Full-time course duration:

1 Year (3 Semesters, February – January)

Admission Requirements:

MA:AP welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds. Those holding a Level 8 Honours Bachelor Degree in Fine Art or an associated discipline, with a minimum of an Honours 2.2 (or equivalent) are eligible to apply for the programme. Graduates from other subject areas are invited to apply provided they meet the entry requirements.

Applicants who hold a Level 8 award at pass level or a Level 7 award (or equivalent) may be considered on the basis of significant relevant experience.

In certain circumstances mature applicants with long-standing professional experience will be considered for eligibility through recognition of prior and experiential learning, policies for which are well established in CIT.

Department: CIT Crawford College of Art and Design

Location: Crawford College of Art and Design

Further Studies: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

ECTS Credits: 90 

Department(s)

CIT Crawford College of Art & Design

MA: Art & Process is a 12 month taught masters in Fine Art that is delivered over the calendar year from January to December. This intensive programme enables students to investigate, develop and position their art practice, offering city centre studio space, innovative approaches to teaching, and professional experience through collaborative projects.

The concept of process is understood in a variety of ways: as material exploration and the engagement with medium and technique; as theoretical investigation and systems of enquiry without resolved or object-based endpoints; as innovative models of art distribution, including the possibilities of working outside traditional sites of art production and reception. Process also refers to the progression each student achieves over the course of the MA, which involves the observation, critique, deconstruction, documentation and rebuilding of individual practice.

MA:AP welcomes students with diverse backgrounds e.g. painting, performance, film, architecture, installation, sound, sculpture etc. Process is proposed as a point of common focus for peer interaction, inviting diversity of approaches and media, and allowing the points of convergence and divergence between a range of practices to be explored.

Relevant Links

http://media.cit.ie/maap/

Aims

MA:AP offers a vibrant engagement with the expanding discourses of art practice today. The studio is treated as an open-ended exploratory space – a space for risk-taking, experimentation and accident, and also for critical discussion and reflection. The programme configures material and theoretical investigations together, allowing each student to develop a unique working methodology underpinned by critical and theoretical awareness.

Course Structure Full-time:

No. of semesters:                    3
No. of weeks per semester:    13
No. of timetable hour’s week: 10-12