MASTERS IN CREATIVE PRACTICE

Introduction

‘There is, it would seem, in the dimensional scale of the world a kind of delicate meeting place between imagination and knowledge, a point, arrived at by diminishing large things and enlarging small ones that is intrinsically artistic.’

(from Nabokov’s Speak, Memory, revised edition, 1966).

Akin to Nabokov’s assessment of the world, the arts make the world micro-sized, enlarged, and/or fitting. The arts challenge us to record, think, feel, grieve, laugh, empower, and point to the future, because the arts matter.

This meitheal is what the Masters in Creative Practice is about – gather, roll up your sleeves and make creative work. Come to us from your chosen art-form and be prepared to work alongside others from different artforms. Get inspired to be creatively challenged, to work collaboratively, and to be industry-ready.

Maybe you think you’re a fine artist, interior architect, theatre designer, novelist or sculptor but deep down inside there’s a short story writer, poet, dramatist or product designer fighting to get out! Maybe it’s the other way around. Whatever the case you’ll learn a lot, and will have fun finding out.

With us you will be part of a small unique group who will be taught by a range of tutors from different specialisms, as well as by regular guest artists in relevant cognate areas. We aim to develop voice, craft, technique, critical thinking and imagination, in a space which allows learners to engage in their own practice.