24 Feb 2014

MFA Fine Art - Call for Applications - Belfast School of Art

Call for Applications: MFA Fine Art Belfast

The two-year MFA at the Belfast School of Art, University of Ulster seeks to attract outstanding and highly motivated applicants. The MFA was established 1979, is based in Belfast and has a long and proven track record of providing a rigorous studio-based programme with access to the expertise of a core staff of nationally and internationally recognised visiting artists. Within the studio and wider environments the diversity of teaching input by staff and visiting artists reflects the range of approaches and contexts embraced.

We recognise contemporary Art practice as being open and pluralistic and encourages dialogue between diverse disciplines. A multi-disciplinary/ inter-media approach enables students to work in a flexible manner that offers the maximum opportunity for individual practice. Students are asked to engage with systems of enquiry that explore and embrace traditional exhibition formats alongside wider lateral models of production, distribution and dissemination. Critical discourse on practice with an emphasis on analysis and self-reflection contributes to an understanding of contemporary art located within a larger cultural, social and political context.

The MFA supports committed, critically engaged and sustainable professional practice.
The 2010 Turner Prize was won by MFA graduate Susan Phillipsz (1994). Other nominated graduates include Phil Collins, Cathy Wilkes and Christine Borland. Graduates of the MFA have been substantially represented over the years in other high profile events and prizes, including the Venice Biennale, Becks Futures, The Nissan Art Award, New Contemporaries, The John Moores Prize and the Glenn Dimplex Award. Two graduates have been awarded the highly competitive Paul Hamlyn Award. Film production, art writing, gallery management and curation are allied areas where graduates have also been internationally successful.

Deadline: The application process has rolling deadline however we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible as places are allocated to suitable candidates on a first come basis.

Full time:
Two academic years.

Part time:
The MFA Fine Art offers three flexible Part Time modes:

Advanced Standing
Standard
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These part time routes offer further flexibility and is proving to be an exciting course development for some candidates who have significant other commitments, need to work to support themselves or are unable to fully relocate to Belfast but who still wish to study the MFA Fine Art course with us.
More about the part time modes is available here:
mfabelfast.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/mfa-belfast-new-part-time-modes-announced/

The teaching team comprises:

Artists;
Mary McIntyre (Reader in Fine Art Photography)
Dan Shipsides (Lecturer Art and Design)
Dougal McKenzie (Lecturer Art and Design)
Willie Doherty (Professor of Video Art).

and theorists:
Dr. Suzanna Chan (Lecturer in Art Theory)
Dr. Cherie Driver (Lecturer in Art Theory)

Course Director: Mary McIntyre
E-mail: m.mcintyre2@ulster.ac.uk
MFA Blog: mfabelfast.wordpress.com/

For recent 2013 graduating students online publication:
mfabelfast.wordpress.com/gallery/ten-mfa-belfast-2013-show-online-version-artist-publication/