such as TATE Liverpool, students can experience an enriched curriculum with visiting lecturers and international artists contributing to their learning experience.
At its core, Fine Art is about communication, innovation, challenge and application. It is about exploring students' individual potential through visual possibilities and theoretical questions, with an awareness of the increasingly complex and media-saturated global arena. Liverpool Hope University's 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 students 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 University is delivered through three main components: Studio Practice, Art and Design History, and Professional Practice. This combination of studies will equip students with the essential skills to establish themselves as a professional artist, or work in the wider creative industries. They 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 University’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 program of exhibitions by visiting artists and students.
