Master of Creative Practice

Summary

The Master of Creative Practice is designed for ambitious artists, designers, performers, and digital creatives seeking to refine their skills, expand their research capabilities and their professional practice.
This 180-credit programme fosters a dynamic and interdisciplinary environment for creative professionals, including:

• Contemporary artists
• Graphic designers
• Animators, game designers, experience designers and UX designers
• Performing artists, actors, dancers, directors, and producers
• Filmmakers, Screenwriters and Media creators

A Transformative Learning Experience

Join a vibrant community in our new studio spaces where you’ll work amongst other disciplines such as dance, theatre, film, digital media, animation, visual arts, craft, service design, and more. You’ll develop your own project in specialist creative studios, guided by industry-leading academics and practitioners.

In your first semester, you’ll build foundations in:

• Positioning your creative practice within a broader theoretical and cultural context
• Engaging with Indigenous research methodologies
• Thinking critically and experimenting with collaborative and industry-oriented approaches
• Applying artistic and design research methods

The Capstone Project

In your final two semesters, you will embark on a substantial creative research project (90 or 120 credits), conceived, proposed, and executed under the mentorship of academic staff and industry experts. Your project could take the form of a performance, exhibition, design prototype, publication, or another innovative creative outcome.

Assessment of Prior Learning If you don’t have an undergraduate degree but have relevant work experience or tertiary experience, you may qualify for a Bachelor’s degree and entry into postgraduate studies through our assessment of prior learning process. Email Dr. Becca Wood to explore this pathway. Meet our Postgraduate Supervisors

• Dr. Cris de Groot, Senior Lecturer (Product Design, Industrial Design, Business Focussed Design, Creativity, Creative Entrepreneurship)
• Richard Fahey, Senior Lecturer (Painting, Visual Art, Ceramics, NZ Craft, Curating, Visual Art Education)
• Gina Ferguson, Senior Lecturer (Sculpture, Craft, Installation Art, Public Art)
• Allan McDonald, Lecturer (Photography)
• Emma Smith, Senior Lecturer (Painting, Visual Art, Contemporary Art)
• Dr. Leon Tan, Associate Professor (Public Art, Participatory Art, Visual Art, Visual Culture, Participatory Design, Interdisciplinary Practice)
• Jonty Valentine, Lecturer (Graphic Design, Publication Design, Contemporary Art)
• Dan Wagner, Senior Lecturer (Screen Art, Screen Education, Cinematography)
• Paul Woodruffe, Senior Lecturer (Visual Art, Public Art, Design for Social Innovation)
• Dr. Becca Wood,  Senior Lecturer (Choreography, Somatic Practice, Spatial Practice, Site-Based Performance, Interdisciplinary Practice, Digital Culture)
• Dr. Vanessa Byrnes, Associate Professor (Theatre, Performance, Directing, Acting, Theory, Producing.

Career Options

Artist,

Creative director,

Curator,

Digital artist,

Director,

Graphic designer,

Photographer,

Producer,

Visual artist,

Choreographer,

Screenwriter,

Editor,

Cinematographer,

Lighting designer

Annual Tuition Fees

Domestic/NZ students

$9,000

(Approximate fees only - includes GST but excludes the Compulsory Student Services Fee (CSSF) levy. Your final study costs depends on a number of factors including the courses you select to study. View options for funding your study and fees-free eligibility)

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