The MA in Art Studies (MEA) offers a creative and stimulating environment for students coming from diverse academic and professional fields who want to creatively and critically broaden the scope of their professional activities within the art world.
The program provides a solid theoretical and critical basis for those who wish to pursue research oriented projects and a diversity of skills needed to build a professional career as an independent curator, a cultural programmer or work in an art institution.
The MA in Art Studies program establishes links with other MA and with PhD programs in FBAUP and the University of Porto by sharing classes and seminars with Art Practice, Art Education, Design, Multimedia, Art History and Museology graduate programs. It fosters relationships with partners in the cultural sector participating in multidisciplinary projects inside and outside the school. Students’ research or professional projects are often developed within cultural institutions both public and private which are part of the MA in Art Studies network of formal and informal partnerships.
The MA in Art Studies (MEA) aims to provide opportunities for students to expand their knowledge and develop critical thinking about contemporary art theories and practices and their cultural context of production, and reception and prepare students for a professional career in the art world.
The MA program in Art Studies (MEA) offers a choice of two paths, which intercept in shared courses, some mandatory, other elective, to investigate articulations between practice and theory in contemporary art:
Official Code: | M995 |
Director: | Lúcia Matos |
Acronym: | MEA |
Academic Degree: | Master |
Type of course/cycle of study: | Masters Degree |
Start: | 2006/2007 |
Duration: | 2 Years |