Why choose Herts?

• Teaching Excellence: You will be taught by creative practitioners/artists who are well-connected with national or international standing and expertise (see key staff).
• Employment Prospects: Graduates have exhibited at Broadway Gallery and St Albans Museum & Gallery whilst others work as curators, teachers, and have set up studios. Some extend study towards a PhD.

• Industry Connections: We invite industry speakers, creatives, curators, and theorists into workshops to support students in developing creative networks.

 

About the course

• Fine Art has a proud heritage going all the way back to the founding of the St Albans School of Art in 1880
• Perfect for students with busy lives, it runs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with elective workshops on some Thursdays 
• You don’t need a BA if you have an equivalent track record of practice
• Each student on the programme has their own studio space within the shared MA Art studio area
• We have enviable in-house expertise and facilities to support a wide variety of media and processes including life drawing, painting, printmaking, darkroom and digital photography, ceramics, glass, metalwork, sculpture/installation, textiles, video, sound, 3D printing, digital and virtual practices.
• The tutors are artists of national/international standing and expertise. Invited speakers, artists, curators and theorists also add to the creative mix. We are passionate about the work we make and the work you make!