Bob and Roberta Smith application process and course details

APPLICATION PROCESS:

THIS CLASS IS NOW FULL if you would like to be placed on the waiting list for future courses please email applications@theesop.com please include your full name and contact telephone numbers and best time to be reached. We also advise you to subscribe to our mailing list. Subscribers get first information on any new information with regards to this course or any other course/event we are running. To subscribe click here.

To Apply:

Please send 4 images and a short statement on why you would like to do the course and outlining your previous artistic experience.

Applications deadline 5th of September 2016.

PLEASE NOTE Although this course is aimed at postgraduate level, it is not a requirement for you to have a degree in either Fine Art or another subject. What we are looking for is evidence of commitment and ability. Please include your telephone contact in your application. Please don’t hesitate to apply as we will consider all applications.

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Fees: £1700

If you would like to pay in installments, mention this in your email. Please apply as soon as possible as there are limited places available and interest for this course is high.

“Students on the Bigger Picture course will be and form part of a community.” Bob and Roberta Smith

The course is divided into three terms

1. Introduction Term [27 Sept to 6 Dec]
2. Questioning & Making [10 Jan to 21 Mar]
3. Findings [25 Apr to 4 Jul]

Course in Detail

1. In the ‘Introduction’ term students will ‘introduce’ themselves to each other but also be introduced to key ideas in contemporary art and debates around making paintings. We will develop the idea of the ‘plastic process’ giving you a flexible, individuated approach to the development of your methodology both practically and philosophically.
2. In the spring ‘Questioning & making’ term workshops and breakfast group tutorials will develop student’s individual and collective ethos or project.
3. In the summer ‘Findings’ term individual tuition and career development is the focus with students working towards a group exhibition and promoting the exhibition in the context of contemporary practice.