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University of the Witwatersrand

Master of Arts in Fine Arts

The Master of Arts in Fine Arts in Arts is offered by University of the Witwatersrand.

Program Length: 2 YEARS.

Master of Arts in Fine Arts offered by the University of the Witwatersrand

The Master of Arts in Fine Arts by dissertation or by coursework and research report is a 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time degree.

The MA by Practice and Research is a structured Fine Arts Master’s program based on a practice-centered approach. Students will be exposed to modes and forms of thinking around artistic research, practice-led research and research led practice. The program is structured around the development of a project, which is complemented in the first year with group seminar and elective workshops that engage critical theory and its relation to artistic practice. In addition to individual supervisions by lecturers, there is also a series of seminars that addresses the form and idea of proposal writing, developed in innovative ways for critically informed practice based work. At the heart of the program is a commitment to artistic work that engages with aspects of our current and historical surroundings, experiences and problematics through varied and innovative aesthetic/discursive forms and expressions.

The outcome of the degree is an original body of artistic work and a written research report, which is to meet the requirements of the University and standards of academic rigour expected from Masters level course. Students are encouraged to interrogate the relation and possibilities between practical and written components relevant to their projects.