What you can expect from theÊVisual Arts: Book Arts degree at the University of the Arts London (UAL)
- To develop a project from proposal to final exhibition
- To research content, materials and technical skills
- To produce written and practical work that explores a subject in relation to contemporary practice
- Support and supervision throughout the course from specialist academic staff. This will be through workshops, individual tutorials, seminars and lectures
- Staff and student-led seminars to help promote debate
- Work-in-progress sessions that allow for supportive critique
- To develop research skills, professional practice and an understanding of the wider context of book arts as an area of fine art and design practice
- A shared lecture programme across the Camberwell Visual Arts courses
- To get involved in artists book fairs
- To visit special collections in London, such as the Tate and the National Art Library at the V&A Museum
- You will have the chance to explore the expanded book in a display or installation by showing your work in exhibitions
Careers
The MA Book Arts graduates typically go on to careers as book artists, curators, freelance designers, workshop leaders and teachers, with some now working at the National Art Library as well as Ewha Women's University in Seoul.
Successful alumni from this course have also won prizes including the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Craft Council Development Awards, the Seoul Book Fair Prize and the London Book Fair Prize.
