Advanced Master of Research in Art and Design – Announcements

Sint Lucas Antwerpen welcomes functions for the 2025–26 Superior Grasp of Analysis in Artwork and Design program! 

Are you an artist or designer engaged on social-political considerations and do you want extra time in your practice-based analysis? Are you on the lookout for a nurturing analysis surroundings with crucial however caring friends and tutors? Do you need to enhance your writing, theoretical framework, and inventive methodologies? Are you in seek for the appropriate codecs and contexts to share your inventive analysis experiments and doubts? Are you planning to use for a practice-based PhD within the arts? Can you dedicate your self to an intense and intensive inventive analysis course of? 

The Superior Grasp of Analysis in Artwork and Design program focuses on the analysis growth of artists and designers whose apply is addressing a social-political context (together with, however not restricted to, feminism, social design, migration, decolonization, race, gender, queer, class, incapacity politics, capitalism, the Anthropocene, the (below)commons, group artwork, crucial design, therapeutic & rituals, historical past, AI & digital cultures…). This system is developed in accordance with the particular analysis proposals, pursuits, and wishes of the individuals. We provide intense teaching in writing, crucial concept, inventive analysis methodologies, and in sharing analysis. The teaching is particular person, collective, and participatory. 

Collective studying and participatory teaching are central to this system. We ask from every participant the engagement to look after and contribute to one another’s analysis growth and well-being. We provide a nurturing analysis surroundings of devoted and skilled tutors, researchers, and PhD college students in addition to a global and native community of execs, establishments, and visitor lecturers. Individuals have entry to the workshop amenities of Sint Lucas Antwerpen and the assist of technical employees (photographic labs, ceramics, digital printing, printmaking, and so forth.). We work with a small crew of most twelve individuals.

Who
The Superior Grasp of Analysis in Artwork and Design is meant for candidates who’ve beforehand obtained an MA diploma. Holders of both a grasp’s in visible arts or in different topics with an energetic artwork or design apply are invited to use with a letter of motivation, a analysis proposal, and a related portfolio.

We’re on the lookout for artists or designers who’ve developed a person or collaborative apply and who’re within the place to dedicate themselves during this system to a analysis undertaking associated to their apply. This system is especially appropriate for these inquisitive about critically creating their apply inside a social-political discipline and/or in preparation for a practice-based PhD within the arts.

Sensible info
The individuals meet in Antwerp each two or three weeks for 3 full days, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. These three days are devoted to 4 modules: Methodology, Writing, Important Concept, and ShareResearch. In these modules we give attention to the individuals’ particular analysis proposals and allow them to advance in writing, theoretical explorations, analysis methodology, and sharing their analysis. Parallel to this trajectory, we additionally manage three intensive weeks. These are full-time analysis weeks with worldwide or native artists or designers throughout the fields of inventive analysis. 

The workload and depth of this system are to not be underestimated, and we subsequently advocate candidates to realistically assess their scenario earlier than making use of. Ideally, individuals are primarily based in or relocate to Antwerp or Belgium.

The applying course of for the 2025–26 program closes on February 26, 2025. On optimistic analysis of your analysis proposal, you’ll be invited for a web-based interview on March 24, 25, or 26, 2025. This system begins IRL in Antwerp on September 29, 2025 and lasts until the top of June 2026. You possibly can apply here. On February 12, 2025 we’ll manage a web-based and on campus open day! Observe our social media bulletins for more information. 

To learn extra concerning the analysis initiatives of earlier individuals and the Superior Grasp program, verify adma.be. For more information, please contact Marnie Slater, this system chief and coordinator, at adma [at] kdg.be.