Bachelor of Fine Art

This program is only available for currently enrolled students.

No new applications for admission will be accepted.The Fine Art program has been designed to respond to changing community and educational needs and to the exciting multidisciplinary trends of contemporary art.

The broad range of courses on offer provide great scope for students to specialise or diversify.

The art history/theory courses introduce students to current fine art theory and research methods.

In the studio program, students experience 2D Art (including drawing, painting and printmaking);

3D Art (including ceramics, fibres/textiles, and sculpture) and photomedia (traditional and digital).

The program offers high quality facilities in all studio areas including a metal casting foundry, paper making mill and the only facility in any institution in Australia that manufactures paints, pastels and watercolours on campus.

On successful completion of the program students will have:

• The ability to create; produce artwork to a professional standard in a variety of contexts.
• The ability to problem-solve and/or have critical insights within the relevant artistic situation.
• The ability to act independently and/or competently curate exhibitions and art events.
• The capacity to converse effectively in a variety of fine art contexts using a range of communication strategies and technologies.
• The ability to demonstrate a critical and scholarly appreciation of fine art and its many aesthetics from an historical and socio-cultural perspective.
• The ability to liaise and operate within art organisations and the industry.
• The ability to act as an advocate for art communities and professional bodies.