MA Applied Arts, UH

This is a showcase for student work from the MA Applied Arts at the University of Hertfordshire. Applied Arts, as an area of creative practice, has a growing reputation. This course provides the opportunity to explore and challenge the boundaries of your creative practice and, through discussion and debate with other students, explore some of the key ideas and concepts that inform contemporary applied arts. You can develop the entrepreneurial skills to further your career in the creative and cultural spheres. You may develop and exploit your talent across a wide range of activities and develop a practice as a maker of individual objects, a designer of batch-produced products, an artist working to commission or establish a mixed portfolio career. You are encouraged to challenge the materials you use through practical research and sampling and refine your professional practice through the application of process, development of technical skill, material understanding and conceptual underpinning. You have the opportunity to specialize in one area or work across a wide range of disciplines and materials - jewellery, textiles, ceramics, glass, printmaking - and be actively involved in sharing ideas and taking part in critical debate. Through working alongside artists and designers on other postgraduate courses you will explore the possibilities for the applied artist today, questioning conventions and refining your practice and design capabilities by working with and understanding materials. Our staff are experienced in research and professional practice, and you will also benefit from contributions from visiting artists, designers, makers and other arts and design professionals, as well as from involvement with our international exhibitions programme and gallery environment. ___________________________ Interested in joining us? MA APPLIED ARTS ___________________________ You might also be interested in MA CONTEMPORARY TEXTILES MA FINE ART MA GRAPHIC DESIGN MA ILLUSTRATION ___________________________ For further guidance email the Programme Leader – Sally Freshwater ([email protected]).