The Master degree in Fine Arts is aimed at young artists who wish to deepen their artistic work. It aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills, both practical and conceptual, to produce works and creations of all kinds in the contemporary visual arts. Set in an institution that provides students with workshops in the various artistic disciplines, from metals to wood, engraving to photography and video, this cycle of studies promotes the development of a personal project, defined in close collaboration with the thesis supervisor, and provides the practical means to develop and complete it. We encourage the development of authorial and experimental practices of all kinds.
Teaching is organized around a central core – the Project curricular unit – which is informed by the most relevant languages and debates in contemporary artistic production. Here, alongside the practical skills they will acquire, students will be able to develop a critical awareness of the cultural, ethical, ecological, social and political impacts of their work. Classes are centred on personal space within a shared studio, and on constant dialogue with teachers and fellow students. In continuation with the Bachelor degree in Plastic Arts, but open to all young artists who wish to attend, it encourages the crossing of artistic disciplines and techniques, between traditional and technological media, opening experimentation in multiple media and practices.
The study cycle is divided into four semesters, each taught two days a week. During the first semester, the training offered is multidisciplinary and transversal to various areas of technical and creative experimentation, aimed at the practical development of an autonomous professional activity, anchored in informed and disciplined artistic research. At the end of the second semester, the students will begin to develop their work in regular coordination with their thesis supervisor. During the following two semesters, the number of couses thaught will diminish, so as to enable the development and completion of the Final Project and the writing of the dissertation. Throughout the study cycle, conferences, exhibitions, open classes and other extra-curricular activities will complete the training offer in their respective fields.