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Study Details: 15 months (full time)
Your illustration practice is a constellation of making, interests, experiences, approaches, ideas and thinking. This MA in Illustration will support you in building and enriching your visual practice through forming methods, concepts, theories and professional experiences that can take you beyond graduation. We draw on knowledges of storytelling and ideas of illustration that transcend traditional notions of how and where illustration operates in the world. We want to be ready for what's next in this rapidly changing professional landscape.
Together as a group of students and staff with differing creative practices and life experiences we will navigate a series of ambitious practical projects. You’ll build methods for exploring a subject and spend time with established and emerging technical processes. You’ll develop a critical position that intersects with urgent contexts and have an experience of making your project public in a professional setting.
You’ll have the opportunity to make your work public in a professional context that aligns with your ambitions for your practice. This will involve working with industry professionals, from areas such as publishing, education, academic research and cultural institutions. You’ll gain experience working within locations such as cultural institutions, archives and geographic sites of interest. You’ll also participate in exhibitions and external events.
MA Illustration is offered in full-time mode and runs for 45 weeks over 15 months. You will be expected to commit an average of 40 hours per week to your course, including teaching hours and independent study.
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This unit is an introduction to your course, the College and the University. You’ll identify, map and develop your methods as an illustrator. You’ll expand your visual approaches by exploring a range of material processes. Your written work will articulate your position as an illustrator. You’ll have an introduction to enquiry and practice methods alongside critical and theoretical study.
You’ll focus on your own enquiry and consider how to build sustainable momentum in your major project. In tandem you’ll collectively work with a group of peers to explore a topic of shared social, cultural or political urgency. The intersection of contemporary practice and climate, racial and social justice will be explored through seminars, tutorials and workshops to position your illustration practice.
The final unit of the course will focus on making your major project public. You’ll take part in professional development and practice workshops, seminars and a series of lectures and visiting practitioner talks, considering your trajectory beyond the course.
Note: 120 Credits must be passed before the final unit is undertaken
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