Drawing and Applied Arts

Find out about DAA

BA (Hons) Drawing and Applied Arts is a multidisciplinary degree programme where drawing sits at the centre of creative practice. This unique course offers a practice based exploration of the relationship between drawing and making, materials and ideas, form and content. The programme of study is underpinned by cultural and theoretical enquiry and allows students to push boundaries, make new definitions and question traditions within drawing and making. Emphasis is placed on the uniqueness of each students' creative voice.

Students on the Drawing and Applied Arts course create a diverse range of work through a variety of arts practices, including printmaking, painting, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, lens-based media and installation, using the breadth of technical centres available in the Department of Art and Design. The teaching staff on DAA are all active practitioners and researchers who have a broad range of conceptual and practical skills.

Course Structure

Year 1

The first year introduces you to a range of concepts and applications relating to the practice of drawing. You will be encouraged to explore the way in which drawing may be developed through a range of different media, processes and ideas. You will be introduced to studio and applied arts practices that include printmaking, bookmaking, stitch, photography, fabrication techniques in wood and metal, and ceramics.

There will be a range of visiting speakers and a professional practice module to enable you to begin to locate the context of your own practice.

Year 2

You will focus on developing the relationship between form, content and the language of materials. Further workshop activity enables you to refine your skills base. The Professional Practice module provides a series of structured lectures and events designed to help you explore your potential for employment. All students exhibit their work within UWE and at external locations, you are also encouraged to undertake work placements and live projects. There is the opportunity to undertake a work experience module and to take part in an international exchange programme.

Year 3

Your final year of study consists of a self-directed programme of study that reflects your particular strengths and abilities and ambitions developed through a combination of critical discussion, contextual awareness, visual research and creative practice. The year culminates in the presentation of a substantial body of work. The Professional Practice module in year 3 focuses on self-promotion and readiness for employment.

Please note this structure is for the full-time course delivery only. For part-time delivery the same modules will be studied over a longer period and the structure will differ.

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Staff

Dawn Mason
Richard Webb
John France
Ian Chamberlain
Yvonne Buchheim
Suzanne Mooney

Visiting Staff

Drawing Fellow

Catherine Ingram (2012)
Liz Smith (2011)
Mark Hughes (2010)
Amanda Hazell (2009)
Hayley Russ (2009)
Louise Spencer (2008)
Zoe Wyeth (2008)

Student's view

"DAA is ideal for me as it is studio-based with excellent creative space in which to work and access to technical departments such as print, photography and fabrication. The teaching staff are all artists who share their knowledge on a whole range of creative fields." Louise