MA Art & Ecology at Goldsmiths, University of London

This is a 15-month studio-based postgraduate programme for emerging artists who want to engage in meaningful and transformative ways with the most pressing ecological questions of our time. MA Art & Ecology is a unique programme that seeks to develop new ways in which contemporary art practice can make interventions in a wide range of ecological contexts to extend the ways of understanding how ecological challenges such as climate breakdown, pollution, and biodiversity loss are inseparable from questions of social justice.

Faculty: School of Art  |  Department: Art  |  Duration: 15 months full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Over the 15 months, you will work on developing the project idea you have applied with. You will be supported in developing it, possibly in collaboration with external partners or particular ecological sites. You will learn key skills that will allow you to realise an ambitious body of work, and teach you how to work with different kinds of sites and more-than-human communities.

Career pathways

The MA Art & Ecology is designed to offer you an understanding and experience of contemporary art practice engaged with ecology that has a breadth of outcomes and a variety of transferable skills. Upon completion of the programme students will be equipped to work professionally in a range of circumstances including: Independent artists for whom ecology is the central concern of their practice.

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