MA Design and Applied Arts

The MA Show this year comes after a hiatus of two years - the last exhibition being in 2019.

Through the past 18 months our Masters students have been working in extraordinary circumstances – often at home, away from their network of student colleagues, and only having restricted access to staff and technicians - usually online. Practical facilities – which are imperative to their developmental thinking and making - were limited, and for some not at all. For a practice-based course like Design and Applied Arts at times it seemed almost impossible for the students to carry on with their studies and to achieve their goal of a Master’s degree. And yet they did.

It is therefore with the greatest pleasure and admiration that I can say all the students exhibiting here this year have rallied to their cause, resulting in genuinely outstanding and exceptional work. The teaching team has supported them throughout the pandemic with patience and tenacity, and imagination - and I would like to recognise the parts played by both the student body and staff in what is a strong showing of Final Master’s work.

My heartfelt congratulations go to all those involved in this exhibition. I look forward to seeing the work progress as careers develop, and new challenges are confronted.

Well done everyone!

Dr Max Stewart Course Leader, MA Design and Applied Arts

Wolverhampton School of Art Graduate Showcase 2021

We are delighted to announce our end of year graduate showcase highlighting the work of our final year students in Art, Design and Screen based subjects.

Over the last few weeks we have had a film crew on site in the School of Art recording student experiences and their work. The last year, has undoubtedly been a huge challenge to students and staff in the School of Art. We have found ourselves working at home in make-shift spaces and often with limited materials and kit. Our staff and students have been hugely inventive in finding opportunities and outlets to keep learning live  - and this, in itself, is a testament to our creativity and resilience as a sector.

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British Art Show 9

22 January - 10 April 2022

We are delighted to announce that the Wolverhampton School of Art has been selected as one of the venues for the prestigious British Art Show 9! In what is a major boost and sign of recognition for arts and culture in Wolverhampton, we are proud to be hosting this prestigious touring exhibition in January 2022.

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FEINART Lecture Series

The FEINART LECTURE SERIES will discuss the role, impact, and theoretical implications of socially engaged art. This series of public talks is organized by the Innovative Training Network FEINART (The Future of European Independent Art Spaces in a Period of Socially Engaged Art) jointly led by the Universities of Wolverhampton (coordinator), Zeppelin University (direction of the training programme) University Iceland, and University of Edinburgh.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 860306  

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