MFA Degree Programme
120 hec
MFA in Craft/Design at Steneby, 120 higher education credits
At Steneby, education is provided at master’s level specialising in three areas:
Iron and Steel / Public Space
Woodorientated Furniture Design
Textile – Garment – Design
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The master’s program at Steneby offers advanced opportunities for individual depth and investigative work within craft and design. The education includes time for process-based research work, with supervision in advanced theory and regular supervision meetings with professors within the subject area and visiting practitioners and teaching staff. The programme requires a high degree of autonomy, independence and personal motivation in order to achieve the aims and objectives of the education.
The emphasis of the education is on independently formulated studio- and workshop-based projects, leading to a degree project. A master’s level degree project includes carrying out investigations into the relevant materials and producing a written report in which the results are discussed and reflected on.
Master’s students from all material areas make up a single group and a single program. The joint teaching consists of cultural theory, critical theory and entrepreneurship, as well as mid-semester and semester reports on projects in progress. The supervision meetings with the professors from the relevant subject area are mandatory, and students take responsibility together with their professors for relating their projects to the objectives of the programme syllabus and the course syllabus, and to a timetable. Students participate in lectures and in supervision meetings both individually and in groups with visiting practitioners and teaching staff.
Applicants for the master’s programme are expected to have basic knowledge of the materials and techniques in the relevant subject area, as well as a basic understanding of their own artistic process. Applicants are also expected to be able to relate their work to contemporary and historical contexts.
The following are required in order to apply for the master’s programme:
• Grades from a bachelor’s course within the subject area or equivalent
• Work samples demonstrating proficiency within the relevant subject area
• Letter including a project description for planned work and the reasons for choosing the programme
• A TOEFL test is required from international applications
Master’s students follow an individual study plan, which is drawn up in consultation with their professor. The programme offers individual workspaces in shared premises, access to personal computers and software, time for studio discussions and access to workshops. Year one of the master’s programme includes the opportunity to study courses within the student’s own department or other departments at bachelor’s level. Students also have the opportunity to apply for exchanges with other schools during the second semester of the first year. Through the programme, students develop and integrate the ideas, knowledge, insights and skills necessary for an MFA degree.
A student who has attended the Education Programme and achieved a Pass grade and who fulfils all the other conditions for each examination may apply for a Degree Certificate for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts (120 credits) in Arts and Crafts with specialization in Iron & Steel / Public Space or Master of Fine Arts in Design with specialization in Wood Orientated Furniture Design or Master of Fine Arts in Arts and Crafts with specialization in Textile – Garment –Design.
Education plan
An MFA degree qualifies students for professional work within the fields of craft or design, and prepares them for artistic research. The basis of the preparations for artistic research is the individual study plan, in which students take responsibility for their own knowledge development and formulate questions for their investigative projects. For this, students develop theirs writing as a tool in relation to their practical work, cultural theory and critical theory.
After completing their studies, students are expected to be able to evaluate their own processes and their knowledge development, and to have created networks and attitudes towards entrepreneurship that bring opportunities within a variety of fields.
The master’s programme has an international focus. Many of the students and teaching staff come from around the world. The official teaching language is Swedish, but it is always possible to hold supervision meetings in English and literature is available in both languages. Presentations are given preferably in English, with the subsequent discussion held in both Swedish and English. The governing documents will be translated into English. Lectures are given in English or Swedish - events and information outside the programme are usually in Swedish.