At the Slade School of Fine Art we approach the practice of contemporary art and the history and theories that inform it in an experimental, research-oriented and imaginative way. An art school with a world leading reputation, the Slade makes a significant contribution to the field of contemporary art both nationally and internationally.
For undergraduates we offer a three-year BFA and four-year BA. At graduate level we have an MA and MFA, as well as MPhil/PhD. We welcome international students and also offer our undergraduates the opportunity to study abroad.
We are a world leading university department for research in Fine Art. All studio staff are practising artists and actively involved in research as well as teaching.
Our staff and students are lively and engaged with a wide range of initiatives nationally and internationally, and you may have heard of a number of our alumni.
Booking is now open for our Summer School and unique Summer Foundation. Our Short Courses run from October to March and we also run courses at Easter.
The Slade's foundation in 1871 was the result of a bequest from Felix Slade who envisaged a school where fine art would be studied within a liberal arts university.
This week's The Art Newspaper's podcast A brush with... interview is with alumnus Michael Armitage, revealing the art, music, books and media that have inspired him. Listen on The Art Newspaper website.
This is a Not-Me launches online at IMT Gallery on Thursday 6 August, 6 - 9pm BST, on Twitch and Instagram! Join Plastique Fantastique, Kara Chin, Frankie Roberts and Thomson & Craighead. Continues until 13 December 2020.
Ferocious Love 2020, a new audio-visual installation from Mikhail Karikis, made in collaboration with students and activists, is showing at Tate Liverpool from 27 July – 22 November 2020. See the Tate website: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/mikhail-karikis-ferocious-love.
Congratulations to alumni Liam Mertens, Kimie Minobe and Orfeo O'Leary Taguri, who have been selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2020. See the New Contemporaries website.
Shenece Oretha's new commission by Cell Project Space, Called to Respond, which can be accessed on desktop on: www.cellprojects.org/home, or mobile: https://calledtorespond.blackshuck.co/video.html.
