Month: October 2022

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Initial thoughts UON vs Online Falmouth

I have been torn between Photography, Fine Art and Face to Face, Online. Following the initial meetings/online interaction. with the respective courses so far I have definitely decided there are major advantages to doing the masters face to face, they are the same reasons that I moved from doing the degree online with OCA to UON. Access to resources including studios, equipment, libraries and immediate access and interaction with lecturers, peers and others. I have decided I will, if other factors allow, do the course in person.

I am still uncertain about Fine Art or Photography and whether it will be at UON or another location but I am being drawn more and more to UON ansd Fine Art.

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Falmouth Online Photography Masters

I attended an online taster session for the Falmouth Online Photography Masters on the 25/08/22. The Masters is taught through a virtual online portal and consists of 5 modules and a photo hub. It is a two year course with five modules.

All modules are taught online and all resources are online.

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UON Masters Open Day/Living Room Lecture

On the 20th August I attended the MA fine art UON open day to get more information about the course and whether it would be suitable for me to attend.

I had a 45 min conversation with Richard Hollinshead, who is one of the course lecturers, and tour of the studio spaces. My main concerns were / are my lack of Art History background and knowledge. Richard suggested a conversation with the course lead Craig Staff to discuss with him his recommendations. At this stage Richard didn’t believe this would be a major problem as students have come various backgrounds including english and music. We both thought that doing the MA at Northampton had the advantages (apart from the financial ones) that I know the University layout, systems and a number of lecturers, demonstrators, students from various departments so it wouldn’t be a completely new start and have the issues that entails. It would be with a new department, group of colleagues and lecturers which would give a fresh perspective to my work and hopefully inspiration.

Following the Open Day I attended an online “living room lecture” with Craig Staff. This ran through the structure of the course, examples of previous work and some the the facilities and field trips.

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Thoughts

Thoughts for my PHO3003 Career development module. I will use this blog to show work experience, plans for my future career aspirations and reflection on working towards being accepted on a masters course. Currently my goal is to develop my abilities in art/photography as for as I possibly can academically. I am hoping to progress through and Masters Degree and eventually a Phd to assess my abilities. This will then probably mean working freelance and potentially lecturing.

I also need to develop my knowledge of Art theory and history as this is one of my major concerns with attempting a Masters in either Fine Art or Photography, I do not have an Art background.