Bachelor of Fine Arts

Summary

Find your voice at Elam School of Fine Arts and secure the skills you’ll need to develop a meaningful creative practice.

Programme overview

Artists are storytellers, change-makers, disruptors and creators who shape our culture and enrich our society.

At Elam, you will develop skills in creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and entrepreneurship. These skills will prepare you to make an impact in businesses and other organisations, in all areas of the creative industries and in the wider community.

The BFA gives you the freedom to bring your ideas to life by exploring, researching, and experimenting in a wide range of creative mediums and technologies. Our teachers and specialist technicians will support and guide your making, allowing you to refine your skills and produce artworks of high calibre.

Whether you choose a stand-alone BFA or one of our 11 BFA conjoint degrees, you’ll graduate with an extensive range of skills and ideas that will prepare you for your future.

The new Bachelor of Fine Arts will be offered for the first time in Semester One 2021.

Programme structure

Because our programme is flexible, you’ll build a pathway of study that feels right for you. But whatever you choose, you’ll learn in three key areas:

Creative artistic practices

Research themes

Creative careers

Study in these three areas makes up your artist toolkit and sets you up for a lifetime of creative thinking and making.

While studying, you’ll have opportunities to explore a range of practices such as art writing; ceramics; curatorial practices; digital media; drawing; installation; moving image; nga toi taketake; painting; performance art; photography; print sculpture; social and public art; sound art and more.

In your final year, you will complete a capstone fine arts project and associated research essay.

Where could this programme take you?

Businesses and organisations hire creatives to address challenges, discover opportunities and bring new possibilities to life. The job market is constantly changing, and the diversity of career opportunities available to graduates is growing. Success as a creative practitioner extends beyond the world of contemporary art, with graduates finding employment in advertising, communication design, marketing, fashion, filmmaking, architecture, business, journalism and many more areas.

Jobs related to this programme

Art Director

Artist

Creative Project Lead

Creative Strategist

Educator

Filmmaker

Visual Designer

Writer

Further study options

Master of Fine Arts

Doctor of Fine Arts

Doctor of Philosophy