Fine Art and Digital Media (Hons) Lancaster University

Overview

With a strong focus on professional experience and transferable skills, this degree prepares you for a wide range of careers across the digital media and creative sectors, equipping you with both creative confidence and industry awareness.

Why study Fine Art and Digital Media at Lancaster?

• Work with tutors who are practicing artists and scholars, working with video, 3D, machine learning, environment, temporality, new materialism, participation and socially engaged practices.

• Learn from expert academics who shape conversations in areas such as media power, ethics and AI

• Combine digital art practices with the study of contemporary art and emerging debates in art and media.

• Benefit from our Fine Art studio space, expert technical support, and a fully equipped digital media studio

• As you progress though the course, choose modules from either subject, depending on your own interests

Careers

You will gain impressive knowledge of digital media and its impact on society combined with skills in critical analysis, research, presentation and writing. This means you will be well-placed to enter careers in the varied digital media and creative sectors

This degree also supports you in developing the ambition, confidence and skills to enter a professional career in the rapidly expanding field of contemporary digital media art. You will understand the key entry points into the diverse pathways that artists' careers can take, from your first experiences of exhibiting your work in galleries and festivals, to reimagining the cultural landscape through digital art practices.

Recent Fine Art graduates have secured commissions with digital arts organisations such as FACT Liverpool and FutureEverything, and rewarding roles at galleries such as Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Art Gene, and Home,and companies like International Conservation Services, Science Museum National Collections Centre, Holocaust Centre North, ITV, United Colours of Benetton India, and The National Festival of Making.

Graduates of this degree may be interested in the following careers:

• Professional artist

• Digital content creator

• Social media manager

• Exhibition, museum or gallery manager

• Broadcast and on-demand media executive

• Curator

• Gallery education manager

• Digital communications manager

• Artefact conservator

• Video and media producer

• TV and film scenographer

• Digital marketing executive

• Media buyer