MA Ceramics

CAREER POTENTIAL: A very high percentage of our graduates practise professionally, many exhibiting work developed through their MA studies and links established with galleries and other agencies or organisations associated with the visual arts. Some establish their own studios and others base themselves in co-operative studios. A steadily increasing number are pursuing research degrees (M.Phil./PhD), either within the School or in other institutions and establish themselves as researchers or teachers and it is interesting to note the number of other courses in the UK, which have Cardiff graduates on their staff.

COURSE CONTENT:

This course will enable you to identify your true interests and concerns as an artist, designer or maker and allow you to develop appropriate methods to explore your ideas and articulate or express them effectively in imaginative or innovative ways. It will engage you with the key theories and contemporary debates, fostering your understanding of how these influence the development, expression and communication of your ideas and their impact upon the success of your future practice as an artist, maker or academic.

This course is one of the longest established Masters programmes in Ceramics in the UK. It is the only one where it is possible to progress from MA CERAMICS Campus: Howard Gardens Course Length: One year full-time, two years part-time

undergraduate BA (Hons) to postgraduate studies (MA) and through to research degrees (M.Phil. and PhD) and then post doctoral research, within a single centre. Over four hundred graduates (with nearly a third from countries outside the UK) have successfully completed the one year fulltime and two year part-time routes.

You will have access to an exceptionally wide range of knowledge and expertise and well-equipped workshops and specialist facilities, supported by highly experienced technical staff. You will also have access to an individual studio workspace.

The course is arranged in ways, which will enable you to learn and develop by identifying and then focussing progressively on your particular interests and ambitions, under close tutorial supervision. A key part of this process is the development of methods and strategies for the conceptualisation and expression of ideas, while exploiting the unique material and visual properties of the medium of ceramics.

Within the taught programme, an overarching series of lectures and seminars will provide you with grounding in research methods and engage you with key contemporary debates.

Workshops are also designed to introduce you to new materials and processes, as well as to strengthen existing knowledge and experience, and are run throughout the year. As the programme progresses, your practice is supported by individual and group tutorials. At key stages in the development of a project, visual presentations are employed to identify main concerns, to document progress and enhance your overall student experience. The balance of study time is normally 75% practice, and 25% theory.

ASSESSMENT:

You are assessed through completed projects of studio practical work and research, based upon visual and written text.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Applicants should have one of the following: • A good Honours degree (in an appropriate discipline) • Have appropriate professional experience within the subject • Strong portfolio of work.

FURTHER INFORMATION: csad.uwic.ac.uk/ maceramics/

Programme Leader: Peter Castle - pcastle@uwic.ac.uk