Exploration
Students explore the boundaries between disciplines with Fine Arts. This
major can cross over to include many subjects on offer with the main Fine Art
disciplines being: Painting, Drawing, Etching, Screenprinting, installation
art, mixed media, printmaking, digital media and woodcut.
If students choose to major in Fine Arts they are mainly situated at
Randolph St Studios and are assigned their own studio facilities with access
seven days a week.
In addition to receiving regular feedback on their work throughout the
course (sometimes from external sources), students must stage assessment
exhibitions within their studios at the end of each semester. These exhibitions
are a formal assessment requirement that also provides an opportunity for
students to showcase their work. It is both an intensely testing and rewarding
experience essential for emerging artists.
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Exhibitions
The student body at Whitecliffe exhibit at least twice a year, once they
begin their major. Gallery exhibitions expose students to the work of
professional contemporary artists and enhance the relationship between
Whitecliffe students, faculty and the contemporary arts community. Randolph
Street Gallery provides excellent sites for students, faculty and visiting
artists to exhibit. An increasing number of students are exploring additional
exhibition initiatives involving commercial galleries, shops, warehouses and
billboards.
Beyond
Graduates have taken up careers as full-time practising artists, opened
their own galleries and worked within the arts industry. It is our hope and
desire in structuring the BFA that students have high flexibility with a range
of skills, setting them up to be unique. A number of graduates lecture at high
schools and tertiary institutions. Whitecliffe BFA graduates have also achieved
a high level of success in gaining places in MFA programmes nationally and
internationally. Refer to page 7 of the prospectus for further details.
Click here to view work by Fine Arts
students.
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