MASTERS COURSE IN VISUAL ARTS

WHO IT IS FOR
The Masters course in Visual Arts of the LABA is a top level artistic training for students who already got a degree in visual art disciplines.

WHERE
Lessons are held at the LABA of Florence in Piazza Badia a Ripoli 1/a.
The Academy has equipped laboratories: we provide Internet access solutions such us cable Internet access, all classrooms have got plasma screens so it is possible to hold interactive lessons. The teaching staff has a top level artistic and professional background, while the Academy has created relevant synergies with public and private institutions.

GOALS
The aim of the course is to create professional figures who will be ready to enter the Visual Communication world and to give them knowledge in traditional and multimedia circles thanks to the practical and conceptual instruments offered by the LABA. Students will be able to develop relation strategies with the cultural environment in order to give an effective promotion of the artistic work.
In addition to standard lessons held during the week end, the students will be involved in a program of study/work with an artist/professional and they also will have encounters with artists and critics, to stages in private and public institutions, seminars with non-resident teachers.

PROGRAMME
The aim of the course is to give a professional training to the students who are willing to start a career in the Visual Arts field. The syllabus develops the artistic aspects of the Visual Communication and the tendency of the Expressive Arts (Photography, Multimedia etc.) and of the Psychology of Visual Languages. The course, reached its 5th edition, gives the students the opportunity to work with an artist or a professional of the field. During the course students will visit professional laboratories, art galleries, public and private institutions.
During the course students will meet international artists and professionals at conferences and workshops.

Coordinators:
prof. Fabio Cresci , prof.Carlo Guaita , prof. Vittorio Corsini

STUDY PROGRAMME

COURSE	CIRCLE	CRF
ANATOMY OF EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGES	TECHNICALPRACTICAL
Expressive Arts		6
Multimedia		4
Professional Portfolio		6
ARTISTIC PHENOMENON AND ART SYSTEM	THEORETICAL
Contemporary arts phenomenology		4
Contemporary arts economies and systems		2
Public Art		4
Contemporary art criticism and history		2
Aesthetics		2
PSYCHOLOGY OF VISUAL LANGUAGES
History of color	PSYCHOPEDAGOGICAL	2
WORKSHOP/MEETINGS		12
Final exam	THEORETICAL	12
Stage:Installation (exhibition area)	PRACTICAL	4
TOTAL CREDITS		60

OCCUPATIONAL FIELD
At the end of the course the student can start a career in many circles: publishing houses, multimedia communication, advertising, cinema, or as an art director in a professional studio. He can work as an art curator, editor, publicist etc.

TO BE ACCEPTED TO THE MASTERS PROGRAMME at least one of the following is required:
- Art Academy Diploma in Painting or Sculpture
- Short Degree in Visual Arts - related subjects
- Specialisation Degree in Visual Arts - related subjects

DURATION OF THE COURSE
The Masters consists of 6 months of lessons and includes a complete professional portfolio, an academic thesis supervised by a L.A.B.A. consultant, and an internship in public or private institutions.
In addition to standard lessons held during the week end, the students will be involved in a program of study/work with an artist which will introduce them to the career of the Art making.

PARTNERSHIPS
The Laba set up cooperations with the following Companies, Institutions and Bodies:

- EX 3 - Contemporary Art Centre (Florence)
- BAGNAI ARTECONTEMPORANEA - Art Gallery (Florence)
- FONDAZIONE TESECO - Art Foundation (Pisa)
- GALLERIA TANNAZ - Art Gallery (Florence)
- VERAPIETRASERENA - Cultural centre (Florence)
- FABBRICA EUROPA - Contemporary Art Festival (Florence)
- FESTIVAL DELLA CREATIVITA' (Florence)