Art and Space

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Choose Kingston's Art & Space MA
If you have a fine art, architecture or design background and would like to develop your professional practice within the public realm, this dynamic, production-based course is ideal. It enables you to identify and locate spaces in which to make and 'test' your work in the public domain, through site-specific work, performance and sound installation, internet activity, print-based publication, and so on.

What will you study?

You will develop and apply critical frameworks, debate a range of theoretical, cultural and social issues, and consider a variety of approaches to communicating and publishing your own research. You will focus on individual and collaborative practices, new technology, exhibition production and design, and a theoretical and critical programme to challenge and contextualise individual research and the placement of work in the public domain. In addition, you will become familiar with the processes necessary to initiate and realise projects, developing and presenting proposals and collaborative working structures.

Assessment

Seminar presentations/individual and collaborative exhibition production and documentation.

Course structure

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Modules

* Project 1
* Theory Seminar
* Project 2 Collaborative
* Digital Art New Technology
* Masters Project (Exbibition in Moing Image)

Learn a language

You will have the opportunity to study a foreign language, free of charge, during your time at the University as part of the Kingston Language Scheme. Options currently include: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish.

What this course offers you
If you choose to study this course, here are some of the things you can expect from the course and how it will benefit you.

* The Art & Space MA provides the opportunity to develop your professional practice within the public realm.
* As part of this, you have the opportunity to build and redefine work online.
* Visiting staff and seminar presentations provide a critical framework for discussing theoretical research.
* Project modules allow you to focus on an area of particular interest and gain valuable practical skills. These culminate with a major public exhibition/event and accompanying publication.
* You also have the chance to: * undertake site visits to supplement your learning;
* display work in the University's galleries and other exhibition spaces;
* collaborate with external organisations and individuals within other specialist areas; and
* extend your professional practice experience through a placement and residency.


* Many members of staff are professional practitioners, which keeps your learning cutting edge (read more in the Research areas section).
* Alongside your academic studies, you develop workplace skills in: * problem solving and organisation;
* data collation, review and synopsis;
* communication (oral, written and electronic);
* time management;
* computing; and
* co-operation and teamwork.


* We offer a part-time study option to help you fit your MA around other commitments.

Lecturers

Staff teaching on this course
* Charlotte Cullinan

Title: Course director and principal lecturer, Art & Space MA, Fine Art with Learning and Teaching in Higher Education MA and European Art Practice MA
Email:c.cullinan@kingston.ac.uk

Specialist subjects: Charlotte Cullinan is an artist and one half of the duo known as Cullinan Richards (previously artlab) who show widely both nationally and internationally.

* Jeanine Richards

Title: Module leader, personal tutor and senior lecturer, Art & Space MA, Fine Art with Learning and Teaching in Higher Education MA and European Art Practice MA
Email:j.richards@kingston.ac.uk

Specialist subjects: Jeanine Richards is an artist who, together with Charlotte Cullinan, forms Cullinan Richards (previously known as artlab), a duo known for their collaborative projects.

* Robert Garnett

Title: Theory module leader and senior lecturer, Art & Space MA, Fine Art with Learning and Teaching in Higher Education MA, European Art Practice MA
Email:r.garnett@kingston.ac.uk

Specialist subjects: Robert Garnett is based in Brussels and is a theoritian and art critic who writes extensively in the art press.

Here you'll find the entry requirements for this course. Please read them carefully as they are very important for your application. * Applicants should have a good BA(Hons) degree in fine art, architecture, landscape architecture, spatial design or an equivalent British or overseas qualification. * We will also consider applicants with relevant work experience. * We will ask you to upload a portfolio online on receipt of your application. For more information, please see the Apply for this course page.How to apply and portfolio requirementsFor full details of how to apply and portfolio requirements, see the Apply for this course page.InterviewsWe will invite all shortlisted applicants for interview. We can make alternative arrangements for international students based overseas.Prior learning - AP(E)LApplicants with prior qualifications and learning may be exempt from appropriate parts of a course in accordance with the University's policy for the assessment of prior learning and prior experiential learning. Contact the faculty office for further information.English language requirementsAll non-UK applicants must meet our English language requirements. For this course it is Academic IELTS of 6.5 overall, with special conditions in all elements. Please make sure you read our full guidance about English language requirements, which includes details of other qualifications we'll consider.Applicants who do not meet the English language requirements may be eligible to join our pre-sessional English language course.Applicants from one of the recognised Majority English Speaking Countries (MESCs) do not need to meet these requirements. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.