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Illustration: Authorial Practice MA

Illustration: Authorial Practice MA

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Full time | Falmouth University | 1 year | 23-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Illustration

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Develop your unique visual language on this studio-based Illustration MA.

Course overview

Develop your unique visual language as you draw inspiration from a diverse range of influences on this renowned studio-based MA course, which centres around an examination of authorship and storytelling.

Throughout the course you’ll learn to see your work as an evolving practice, as you challenge and re-evaluate your personal vision and voice with the help of experienced practitioners. You’ll develop skills such as screenprinting, creative writing and bookbinding, through hands-on workshops, while working on longer-term projects in your choice of media. Taking an entrepreneurial approach, you’ll develop your professional practice, identify your audience and consider channels and opportunities for your work.

You will:

  • Join the only Illustration master’s course with a specific academic focus on authorial practice
  • Access professional facilities, including a print room and dedicated MA studio space
  • Develop collaborative and public-facing print and digital publishing projects, including a professional presentation of work from your negotiated project
  • Have the chance to attend the Falmouth Illustration Forum and see internationally renowned guest speakers, which have included Aidan Koch, Alexis Deacon, Dash Shaw, Leomi Sadler, Margie Orford and Wildseed Studios

Careers

Our Illustration MA graduates have harnessed their developed practice, enterprise and entrepreneurial skills to find success in a range of creative sectors including; publishing, reportage, e-learning, residencies, art collectives, film and theatre, self and independent publishing and education.

Alumni have produced work for the likes of MacMillan, Kingfisher, Polar Bear Music Prize, Fantagraphics, Blankslate and Editions Memo; offered art direction for Penguin and Little Brown; joined collectives such as We Colonised the Moon, Tara Books and Kekien Collective; taken up residencies with Women’s Studio Workshop, The Bauhaus Print Studio and The Full Dome (California); accepted teaching posts with universities, from Manchester to Tuluca; started independent publishers including Pirrip Press, Atlantic Press and Guillemot Press, and undertaken PhD’s.

Modules

Negotiated Project 1
Research Presentation
Critical Publication
Negotiated Project 3 & Extended Essay
Negotiated Project 2

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£10,200

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£19,950

Entry requirements

We welcome applications from those with relevant equivalent Level 6 qualifications, or relevant equivalent experience, and a demonstrable interest in the subject. We’ll also welcome your application if you have formal or 'certified' learning (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges) and learning from work experience or self-study. This is called Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), and should have been gained within the last five years, and be equivalent to the learning outcomes of our minimum entry qualifications.