Edinburgh College of Art

Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) merged with the University of Edinburgh 1 August 2011.

Masters of Contemporary Art: Studio programme

The studio programme encourages practices that are speculative and reflective, supporting work in a range of media. It is concerned with ways of learning that are experiential – embodied through and understood by the acquisition of a practice.

Students on the programme produce artworks and projects in a family of media, adapting approaches drawn from an increasingly wide array of subject disciplines. The programme also involves the theoretical study of this family of media and approaches, drawing on related fields and methods.

Media-related disciplines supported by the programme include sculpture, painting and printmaking, photography, a/v and new media. The programme also encompasses approaches to practice that are non media-specific, including intermedia, time-based arts, performance, installation, public art and artwriting.

The programme develops from a broad to a specialist understanding of the technical resources and validating contexts in which artists work today, drawing inspiration and nourishment from the experience of our international student cohort.

Sourced from the Edinburgh College of Art website, 2012, masterscontemporaryart.eca.ac.uk (accessed 10 August 2012).

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