Fine Art BA (Hons)

Buckinghamshire New University

Our BA (Hons) Fine Art programme takes you on a comprehensive, immersive and transformative journey into the world of creativity. Our program combines traditional art techniques with contemporary practices, allowing you to explore and experiment with a wide range of artistic mediums and styles.

The course is designed to nurture your creative spirit, expand your artistic horizons, and prepare you for a successful career in your artistic practice.

Why study at Buckinghamshire New University?

Being a part of the Art, Design and Performance School at BNU means you'll benefit from a hands-on course grounded in practical experience and complemented by contextual studies. You'll have the opportunity to engage with various courses across the university in collaborative projects. This will enable you to establish a diverse network, reflecting the realities of the real world.

With a history of delivering expert craft, art and design education for more than 130 years, Buckinghamshire New University is the perfect launchpad for your creative career.

Our dedicated and supportive teaching team will guide you through your time with us. You'll benefit from their vast knowledge and the extensive network of industry professionals they bring to the program.

Throughout your course, you'll have the chance to participate in competitions, exhibitions, and our celebrated BNU Summer Show, showcasing your talents and accomplishments. Additionally, our proximity to London, just a 30-minute train ride away, grants you easy access to the vibrant cultural scene of the city. You can explore world-class exhibitions, museums, and galleries, drawing inspiration from one of the most innovative capitals.

Opportunity modules are a key part of the BNU curriculum. You’ll choose modules from a broad selection in areas such as sustainability, entrepreneurship, creativity, digital skills, personal growth, civic engagement, health & wellbeing and employment. Opportunity modules are designed to enable you to develop outside the traditional boundaries of your discipline and help you to further stand out from the crowd to future employers.

What will I study?

Whether your passion lies in ceramics, woodwork, metalwork, sculpture, photography, video, painting, drawing, or any other artistic medium, your degree empowers you to craft compelling pieces that transcend individual media. As an artist, you are encouraged to flourish through collaborative projects with your fellow students, actively engage with the community, and partner with external organizations to expand and share your creative practice.

During your time studying this degree you’ll engage with cutting edge approaches to material and visual practices, as well as those that challenge the boundaries of the field. This is done through conceptual, theoretical, cultural, and ethical frameworks that underpin the contemporary arts, through practical workshops, studio-based practice and self-managed projects.

The curriculum for this course has been specifically designed to help you develop your knowledge of Fine Art through experimentation, investigation, interdisciplinary practices, collaboration, socially engaged practice, and draw from the intersections between analogue and digital approaches to making.

Reinforcing the University’s ambition to provide an inclusive educational experience for our learners, regardless of background or circumstance, you will have opportunities to drive or be involved in projects that embrace diversity and that are socially driven.

Due to connections with the Buckinghamshire Cultural Strategy Group, you could have access to involvement with professional exhibition or curatorial projects in collaboration with some of the county’s galleries and museums.