MA in Professional Contemporary Arts Practice


Director of Studies: Frank Dawes. Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time. Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its equivalent, or an established arts/making practice in the chosen discipline. Assessment: Combination of art practice (performance, exhibitions etc), portfolio (DVD, website), audiovisual presentation and placement report. IELTS: 6.5 Funding: See page 213. Further Information: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica


Pathways: Applied Design (Crafts), Music (Composition, Performance, Computer Music), Dance, Digital Arts, Film and Media, Fine Art, Interdisciplinary Arts, Live Arts, Theatre and Performance.


This vocational course is unique in its exploration of the creative cross-over between arts practice and arts administration. It is specifically designed to prepare thinking practitioners for portfolio careers in the arts in which they are not only art makers but also their own curators, fundraisers, administrators and marketing managers.


It will especially appeal to:


• Recent arts graduates who want to set up companies, ensembles, studios or individual art Practices;


• Emerging or established artists who realise there are gaps in their artistic or administrative knowledge;


• Artists who wish to develop skills as curators, creative producers or socially-engaged practitioners alongside and through their art practice.


The course involves two parallel strands: one consists of a series of modules in cultural policy, business planning, marketing, and a placement with an arts organisation; the other consists of the development, with the support of a creative mentor, of a professional-standard arts project which is finally presented at a festival organised by the student cohort.


The course benefits from the excellent public arts provision at Lancaster University (Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster International Concert Series and Peter Scott Gallery)


The course is delivered through lectures, seminars, and individual and group projects. You will have the opportunity to work with external organisations as well as other university departments. It is taught by an international team of research-active staff with a broad range of experience in innovation, design theory and design practice.


The course is suitable for design and other graduates who wish to develop creative skills and address complex contemporary challenges through critical inquiry and project-based learning. It prepares you for higher research degrees and for leadership roles in innovation and sustainability, service and strategic design, and education, as well as consultancies and private practice, design teams, and business innovation.


as well as a wealth of national and international industry connections. Placements have recently included the likes of Futuresonic Festival, Forced Entertainment, Artgene, the Storey Institute and the Performing Arts Network and Development Agency (PANDA).


MA in Sustainability, Innovation and Design


Director of Studies: Stuart Walker. Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time. Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in Design or a cognate discipline. Assessment: Combination of coursework, presentation, dissertation or design project. IELTS: 6.5 Funding: See page 213. Further Information: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica


The interdependent concerns of social responsibility, environmental care and economic viability are increasingly affecting the ways in which we live and work. Future leaders, designers and change-makers will need the knowledge and skills to challenge conventions and imagine alternative futures. This course enables you to explore the complex interrelationships between innovation, sustainability and design, and to address these issues through research, creative thinking and project management.


Arts and Social Sciences 39


Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA)


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