Fine Art Mixed Media BA (Hons)

Our innovative Fine Art Mixed Media BA will give you the opportunity to explore and develop work across boundaries, within the ever-expanding contemporary fine art disciplines.<br/><br/>Our course enables you to work across disciplines or within the more traditionally defined areas of practice, while referencing relevant critical and theoretical debates.<br/><br/>Youll be encouraged to bring highly individual approaches to studio practice, coupled with an emphasis on experiential learning – these are the defining factors that have established the course at the cutting edge of contemporary practice.<br/><br/>We encourage creativity, individuality and personal growth, and once youve acquired the basic skills you can negotiate your own individual programme of study with tutors.<br/><br/>We select only the most dedicated and creative students who have the energy, enthusiasm and commitment that our course requires.<br/><br/>Based at our Harrow Campus, youll work alongside students from film, photography, music, fashion and journalism, in a unique hothouse of creative opportunity. <br/><br/>Our studio-based course provides you with a permanent space, depending on the type of work you engage with as you progress through the programme.<br/><br/>Youll be taught by practising artists with national and international profiles working in and across the mediums of sculpture, painting, moving image, performance, photography and sound. Our exceptional team are supported by state-of-the-art facilities and workshops that are at the forefront of current technical innovation.<br/><br/>Our teaching and learning methods will encourage you to create a body of work characterised by personal commitment and an increasing sense of autonomy.<br/><br/>Our teaching methods include lectures, tutorials (individual and group), presentations, crits, workshops, and gallery visits and talks. <br/><br/>Fine art disciplines include:<br/><br/>Digital<br/>Drawing<br/>Installation<br/>Intervention<br/>Interdisciplinary<br/>Moving image<br/>Painting<br/>Performance<br/>Photography<br/>Printmaking<br/>Sculpture<br/>Sound

The University of Westminster is a global university in London with a supportive and welcoming community of over 20,000 students from over 160 countries. <br/><br/>Students receive tailored support through personal tutors, mentoring from industry professionals and access to Zone29 - a nine-storey hub for enterprise and career success offering placements, events and one-to-one advice. You can also look forward to opportunities for UK and international travel and free perks like breakfast, gym membership and a wide range of student clubs to support your wellbeing. <br/><br/>Westminster was ranked number 1 in the UK for work-based learning (Forage UK University and Educator Awards 2023) and shortlisted for Best Entrepreneurial Initiative at the London Higher Awards in 2024. They were awarded TEF Silver in the 2023 teaching excellence framework. They have been rated Silver for Student Experience and Student Outcomes, indicating a very high standard in these areas.