Art and Ecology

Goldsmiths, University of London
Postgraduate MA (PG) Full-time 15 Months ArtFashion, textiles, and jewellery

About this course

The MA Art & Ecology is a 15-month studio-based post-graduate programme for emerging artists who want to engage in meaningful and transformative ways with the most pressing ecological questions of our time.

  • This is a unique programme that seeks to develop new ways in which contemporary art practice can make interventions in a wide range of ecological contexts, and extend the ways in which ecology is understood.

  • We support artists to develop innovative and experimental art practices in diverse sites and scales dedicated to imagining and shaping liveable futures.

  • Students develop a wide range of artistic and professional skills showcased in the postgraduate Degree Show and on the programme’s digital platform The Journal of Art & Ecology.

    Link art, ecology and social justice The Masters invites artists to develop innovative art projects grounded in rigorous artistic research and a profound understanding of how ecological challenges such as climate breakdown, pollution, and biodiversity loss are inseparable from questions of social justice.

    Alongside media including painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation, performance, art writing, textiles, digital media and video, this course supports artists who engage with forms of practice such as food production, sustainable data, citizen and expert science, re-wilding, inter-species care and co-dependence, somatic work, and ritual.

    This is one of very few postgraduate degrees specialising in art and environment, or art and nature. We actively encourage applications from students interested in working in all manner of ecological contexts, from rural settings to ocean habitats, and from social movements and to scientific institutions.

    As this programme is taught in South East London, there is also a unique opportunity to focus on urban ecology.

  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2472 Archivists, conservators and curators
    4135 Library clerks and assistants
    3411 Artists
    2471 Librarians
    5441 Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Master of Arts - MA (PG)
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    15 Months
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    London
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery