ba hons visual art degree overview - feb 2013

VISUAL ARTS DEGREE

(Honours)

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• Year 1 Foundation Degree

Higher National Certificate in Art and Design

• Year 2 Foundation Degree

Higher National Diploma in Art and Design

• Year 3 BA Honours Degree

Ordinary Degree in Visual Art

• Year 4 BA Honours Degree

Honours Degree in Visual Art


Foundation Degree Year 1

The intention is to furnish students with a sufficiently broad base of relevant art and design skills pertinent to either employment as an arts practitioner or alternatively, for successful articulation onto Diploma level and a diverse range of degree programmes.


Foundation Degree Year 2

Year 2 equips the student with the advanced range of skills, vocabulary, techniques and processes required for degree level along with encouraging specialist experimentation with a variety of materials and media. The ability to develop ideas from conception to solution is a critical component in student development along with the capability to articulate and present concepts and artwork.


Year 3 BA Hons Degree in Visual Arts The aim of the programme is to integrate

conceptual, practical and critical skills, combined with technical innovation within an informed context. It is this integration which nurtures the informed practitioner.

We also aim to produce students capable of reflective practice and self sufficiency along with transferrable skills. Students will also undertake a programme of Advanced Specialist Practices and Introduction to Dissertation.


Year 4 BA Hons Degree in Visual Arts

The final year of the programme prepares the student to:

• Fully develop an independent practice,

• Complete their practice related dissertation,

• Plan, prepare and present a degree show,

• Prepare for life beyond degree level education.


Graduate Skills Graduates work will be informed by, and will inform,

professional practice in their discipline(s), including:

• The critical, contextual, historical, conceptual and ethical dimensions of the student's practice in particular, and art in general.

• The artist's relationship with audiences, clients, markets, users, consumers, participants, co-workers and co-creators

• The implications and potential for their discipline(s) presented by the key developments in current and emerging media and technologies, and in interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary practice in art and design.


Previously our Degree in Visual Arts the students have achieved:

• Places on Masters Level courses at Glasgow School of Art and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.

• Employment as Gallery Managers, Art Technicians, Community Arts Workers.

• Places on the committees of a range of artist run galleries and studio organisations.


Studio Workspaces


Degree Shows


Former Students

• My time spent at North Glasgow College allowed me to grown as a person and in my studies. I was able to improve my confidence and build a portfolio of work and skills that stood me in good stead when applying to do my Masters at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. Without the support and guidance of the tutors, studio facilities and the opportunities to explore new ideas and techniques in a college setting I know I wouldn’t be where I am today and holding a Masters of Fine Art.

Gordy Livingstone.


• The facilities available at NGC along with the help, support and encouragement of the tutors, allowed for the successful exploration and development of my art practice. Also, providing the skills and knowledge required to progress to a Masters level course.

Lynsay Wallace


• North Glasgow College has an exciting and creative art department which nurtured my understanding of art and design and provided the foundation for the development of my own studio practice. Access to range of disciplines including printmaking, painting and sculpture coupled with tutor support offered a challenging and critical environment in which to grow my skill set. With the benefit of the practical advice I was given on the course I was able to submit a successful application to study at Glasgow School of Art for the Masters of Letters course.

• Michelle Semple


• The BA (Hons) course and the lecturers exceeded my expectations; the department’s facilities, space, workshops and training were all excellent. I was impressed how organised and well planned the whole course was from visiting lectures from America and China to local artists who shared information and process in well planned workshops and lectures.

Margaret Fraser


• When I started my studies at North Glasgow College, I had a little experience of how to produce a complete work and curate my own exhibition. It was North Glasgow College and the approachable tutors that enabled me to confidently start a project, complete it and finally exhibit my work. At the end of my degree year and with the help of one of my tutors, I started to work with the Red Road community. Also, I have been invited to exhibit at the People’s Palace which is a great opportunity and achievement for me.

Flora Alexander


• “The staff don’t direct you, they enable you to find your own direction, and that’s the one that matters in the end.”

• “The lecturers are all well-established practicing artists, which means they are in touch with the real world and how to make progress in it after graduation.”

• “The College building is an inspiration in itself, with its soaring white spaces and many suitable exhibition areas.”

• “Students leave this course with a realistic expectation of what it means to be an artist; my practice has taken on its own momentum as a result of studying at and graduating from North Glasgow College”

Ruth Tillyard


• I originally come from Slovakia, a small country in the heart of Europe. I felt I was given great support and at the same time freedom to create whatever I wanted. I always doubted my creative abilities and ideas and to a point, I think I always will, however the support my tutors gave me really made me believe in myself. I stopped questioning too much my creative impulses and let go. This new attitude opened up my mind and I made things I would have never had the courage to produce before.

Jana Emburey


Gallery


Gallery North

Gallery

As well as our annual degree show,

Gallery North in the college Winter Garden shows a range of artists work throughout the year, including in the past 12 months, sculptors from the USA and an exchange with faculty from NSCAD University in Canada



If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact our international team.

Devon Wang

International Team Member, North Glasgow College, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Tricia Ditch

International Coordinator, North Glasgow College, Glasgow, Scotland UK

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ba hons visual art degree overview - feb 2013

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foundation degree year

visual art year

visual arts degree honours

ba hons degree

design year

degree level education

art technicians

final year