Welcome to the Department of Visual Arts, within the School of Visual and Performing Arts in the Faculty of Humanities. We have a long and proud history, with our roots in South Africa’s oldest art school, the Port Elizabeth Art School founded in 1882.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Design Programme
We offer a comprehensive range of programmes from the Bachelor of Visual Arts right up to a Masters of Visual Arts. In all programmes students receive group and individual tuition from highly skilled staff who are often active practitioners in their fields.
Visual Art encompasses the following discipline streams:
- Design (Fashion and Textiles, Graphic Design, Photography)
- Fine Art (Ceramics, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture)
Postgraduate Studies in Visual Arts
The postgraduate studies pathway begins after completion of the Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) degree, or acceptable equivalency. The intention in providing further opportunity for study is to fulfil two important needs in the visual arts disciplines: developing high-end skill and vocational proficiency, while growing academic and research expertise.
Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours (BVA Hons):
The Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours programme is intended to encourage advanced levels of creative and professional practice in the visual and design arts, whilst simultaneously emphasising academic integrity by building research engagement. The Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours acknowledges the existence of the individual disciplinary streams of Fashion and Textile Design, Fine Art, Graphic Design and Photography, but also develops the possible synergies between them.
Master of Arts in Visual Arts (MA VA)
At NQF level 9 (or the academic 5th year) five separate Master of Arts degrees provide opportunity for advanced research in specific discipline areas:
- MA Fashion Design
- MA Fine Art
- MA Graphic Design
- MA Photography
- MA Textile Design
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Design Contact Details
Tel: +27 (0) 41 504 1111
Fax: +27 (0) 41 504 2574 / 2731
E-mail: [email protected]
PO Box 77000, Nelson Mandela University
Gqeberha, 6031, South Africa
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