Fine Art (Hons) Solent University

Overview

This Fine Art (Hons) course from Solent University embraces all possible ways of making and thinking about fine art practice. You will be taught new skills and techniques and will learn how to use a variety of mediums in order to produce art to a very high standard. 

You will have the opportunity to pursue the mediums, ideas and processes that you are most passionate about. Students are supported to become artists but also learn skills that enable them to become entrepreneurs, teachers, art therapists and all other art related career paths.

The program will nurture what is particular about you and your practice to support you to cultivate your artistic talent and grow into confident and original thinkers and makers.

Career

Historically art has occupied a crucial role in driving knowledge, technology and ideas forward. Art can take a significant role in communicating progressive ideas to envision and shape societies.

As a fine artist, you may specialise in a type of art, for example, landscapes, portraits or abstract art.  You may work cross different subjects and mediums such as painting, sculpture, print-making, video or photography. 

Through expressive and communicative means, artists contribute to the social bodies such as museums, galleries, schools and communities. You could be exhibiting your work in professional art galleries, or running curatorial projects, delivering educational workshops or after further training even provide arts-based therapeutic workshops within the local community.