Art History and Contemporary Fashion Design BA

ART HISTORY

Liverpool has more museums and galleries than any UK city outside London. It also hosts the country's largest contemporary art biennial. This makes it a lively place for studying art history.

In your three years, you'll explore art and visual culture from a wide historical range. You'll focus on modern and contemporary art. Hope’s partnership with Tate Liverpool and National Museums Liverpool enriches the course. You'll hear from guest speakers in the museum field. You'll also get access to Liverpool’s best art collections. The course focuses on critical thinking and visual literacy. It explores different approaches and theories in art history.

Hear from student Bryony Large about what it's like to study Art History at Hope. 

CONTEMPORARY FASHION DESIGN

Contemporary Fashion Design is a dynamic practice-based course that explores a breadth of current themes and issues from inclusivity to adaptable fashion. Centred around the exciting possibilities of adorning the body and exploring materials, you will learn about the fundamentals of designing and understanding the role that fashion plays in the wider society.

Working with external partners within Liverpool's Fabric District and wider communities, the programme provides an environment that enables rich interdisciplinary approaches exploring how fashion and regenerative practices can improve and enhance people's lives and address the challenges of our times.

The course focuses on ‘expanded fashion concepts’, the wider disciplines which surround and support the industry such as brand awareness, styling, image making and promotion. These areas offer an opportunity to specialise and produce a bespoke portfolio which are linked to career opportunities and industry expectations.

During your studies you will be taught by established practitioners and have access to a vast range of equipment, workshops and studio spaces here at the Creative Campus. As a combined honours Degree, this programme offers an exciting opportunity to combine your fashion practice with other subjects, which will influence your individual approach to fashion and can be tailored to individual interests.

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