Goldsmiths launches new studio-based Master of Research in Art

Goldsmiths' School of Art is launching a new Master of Research in Art, offering artists and writers a unique opportunity to develop long-term research projects grounded in creative practice. The School of Art is a world leader in fine art teaching and research, and this course will draw on its strengths as one of the leading Fine Art research centres in the UK.

The new Master of Research in Art is a one-year postgraduate research programme designed and led by artists. It is aimed at artists and writers working in the visual arts who want to undertake a long-term research project grounded in their own practice. Students will have access to its three research centres: the Drawing Centre for Humans and Machines; the Centre for Art and Ecology and the Choreographic Research Unit.

They will receive dedicated studio space appropriate to their needs, access to our world class workshops as well as individual and group tuition guided by our commitment to student-centred teaching. Practitioners from different media - painters, writers, performance artists, ceramicists and sculptors - will work together to develop cross-disciplinary thinking and collaborative projects. There will be opportunities to create exhibitions, experimental publishing projects, artists' books and curatorial activities. 

The MRes is comprised of three elements: Art Research Practice, Art Research Methods and Art Research Proposal Writing.

Key aspects of the course: 

• The course will use fine art pedagogy to teach research skills, exploring art-making itself as a research method 
• Students will explore their own research methods and apply these to the art they make 
• Students will learn to write their own long-term research and arts council funding applications, preparing them for the next step towards a research career 
• Students will participate in exhibitions over the year-long course, culminating in the Postgraduate Degree Show on campus in the summer 

Dr Joseph Noonan-Ganley, artist and Programme Leader, says: "We in the School of Art are excited to offer this studio-based Master of Research, which we have been developing over the past 18 months."

"Working alongside each other to develop their own methods of inquiry and apply these to their practices, students will learn about art as research in itself and be prepared to pursue this as a career beyond a university setting,” he added.