BA (Honours) Fine Art
Three years full-time
UCAS code • W102
Location • City CampusSubject area • Art and design
Related subjects • Media arts
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Find out about Creative Spark, our annual graduate showcase of final year students' work, and Brightest Spark, an exhibition featuring projects completed by our elite students.
View the Creative Spark image gallery, taken from the 2010 graduate showcase of final year students' work.
Find out about the Sheffield Institute of Arts (SIA) and view a 360 degree tour of the SIA gallery, where our students exhibit their work.
View a 360 degree tour of the Cantor lecture theatre.
View a 360 degree tour of our print making studio.
View a 360 degree tour of our print making studio.
View a 360 degree tour of our model making workshop used to make prototypes of students’ designs.
One of our fine art graduates, George Shaw, has been nominated for the 2011 Turner Prize. Read more about it.
Our Digital Design Centre can print medium to large format high quality outputs on a range of different media. The laboratories have a wide range of software supporting 2D and 3D engineering and creative design applications. Find out more.
Our Printmaking Centre supports a range of processes including silk screen printing, etching, relief, cyanotype, bookmaking and letterpress. Find out more.
All new students on this course undergo a comprehensive induction program to learn how to make the most from our workshop facilities. Find out more.
One of the most valuable resources available for you to access is our highly experienced technical support team. Find out how they can help support your development.
This course
This is a dynamic and diverse course with a long history of producing ambitious graduates who have gone on to be highly successful in the cultural industries.
Throughout the course we encourage you to question and challenge existing art practices while developing your own approaches, helping you to quickly become self-directed and independent. You have the opportunity to take creative risks and to experiment with different media in the context of the contemporary art world.
You develop your understanding of the relationship between generating ideas, the process of making, and the context of showing, by exhibiting your work and reflecting on your own and others’ work. The study of art history and theory is a key part of the course as is developing your ability to operate as a professional artist.
Your coursework is carried out in our purpose-built studios and well-equipped workshop facilities to gain and improve skills in • drawing • installation • painting • performance • photography • printmaking • sculpture • artists' publications • film and video • electronic and digital media • sound. You also develop your critical skills to reflect on your own and others’ work.
The course has a simple structure with three modules a year. These are developed at each level, offering increasing levels of challenge as the course progresses.
The studio module asks that you spend the majority of your time devoted to making and developing work in our dedicated studios, in specific locations or in the workshops. You also take a module focussing on art history and theory, which culminates in a short dissertation, seminar or placement report in the third year. The professional art practice module supports and develops your professional skills to help you operate within the cultural industries.
Our dedicated team of fine art tutors are all practicing artists of national and international repute. Academic excellence is also supported by a large team of experienced technical specialists.
During the course there are field trips to galleries and events in the UK and overseas. In the second year you have the opportunity to take part in an exchange with an institution in Europe, America or Australia under the Erasmus scheme.
There is a part-time version of this course.
You learn from invited artists, curators and critics of international standing at our weekly lecture programme Transmission.
Find out more about BA (Honours) Fine Art
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Three years full-time
UCAS code • W192
Location • City CampusSubject area • Art and design
By adding to My Courses you can compare courses and create a personalised prospectus.
Find out about Creative Spark, our annual graduate showcase of final year students' work, and Brightest Spark, an exhibition featuring projects completed by our elite students.
View the Creative Spark image gallery, taken from the 2010 graduate showcase of final year students' work.
Find out about the Sheffield Institute of Arts (SIA) and view a 360 degree tour of the SIA gallery, where our students exhibit their work.
View a 360 degree tour of the Cantor lecture theatre.
View a 360 degree tour of our print making studio.
View a 360 degree tour of our print making studio.
View a 360 degree tour of our model making workshop used to make prototypes of students’ designs.
Our Digital Design Centre can print medium to large format high quality outputs on a range of different media. The laboratories have a wide range of software supporting 2D and 3D engineering and creative design applications. Find out more.
Our Printmaking Centre supports a range of processes including silk screen printing, etching, relief, cyanotype, bookmaking and letterpress. Find out more.
All new students on this course undergo a comprehensive induction program to learn how to make the most from our workshop facilities. Find out more.
One of the most valuable resources available for you to access is our highly experienced technical support team. Find out how they can help support your development.
This course
This is a studio and workshop-based course that explores traditional and contemporary methods of making visual arts.
You develop expertise in 2D and 3D art forms ranging from painting and illustration to casting and construction, with drawing as a central part of the course. We encourage you to engage with new ideas, theories and contemporary debate.
To improve your ability as a visual artist or designer-maker, you attend skills-centred workshops with practising artists and skilled technicians. Our teaching staff are all practising artists with national or international profiles.
We have modern, well-equipped facilities supported by technical staff. Facilities include
• woodworking machinery
• metalworking machinery such as welding, foundry and silversmithing equipment
• contemporary rapid prototyping technology
• printmaking, which supports activities including etching, drypoint, cyanotype, lithography and screen printing
• a photography department with black-and-white and colour, dark room facilities
In year one, you study drawing and choose workshops in • sculpture • painting • printmaking • photography • introduction to digital software. Critique groups and tutorials help to develop your critical skills. Studying art history and theory helps place your practical work in context. This is explored further during field trips. You also learn study and professional skills.
During the second year, you develop your practical skills through specialist level workshops. You work in groups to produce two public exhibitions, emphasis is placed on the way your work communicates with an audience. To increase your understanding of the debates that shape art, you choose an art theory module from a range of options. To continue your professional development, you create your own website and artist's statement.
In year three, you specialise in 2D or 3D work and prepare a dissertation or complete a professional placement. You also take a module that develops your business and work-based knowledge to help you reach your goals after graduation.
To further your understanding of how to operate within cultural industries, you develop a portfolio of work that you exhibit in a professional environment as part of a large visual arts festival. We also run a lecture programme called Gravity, where internationally esteemed practitioners reflect on all aspects of creative art.
There is a part-time version of this course.
This is a studio and workshop-based course that explores traditional and contemporary methods of making visual arts.
You develop expertise in 2D and 3D art forms ranging from painting and illustration to casting and construction, with drawing as a central part of the course. We encourage you to engage with new ideas, theories and contemporary debate.
To improve your ability as a visual artist or designer-maker, you attend skills-centred workshops with practising artists and skilled technicians. Our teaching staff are all practising artists with national or international profiles.
We have modern, well-equipped facilities supported by technical staff. Facilities include
• woodworking machinery
• metalworking machinery such as welding, foundry and silversmithing equipment
• contemporary rapid prototyping technology
• printmaking, which supports activities including etching, drypoint, cyanotype, lithography and screen printing
• a photography department with black-and-white and colour, dark room facilities
In year one, you study drawing and choose workshops in • sculpture • painting • printmaking • photography • introduction to digital software. Critique groups and tutorials help to develop your critical skills. Studying art history and theory helps place your practical work in context. This is explored further during field trips. You also learn study and professional skills.
During the second year, you develop your practical skills through specialist level workshops. You work in groups to produce two public exhibitions, emphasis is placed on the way your work communicates with an audience. To increase your understanding of the debates that shape art, you choose an art theory module from a range of options. To continue your professional development, you create your own website and artist's statement.
In year three, you specialise in 2D or 3D work and prepare a dissertation or complete a professional placement. You also take a module that develops your business and work-based knowledge to help you reach your goals after graduation.
To further your understanding of how to operate within cultural industries, you develop a portfolio of work that you exhibit in a professional environment as part of a large visual arts festival. We also run a lecture programme called Gravity, where internationally esteemed practitioners reflect on all aspects of creative art.
There is a part-time version of this course.
Find out more about BA (Honours) Creative Art Practice
Related courses
- MArt Fine Art (Full-time)
- BA (Honours) Fine Art (Full-time)
- MArt Creative Art Practice (Full-time)
- MArt Creative Art Practice (Part-time)
- Extended Degree Programme Art (Full-time)
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Fees – home and EU students
For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
Assessment
Fees – home and EU students
For information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/study/ug/fees-and-funding
Fees – international students2012/13 academic year
Typically £10,320 a year2013/14 academic year
Typically £10,680 a yearFor further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
• exhibition • portfolio • essay • visual and verbal presentation
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As part of the Sheffield Institute of Arts your course will be involved in 'Project Spark', 'Creative Spark' and 'Brightest Spark'.Subjects included are • animation • architecture • computers • creative writing • digital media production • engineering • fashion design • film and visual effects • film and media production • fine art • furniture and product design • games design • graphic design • interior design • jewellery and metalwork • performing arts • photography • product design.
Creative Spark
Creative Spark is an annual showcase of student work and celebrates the innovation, creativity and imagination of our most talented graduates. Creative Spark is hosted across four university venues • Owen • Cantor • Sheaf • Arundel Gate Court and S1 in the city centre.For further information visit the Creative Spark website or download last years guide.
Brightest Spark
Brightest Spark is a new exhibition for October 2012 housed in the SIA Gallery and Cantor building. This exhibition features the elite students in each Sheffield of Institute of Arts course as chosen by industry professionals in that area.For further information visit the Brightest Spark website.
Project Spark
Sheffield Hallam students have the opportunity to play a key role in the promotion of the Creative Spark and Brightest Spark exhibitions by submitting entries for Project Spark. The 2012 competitions included • concept design • branding and wayfinding • creative writing • image • brightest spark logo and branding.For further information visit the Project Spark website.
An example of an animation modelling project.
BA (Hons) Animation modelling work on display for Thomas Lloyd's final year project entitled The Window Pianist.
An example of an animation modelling project.
BA (Hons) Animation modelling work by Luke Adams for his final year project entitled Uneasy Rider.
Students' work on display at the Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery.
BA (Hons) photography students exhibited their work in the Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery.
An example of a contemporary fine art project.
Laura Hayes final year project for BA (Hons) Contemporary Fine Art.
An example of a metalwork and jewellery piece.
Emma Middleton's jewellery piece for BA (Hons) Metalwork and Jewellery.The concept behind Emma's work is based on the idea of sentimental jewellery and the burden this can become on the wearer.
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
Graphic students work on display.
Four students' workbooks on display.
BA (Hons) Interior Design student workbooks (Shamila Hussain, Faiza Khan, Naomi Nunn and Helen Genia Austin).
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
Work displayed by interior design students.
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
Work displayed by engineering students.
A collaboration between fashion and engineering students.
A collaboration between fashion and engineering students creating a wedding dress that could be dissolved after the wedding to transform it into five new fashion pieces. This went on to achieve international acclaim.
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
BA (Hons) Metalwork and Jewellery students work on display.
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
BA (Hons) Product Design work.
Students' workbooks on display.
A visitor to Creative Spark looking at students' workbooks for BA (Hons) Product Design.
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
Work on display from the Extended degree in Design.
An example of a final year metalwork and jewellery project.
Final year project for BA (Hons) Metalwork and Jewellery.
Gallery
Sheffield Institute of Arts
Sheffield Institute of Arts at Sheffield Hallam University is one of the oldest and most well-established centres of creative learning in Britain. Since 1843, we’ve built an excellent reputation and nurtured generations of students in a culture where anything is possible and with the resources to make it happen. To find out more about the Sheffield Institute of Art and its creative community visit the website.Sheffield Institute of Arts gallery
The gallery offers and exciting programme of changing exhibitions of the best in art, design and creative practice. Located in the Cantor building, it hosts exhibitions throughout the year.Cantor Lecture Theatre
The Cantor lecture theatre opened in 2008 in the state-of-the-art Cantor Building.Print making studio
Our print making studio supports a wide range of print activities including etching, drypoint, cyanotype, lithography and screen printing.Art and design print making studio 1
Our print making studio supports a wide range of print activities including etching, drypoint, cyanotype, lithography and screen printing.Model making workshop
Model making workshop used to make prototypes of students’ designs.The Digital Design Centre
The Digital Design Centre comprises a suite of 6 IT laboratories (4 PC and 2 MAC) together with the Print Output room, an area for printing medium to large format high quality output on a range of different media. The laboratories have a wide range of software supporting 2D and 3D engineering and creative design applications. The Digital Design Centre runs a high quality computer printing facility and has the ability to print sizes between A4 and A0 and wide format banners. A3, A2, A1, A0 and Banner photo quality printing is available on a range of papers, as well as AutoCAD type plans ( B & W ) on standard paper.
The Printmaking Centre
The Printmaking Centre supports the following processes• silk screen printing
• etching
• relief
• cyanotype (an early photo graphic process)
• bookmaking
• letterpress
The printmaking workshop is divided into process lead areas which are outlined below.
Screen print areaIn this area there is everything the student needs to get a good grounding in every aspect of silk screen,
with facilities for printing onto to paper, fabric and MDF.
Resources include
• four screen beds
• large exposure unit
• wash-out and development area
• in house photo positive facilities
Intaglio and relief areaWe have all the facilities on hand to give you a broad experience of traditional printmaking techniques. We offer support in dry-point and etching as well as photo etching, relief and linocut.
• large etching press (max plate size- 1060 X 715 mm)*
• medium etching press (max plate size – 770 X 935 mm)*
• medium relief press (max plate size – 565 X 820 mm)*
• small relief press (max plate size – 285 X 410 mm)*
• horizontal etching tank (for copper only/max plate size – 300 X 600 mm)
• small exposing unit for photo-etching
Letterpress areaThis area includes a printing press, cases of select fonts and smaller support equipment.
BookbindingFacilities for making and binding books are provided within the studio and some specialised equipment is available for students to use within the department.
Digital areaWe provide a small digital suite within the printmaking workshop enabling students to make their own positives and negatives for the processes supported in the department such as silk screen, photo-etching and cyanotype. Our print facilities enable us to output a variety of different types of photographic positives in house creating an immediate bridge between digital and traditional processes. This enables you to design and make exciting print works to a high standard within one location. Resources include Two AppleMac computers with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign (CS5.5) A3 scanner, large format A0 inkjet printer, A3 b/w laser printer.
Workshop skills induction
These are specifically designed for all first year students that will require access to the workshop facilities as part of their course. The core essential techniques are covered and include both theory and practice. Core techniques covered include
• using hand held power tools
• using a bandsaw and scroll saw – wood, foam and plastic
• using a pedestal drill – wood, metal and plastic
• sanding techniques – wood, plastic and foam
• metalworking techniques – cutting, shaping and grinding
• plastics manipulation – use of strip heater and vacuum forming
Technical support team
While you will find excellent facilities throughout, the most valuable resource you will have at your disposal is access to our extremely dedicated, highly experienced technical staff. All the staff are there to support you during your time in the workshops. The technical team with its professionally qualified staff and practicing professionals, has a wealth of knowledge and expertise across all areas of our provision and comprises engineers, designers, silversmiths and jewellers, fine artists, media arts specialists and IT experts.
The team are committed to using their diverse range of skills and knowledge to support practical aspects of your
course work, whether solving a simple software problem, producing a complex engineering project or creating design work for an international exhibition. There are currently 50 technical staff directly supporting the Technical Resource Centres and the research institutes of the faculty.
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