MA Art in Public
The MA Art in Public has evolved from current complex concerns for the role of art and artists in a dramatically changing society.
It engages in the interrogation of the territories of art in civil society and the modes of practice to inhabit and develop them. The programme seeks to develop testing modes of working that are dialogic, participatory, interventionist and collaborative in intention and structure. These practices are embedded in a larger context, interconnected with social movements of globalised, networked societies.
Based in Belfast, where experimental templates of interventionist and engaged art practices have been developed in contested spaces for many years, the MA Art in Public aims to draw on and build upon this context.
Throughout the programme students will work with external partners and be expected to develop innovative art practices.
Modules will immerse students in negotiating, prototyping and testing participatory and dialogic practices and familiarise them with the debates and histories of creative engagement in civil society.
