Interdisciplinary Arts Practices MA show Mobile Edge 2009

Emma Kwan's nest sculpture at The Mobile Edge festival 2009

The Interdisciplinary Arts Practices MA programmes are located within the Department of Arts between the fields of Fine Art and Music. The Department is situated within the School of Arts and Humanities known nationally and internationally for the strength of its research culture.

The programmes comprise four taught postgraduate courses for visual-artists, composers and interdisciplinary practitioners. PDF brochures for download:

• MA in Composition and Sonic Art
• MA in Contemporary Arts
• MA in Contemporary Arts and Music
• MA in Social Sculpture

These courses locate creative practice in an interdisciplinary context and have been designed for visual and sonic artists, composers and musicians working in a broad spectrum of media. They are of particular relevance to students wishing to expand the scope of their creative practices by questioning boundaries, initiating shifts in perception, and embarking on work relevant to contemporary life. A concern for location, context and audience is a central aspect of the program.

The research strengths of the course team in collaborative practices; techniques of contemporary composition; the initiation of cross-art form dialogues; site and context-based work; Social Sculpture; socially engaged practice; and sound art are directly mapped onto the module content.

Work for Turntable #5 (2009) by Stephen Cornford

Pye turntable with original cartridge, plumbing clip, tension spring, marble, rubber mat, steel fixing plate, nuts & bolt.Sonic Art Oxford 2010

Schedule

The MA courses can be taken Full Time over one year – September to September - or Part Time over two years. The table below also indicates on which days the contact session fall for the academic year:

Full Time:

• Semester one:
  • Creative Strategies
  • Special Subject
• Semester two:
  • Research and development
  • Major Project 

Part Time:

• Semester one:
  • Creative Strategies
• Semester two:
  
  • Research and Development 
• Semester three:
  • Special Subject  
• Semester four:
  • Major Project

Fees

Please refer to the page for all postgraduate fees within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Location

The MA Interdisciplinary Arts Practices program is located in the Richard Hamilton Building on the Headington Hill Campus amongst pleasant parkland. Bus services to and from Oxford city and Headington are fast, frequent, and inexpensive. The express coach service to London (100 minutes) stops nearby, and operates on a 24-hour schedule.

Oxford is the City of the Bodleian library and the Booker Prize Archive; the Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers Museums; Modern Art Oxford and Oxford Contemporary Music; the Sheldonian Theatre and the Zodiac. Oxford is a City of contrasts where the new and the old co-exist. Oxford is a great City in which to explore contemporary practice in the Arts.

Funding opportunities

AHRC: The Arts and Humanities Research Council provides funding for courses in Arts and Humanities to Home/EU applicants. The School has a good record of success with applications to AHRC, but you should remember that the AHRC has a limited pot of money that they share out across the country. Things to note about the AHRC:

• If you wish to apply for an AHRC award you must first discuss this with the Postgraduate Administrator for Arts as you will need full support from the School.
• We would recommend that you make the application under the AHRC’s ‘Research Preparation’ scheme.
• You must already have been offered a place on a postgraduate course before you can apply for AHRC funding.
• You must be a UK or EU citizen.

Application forms can be downloaded from www.ahrc.ac.uk

Information on funding for international students.

Entry requirements:

If your first language is not English then you will need to indicate the level of your English language skills. The easiest way to do this is to take a recognised English language test. Oxford Brookes University recognises a number of different English language tests, and provides information about the level required for each one. This information is available on the School website.