This course explores the expanding and evolving nature of contemporary sculpture within the context of fine art practice. The course will enable you to understand and explore different interpretations of sculpture through a critically engaged, studio based experience. Key to the course ethos is the relationship between thinking and making. You will develop your critical faculties and practical skills within the dynamic studio culture, supported and informed by a stimulating contextual studies programme, tutorials, workshops and seminars. There will be the opportunity to meet contemporary practitioners, writers and curators with specialist knowledge and expertise, and you will engage with visiting tutors from the UK and around the world. As one of the four fine art subjects within the Art Cluster at Camberwell the course offers a distinct approach to sculpture fine art practice. 

The sculpture department has open plan studios placed adjacent to the well-equipped workshops, a foundry and casting room allowing fluid movement between the two spaces.

In the past our students have worked with galleries including Stephen Friedman Gallery, White Cube, Royal Festival Hall and worked for artists such as Cerith Wyn Evans, Anthony Gormley and Angus Fairhirst. Students have also taken placements with AB Foundry, Engineered Arts, Royal National Theatre, Horniman Museum and Tate Britain.

Year 1

You will develop research skills and explore the historical and 21st Century precedents of contemporary sculpture. You will acquire basic making skills and an understanding of different processes, experiment with a range of materials and begin to reflect on the relationship between intention and resolution in a work of art.

A series of key ideas lectures will introduce you to several important debates and theories that underpin contemporary art. You will be introduced to a range of strategies to help you develop a research methodology and reflective approach to your studies.

Year 2

You will continue to acquire and refine your making skills, experimenting with a range of materials and processes. You will begin to demonstrate and articulate an understanding of your critical position in relation to contemporary issues. The second year also requires you to set out a clear set of research questions, methodologies for your practice and proposed outcomes supported by a research portfolio.

Electives - This programme is undertaken by all 2nd year BA students and offers a menu of complementary studies that allows you to broaden your enquiry both in practical terms and in relation to critical and professional contexts. There is the opportunity to strengthen your practice, deepen a particular seam of critical enquiry and expand technical skills in specific media or processes. For example: sound, animation, philosophy, curating, performance.

Year 3

You will be planning, developing and realising your individual, self-initiated programme of study. Through a choice of dissertation, work placement or live project you will explore in depth the context within which you choose to locate your practice. You will develop your ideas using an appropriate research-based methodology and work towards a completed body of work, which will prepare you for ongoing study and professional practice.

Many graduates are now working successfully in studio practice. They include four of the artists represented in the recent Saatchi Collection's British Art in the Nineties exhibition and Turner Prize nominee Cathy de Monchaux. Students have also been successful in finding places on postgraduate courses in fine art. Recent graduates are working as curators at the Tate and showing in London and internationally with works represented in major collections.

. Portfolio of work

. A foundation course/ National Diploma/AVCE/ Advanced GNVQ or equivalent
. Pass in 1 GCE A Level
. Passes at GCSE level in 3 subjects (grade C or above)

. EU/International students must show proof of equivalent qualification and IELTS 6.0 in English on enrolment

. Applications are welcome from students who are returning to education after a break and have evidence of related experience/prior learning .

You need to apply through the UCAS online application system. You can complete your UCAS application from anywhere that has internet access.

All Camberwell College of Arts UCAS Course Codes can be found on the course 'At a Glance' tab or on the UCAS website.

Our University code is UAL.

Our College Code is U65.

There is no 'Campus Code' for Camberwell College of Arts.

For further information about UCAS, or their application procedure, please contact them directly.

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For any other information please contact Camberwell College of Arts.

T: 020 7514 6302
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