We are delighted to be presenting a degree with UCEN Manchester in Photography and Social Practice. Graduates will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts with Honors, and gain invaluable experience of the arts sector and industry photographic practice.
Study with Open Eye Gallery and UCEN Manchester
Photography is now arguably the most important visual media – everyday billions share their lives using it on social media. The speed at which it moves keeps pace with changes in all parts of our lives and society, and it is able to reflect those developments in a way that is unique to photography.
This useful and innovative course will nurture the skills, creativity, knowledge and ideas necessary to prepare you for a broad range of photography careers. You will be encouraged to think critically, take risks and explore your creative potential, with opportunities to experiment with analogue and digital photography, moving image, text or sound.
You will receive creative opportunities fronted by us at Open Eye Gallery, one of the leading photographic institutes in the country. Our cutting-edge approach will engage you artistically to explore opportunities within community, education and public gallery sectors. Curators, educators and programmers at Open Eye Gallery will input throughout the course with a strong focus on your personal and professional development. These interactions will connect you to the sector during your degree, giving you a head start in networking, working in a professional context and capacity, and gaining first-hand experience of the art sector.
Course aims
- To provide curricula, informed by external reference points, which develop a range of technical, professional, vocational, employability transferable and key skills.
- To facilitate a quality learning experience, that fosters engagement with their programme of study and promotes independent study and life–long learning.
- To maintain a high quality, comprehensive and coherent Photography focused curriculum, informed by theory, practice and research, which enhances each student’s career opportunities.
- To enable students from a variety of backgrounds, the opportunity to have a Nationally recognised training programme based in the North West of England that will provide photographers for both regional and national market places
- To instill within its graduates a knowledge and understanding of historical and contemporary photography which will fuel a curiosity and ambition within them and to contribute to the development of that profession
Find out more information about the course and how to apply here: Photography and Social Practice
MA Socially Engaged Photography Practice with University of Salford
Open Eye Gallery is delivering a new MA programme with University of Salford: Socially Engaged Photography Practice with Community Experience.
Photography has become the most pervasive medium through which individuals share their lives on a daily basis. This new programme explores the power of photography when working with real communities to co-author meaningful culture.
The course will give students support in producing creative projects with both arts and non-arts commissioners in mind, exploring how to create socially engaged art that is meaningful to both audiences and participants. Students will develop and deliver live projects with partners working in health, youth, community and justice, all embedded within a critically engaged and ethical framework. You will work with active practitioners and academics to rethink the role of photography in society today, to develop your creative practice and your professional profile.
We will provide professional practice surgeries, from understanding legal, ethical and safeguarding frameworks, to developing your professional profile, the latter including a free year-long membership and digital profile awarded by partner Axisweb.
You will have opportunities to engage directly with national debates and Open Eye Gallery’s national network for socially engaged photographic practice.
Apply here, or download the course brief below.
