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Bachelor of Fine Arts
3 years full-time, up to 7 years part-time 
Hobart, Launceston
3 years full-time, up to 7 years part-time Hobart, Launceston 
CRICOS 005531K
Learn through collaboration
Build your skills working at Tasmania’s iconic festivals, behind the scenes at a gallery, interpreting collections, or at a museum handling objects not yet for public display
Develop your creative expression
Undertake projects guided by individual interests, supported by our studio-based making approach
Unmatched studio and equipment access
Generous studio spaces and equipment, supported by highly skilled staff and technicians, are highly accessible and available
Work across artistic disciplines, dream big, experiment, and create
This degree combines core learning in Critical Practices with a studio practice major that you can tailor to your specific interests. contextualising your practice in the art landscape. As your degree unfolds, you move to open and interdisciplinary units allowing you to dream big, experiment and create work with public outcomes, discovering your own artistic narrative.
With your Studio Practice major, you can choose from five art practice streams, helping you follow and expand your interests in the arts throughout your degree.
You will also complete two Creative Curriculum units, designed to bring students together from different areas in a fun and experimental multidisciplinary environment.
Study options in this degree
During your studies, you’ll choose an area that interests you, and then study a group of units related to that area. This group of units is called a major, and is an area of focus in your degree. You also have the option to to utilise elective space in this degree to study a second major, which you can source from elsewhere in the University, such as the new major in Sustainability.
Build skills in observation, imagination, and making, and deepen your understanding of drawing and print processes. In addition, you will develop skills in the traditional processes of woodcutting, etching, lithography and screen printing, complemented by the latest innovations in digital processes, laser cutting and installation.
Building on a history of excellence object making including furniture, the Object and Furniture studio introduces you to the principles, practice and processes of design and manufacture, incorporating a variety of techniques for conceptualising, developing and presenting design solutions. Learn to develop these skills, be inspired to work at the cutting-edge of object-based practice, and produce effective and professional design solutions.
Painting is a vital and captivating medium that continues to fascinate contemporary artists and audiences alike. By undertaking this major, you will gain an understanding of painting’s significance within visual culture, exploring its contemporary forms and its rich and enduring history. You will explore diverse paint media, techniques, and innovative ways to express your ideas visually.
Photography has dominated global media production for over a century, and whilst nearly everyone now has a camera, very few people are skilled photographers. By studying a photography major you will learn to recognise and apply the aesthetic concepts and technical skills employed by successful photographic artists from around the world.
Explore the frontiers of art and create brave new artworks and experiences. Learn how to bring sculptural practice, visual technologies, sound, space, and the dimension of time together. In the Sculpture and Time-based Media units, guided by open thematic modules, students will learn about time and space both formally and conceptually, creating works that may utilise objects, sound, projection, movement and immersive spaces.
Further study options
While the Bachelor of Fine Arts provides skills, knowledge, and confidence to pursue a wide range of careers upon graduation, you may also wish to explore further study options
For honours course information, please visit Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
* Subject to international student visa conditions if applicable.
Diploma of Fine Arts
1 years full-time, up to 5 years part-time Hobart, Launceston
1 years full-time Hobart, Launceston CRICOS 0100744
Learn from industry professionals
You will work on real client briefs, and alongside acclaimed creatives
Engage with our vibrant art and creative scene
Work on Tasmania's world-famous art festivals, collaborating with recognised artists
Unmatched studio and equipment access
Generous studio spaces and equipment, supported by highly skilled staff and technicians, are highly accessible and available
Your first step into the Fine Arts
Studying the Diploma of Fine Arts, you will gain an awareness of your own creative practice and the role and function of visual art and design within contemporary culture. You can choose from a range of selected units, which will provide a foundation for further study in fine art and/or enable you to encounter and develop skills in diverse art disciplines.
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
* Subject to international student visa conditions if applicable.
Career opportunities
Fine Arts graduates find employment in a variety of positions within the arts professions such as studio practice, theoretical writing on art, curatorial work, gallery administration, research and teaching, as well as participating in individual and group generated projects.
Through your Fine Arts learning experience, you’ll develop the ability to problem-solve and think reflectively, skills which are highly sought-after in creative industries. You’ll gain advanced technical, theoretical and analytical skills with the ability to apply a design lens to any creative venture.
Your empowering, hands-on Fine Arts experience gives you specialist skills that can be applied to a range of exciting contexts and careers. These are some of the top careers projected to grow in the next five years:
13.6%
Graphic Designers
and Illustrators
Projected increase by 2024^
13.5%
Photographers
Projected increase by 2024^
10.4%
Visual Arts
Professionals
Projected increase by 2024^
^ ABS Labour Force Survey, National Skills Commission trend data to May 2019 and projections to 2024.
Find out how Fine Arts students got the chance to collaborate with acclaimed muralist and Fine Arts graduate Jamin at Mona Foma.
