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about the programme
Within KASK & Conservatorium, the fine arts traditionally occupy a central place. In the master's programme, students are given even more space than before to further develop their individual artistic practice.

fine arts

about the programme
study path
master visual arts
graduating option fine arts
1 year
language
Dutch
English master
registration process

about the programme

Master of fine arts

The Master of Fine Arts offers the space to further deepen and rethink your artistic practice. You develop your own trajectory in dialogue with tutors, fellow students and the wider arts field. In this process, you are supported by a practice mentor and a theory mentor, who accompany your development through feedback and discussion.

The theoretical component of the programme is offered through seminars, allowing you to develop an individual course of study in response to the questions that emerge from your work.

Exchange with other master students is an essential part of the programme. Within this shared environment, your work is presented, discussed and refined. The programme is in direct dialogue with the contemporary arts field, and your work will engage with a range of contexts through collaborations, projects and internships with artists and organisations. In doing so, you take initiative and actively work towards developing your own position within the arts field.

During the programme, you develop a master's project, which is presented to an external jury of artists and professionals from the field at the end of the academic year.

Practice and Exchange

The master programme brings together students from disciplines such as sculpture, installation, media art, performance, painting and drawing. These traditions remain important points of reference. At the same time, the master's programme creates a shared environment in which different approaches and perspectives meet. This encounter creates space to further explore, question and reinterpret those traditions.

Through shared activities and moments of exchange, such as group critiques, excursions and encounters with visiting artists, you engage with different approaches and perspectives. These exchanges generate conversations that challenge and broaden your frame of reference.

Developing an artistic practice requires time. It also means resisting obvious solutions and purely technical virtuosity. Insights emerge not only beforehand, but also through the process of making itself. It requires a willingness to continually revisit and question your own work.

STUDY PATHS IN THE BACHELOR

Prior to the fine arts master's programme, you follow one of the study paths in the bachelor's programme. Here you explicitly choose a discipline within the broad field of fine arts. The pedagogy of each individual studio starts from the specificity of its own discipline. This goes beyond teaching techniques. Above all, it implies a committed and critical approach to the visual language and tradition of the medium, which are sometimes centuries old.

study programme master

1E MASTER
60 credits
Course unit
Credits
Sem
Masterproef
29
J
Scriptie
9
J
Theoretische seminaries
12
1/2
Masterclass vrije kunsten
4
1/2
Te kiezen
6
1/2/J
Kunst in het werkveld
6
1/2/J
Opleidingsonderdelen binnen AUGent
6
1/2/J
60
ENGLISH MASTER
60 credits
Course unit
Credits
Sem
Master's Project
29
Y
Thesis
9
Y
Elective Seminars
12
1/2
Masterclass Fine Arts
4
1/2
To choose for 6 credits
6
1/2/Y
Arts in Practice
6
1/2/Y
Elective courses within Ghent university Association
6
1/2/Y
60

enrolment & tests

To enter the master's programme, you will take part in an orientation test. These are organised several times per academic year.

english master

In addition to a Dutch-language master, this study path also has a fully English-language counterpart. Every academic year, dozens of foreign students start in the English master's at KASK & Conservatorium.

There are no differences in curricula, competencies, learning outcomes or organization between the English-language programmes and their Dutch-language counterparts. Don’t hesitate to contact the study and learning track counsellors with your questions.

agenda
contact
you'll follow most classes at
Pauli
2, Jozef Kluyskensstraat
9000 Ghent

Cloquet
2, Louis Pasteurlaan
9000 Ghent

Kunsttoren
5, Offerlaan
9000 Ghent

credits

  1. Maia Liu, Graduation 2022, photo: Jordi Coppers
  2. George Chinnery, Graduation 2023, photo: Giada Cicchetti
  3. Heleen Corthouts, Graduation 2023, photo: Rembert De Prez