City & Guilds of London Art School has an unbroken tradition of teaching sculpture, stone and wood carving since it was founded in 1879. We play a crucial role in keeping alive the skills essential for preserving the world’s most important monuments and buildings, and are proud to offer the UK’s only postgraduate courses in carving.
MA CARVING
Our MA Carving course has a developed and tested approach to teaching carving at this level with excellent links to the industry, offering you unparalleled opportunities to develop your skills and professional networks.
The MA course can be taken either full-time (45 weeks) or part-time (75 weeks) and culminates in a Professional and Contextual Project report and an exhibition as part of the Art School’s Postgraduate Degree Show. (In some circumstances it may be possible to take the course as a Postgraduate Diploma and, following successful completion of the Report, return at a later stage to undertake the final Unit, subject to the approval of a research project plan, to gain the award of a MA.
With an emphasis on practical hand skills, research skills and problem solving this course provides an excellent basis for freelance employment within the creative and heritage sector.
GRADUATE DIPLOMA ARTS
We offer a one-year full time Graduate Diploma Arts: Carving for students with previous training and experience in stonemasonry or carving who are interested in taking our MA Carving but need to enhance or upskill an area of practice or knowledge before embarking on this specialist postgraduate course.
This course is validated by Arts University Bournemouth.