Master of Arts (MA) in Visual Art (Full-time)

ROGRAMME OVERVIEW
The Master of Arts in Visual Arts (MA in Visual Arts) programme is a practice-based taught postgraduate programme with international impact and cross-cultural scope in terms of student origins, staffing, course content as well as curricular and extra-curricular collaborations with international partners. Students can choose from two concentrations, namely Studio & Media Arts and Craft & Design. These two concentrations cover a wide range of creative practices from fine arts to applied arts; from individual expressions to social cultural applications to fulfill the demand of the local and international creative industries.

The MA in Visual Arts programme curriculum consists of two types of courses with different emphases. The core courses introduce common knowledge and skills for practitioners in different visual arts disciplines as well as encourage interdisciplinary integration through combined group projects. The concentration-based courses provide tutorial supervision for students to investigate an identified issue/theme/creative approach in their respective creative practice. Students’ continuous development in the concentration-based courses will form the final creative project to be presented in the Graduation Exhibition.

Apart from the regular programme structure, students will also benefit from the interaction with visiting scholars and artists, participation in conferences and other collaborative projects with museums, the community and the industry organised by the Academy of Visual Arts.

(This programme was developed from the Master of Visual Arts programme offered by the Academy from 2007 to 2016.)

PROGRAMME AIMS
To nurture creative talents with contemporary research methodologies, in-depth professional knowledge and skills as well as cross-cultural and interdisciplinary awareness in diverse visual arts studio practices;
To locate students’ artistic and academic practices in global and local socio-cultural contexts;
To enable students to develop their own creative profiles according to their research interests in a specific visual arts discipline (their declared concentration); and
To meet the growing demand for professional practitioners in the cultural and creative sectors in Hong Kong and beyond.

Concentrations

• Studio and Media Arts
• Craft and Design

Programme Mode
Full-time (1-year)
Part-time (2-year)

Career Prospects
Graduates from the MA in Visual Arts programme can move into the professional sphere as visual artists, designers and/or executives within the wider spectrum of the creative and cultural industries.

Graduates are also able to pursue further studies and academic research in Master of Philosophy and/or Doctor of Philosophy programmes at the Academy of Visual Arts.