St Lucas School of Arts Antwerp

PreMaster in Visual Arts in a Jewellery Context

20Sep2022 - 30Jun2023
Application
Tags:  ProfessionalPractice ,  Research
Management person:  Robin Vanbesien

Contact Reg Herygers for late applications: reg.herygers@kdg.be

PreMaster project in Art, Design and Image in a jewelry context – English Program

In your artistic practice you investigate the specificity of jewelry. You do this through a process-oriented way of working where research and experimentation are sources of inspiration. Analysis and reflection, the further development of practical skills and the theoretical discourse on what is alive within the field contribute, to the development of your own research methodology. An articulated, multidisciplinary elaboration is encouraged as a result. In addition, you determine in which cultural-social environment your jewelry functions and you know how to capture the references from which this specific, subject-related context derives its meaning. Ideally, you will take up your own position in this context.

In preparation for your master project, you will have the opportunity in the premaster studio to optimize the content of your artistic practice as well as to continue your experimentation with materials and techniques. You will receive close guidance in this, while at the same time you will be given the space to work self-initiatively around a theme / research of your own choice.

In the master’s thesis, the internship abroad is a central training component that has a great impact on your professional development. It takes place at an international institute, gallery or museum that matches your artistic practice. The internship is already prepared in the premaster studio: you look for a suitable organization or exhibition platform where you will be part of the existing team for a few weeks. It is an excellent opportunity to gain insight into the communication and all business and organizational aspects that 'publishing' a piece of jewelry or object - in any form - entails. In addition, you will build an international network that is necessary to further professionalize your own artistic practice in the future.

Coaches: Hilde De Decker

For more content information contact: hilde.dedecker.1@kdg.be

The premaster is offered in Dutch or in English.
After you have been admitted to the premaster’s program and have successfully completed it, you can start the Master’s program of your choice.

English Program PreMaster Jewelry Design:
Premaster Studio sieraad * 30 credits.
Theoretical courses * 18 credits
Premaster classes *9 credits
Collaborative project * 3 credits


Language of instruction: English or Dutch.

Entry requirements: 
1 Diploma
A professional bachelor’s degree in visual arts or a professional or academic bachelor’s degree in non visual arts with additional artistic qualifications, is required to start the premaster. 
Foreign diploma
For candidates with a foreign diploma, approval has to be granted through the admission office. After you registered, the admission office will get in touch with you in order to verify the validity of your foreign degree. 

2 Admission test
You start with the online registration: https://registratie.kdg.be/?Academiejaar=2022-23&SoortOpleiding=16&Structuur=1366
After approval of your foreign diploma by the admission office, we will invite you for an intake interview. You can have your intake interview while still studying in your final bachelor’s year, but you can’t enroll before you officially obtained your BA degree.

You will receive more detailed information about the test in an attached document that comes with the confirmation email of your online registration. 


Fees: Our tuition fee for the 2022-2023 academic year for a full program (60 credits) is:

• 6383 euro for non-EEA students.
  • 1277 euro (fixed amount) + 85,1 euro per credit.
• 979,6 euro for EEA students.
  • 253,6 euro (fixed amount) + 12,1 euro per credit.

EEA or non-EEA?

• European Educational Area: including all 27 EU-member states + Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

Admission interviews Premaster
10 March 2022 – Belgian diploma / Non-EEA nationality and non-EEA diploma.
Deadline for registration: 1 March / deadline for handing in assignments: 3 March.
9 June 2022 – Belgian diploma / EEA nationality + no Belgian diploma.
Deadline for registration: 30 May / deadline for handing in assignments: 3 June.
16 June 2022 – Belgian diploma & EEA nationality.
Deadline for registration: 16 June / / deadline for handing in assignments: 21 June.


Picture: Elise Hoebeke - handpiece/drawing pad – personal unit – 2020.

Bachelor in Jewellery Design & Goldsmithing

20Sep2022 - 30Jun2023
Application
Tags:  CriticalThinking ,  Research
Management person:  Ludovik Colpaert

Contact Mie De Backer for late applications: mie.debacker@kdg.be

Within Studio sieraad (jewelry design) at St Lucas Antwerp, you will design contemporary jewelry and small objects. You will pay a great deal of attention to developing the content of your artistic work but will also experiment with materials and techniques.

Learning (goldsmithing) techniques remains an important part of the program. You always choose the technique in function of the meaning. This also applies to the materials; depending on the idea, the most suitable material is chosen. This can range from metal to textile, from plastic to paper. An optional program of workshop initiations and bachelor classes also give you the opportunity to specialize in something more cross-disciplinary (photography, screen printing, computer software, ...).

But the most important thing in creating a piece of jewelry is your own interests and imagination. Every context in which you work is legitimate: whether it is author's jewelry, fashion jewelry or design jewelry, you determine your own direction. You constantly relate to the characteristics of the discipline; you study not only materials and technics, but also historical and contemporary jewelry and the meaning it conveys. With this background, you will develop a contemporary language with your own signature and content.
 
The 'academic' aspect of the course lies in the research-based work process and distinguishes itself at Sint Lucas Antwerp by the way the research is visualized: using various media (photography, video, drawings, publications, etc.), you will discover how you can use the process steps in your research as autonomous images and present them equally as an artistic output. You don't necessarily have to make jewelry to refer to the world of jewelry.
 
Reflection is central to this academic program: you take a critical look at your own development and reflect on the relevance of your work and that of others. You will learn to analyze your artistic process in order to constantly improve your own working methods. And you gain insight into how you can present the results in a communicative and coherent manner. This makes you broadly employable after graduation: in addition to your artistic training, you will have developed various practical, organizational and reflective skills.
 
The internship abroad also has a great impact on your professional development. In addition, the education program strongly emphasizes the creation of cooperation between you and the others. In this way, every graduate finds a way in the world.
 
 
Program
- In the first bachelor's year, the emphasis is on experimentation; visual assignments concerning form, technique and material confront you with something unexpected and challenge you to discover and push back your own boundaries. In this way, you learn to deal with your own uncertainties.
 
- In the second year, you zoom in on the discipline and investigate the specific language of jewelry (tradition, value, luxury, memory, wearability, status, protection, etc.). In short, everything that refers to content and meaning.
 
- In the third year, you work mainly independently and try to determine your own position within the international professional field. At this point, you have already developed an authentic visual language with your own signature.
 
BA1 = imagination.
BA2 = imagination + meaning.
BA3 = imagination + meaning + relevance.

Coaches: Hilde van Der Heyden, Hilde De Decker, Ludovik Colpaert, Saskia Van der Gucht, Saskia van Es


Language of instruction: Dutch, required language level: B2 
Entry requirements: Students from the Netherlands must be in possession of a VWO or propaedeutic degree.
Fee: https://www.kdg.be/hoeveel-kost-studeren / https://www.sintlucasantwerpen.be/en/english-programmes/
One semester exchange program: https://www.sintlucasantwerpen.be/en/one-semester-art-exchange-programmes/


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Picture: Tieke Scheerlinck - object - precious people – 2020 (picture Rikki Siebens).

Master in Visual Arts in a Jewellery Context

20Sep2022 - 30Jun2023
Application
Tags:  MADegree ,  CriticalThinking ,  Research
Management person:  Regs Herygers

Master project in Art, Design, and Image in a jewelry context in English

Contact Reg Herygers for late applications: reg.herygers@kdg.be

In your artistic practice you investigate the specificity of jewelry. You do this through a process-oriented way of working where research and experimentation are sources of inspiration. Analysis and reflection, the further development of practical skills and the theoretical discourse on what is alive within the field contribute to the development of your own research methodology. An articulated, multidisciplinary elaboration is encouraged as a result. In addition, you determine in which cultural-social environment your jewelry functions and you know how to capture the references from which this specific, subject-related context derives its meaning. Ideally, you will take up your own position in this context.

In the master’s thesis, the internship abroad is a central training component that has a great impact on your professional development. It takes place at an international institute, gallery or museum that matches your artistic practice. The internship is already prepared in the third bachelor year or premaster studio: you look for a suitable organization or exhibition platform where you will be part of the existing team for a few weeks. It is an excellent opportunity to gain insight into the communication and all business and organizational aspects that 'publishing' a piece of jewelry or object - in any form - entails. In addition, you will build an international network that is necessary to further professionalize your own artistic practice in the future.

Coaches: Hilde De Decker

This context is offered in Dutch and English and is open to all artistic disciplines.

Hilde De Decker: “As a teacher I like a no-nonsense approach; it requires some maturity from the student but at the same time gives you a clear insight into your own practice. We do this together, tailor-made for the student, because it is important to map out each student's individual motives for making art. Only if you know your own sources, you can start your own artistic practice. No endless discussions during the coaching; your questions are always reflected back so that you are forced to look for the essence of your own making and thinking. Discovering your personal motives also helps you to make larger connections. This can help you in the professionalization of your practice, we will search in depth for a suitable internship. In this way you will gain insight into what might benefit your development and you will look for a challenging environment that stimulates your development.”

For more content information, please contact hilde.dedecker.1@kdg.be



English Program Master Jewelry Design:
Master project in Art, Design, and Image in a jewelry context * 30 credits.
A sustainable career in Jewelry Design * 3 credits.
Self-organization and self-orientation * 6 credits.
Academic Paper * 9 credits.

2 optional Theory and Reflection courses:
Sociology of creative industries * 6 credits.
Art & Design in the Anthropocene * 6 credits.
Critical aesthetic theories * 6 credits.
Narrative strategies in art and design * 6 credits.
Digital Cultures * 6 credits.

Fees: Our tuition fee for the 2022-2023 academic year for a full program (60 credits) is:

• 6383 euro for non-EEA students
  • 1277 euro (fixed amount) + 85,1 euro per credit
• 979,6 euro for EEA students
  • 253,6 euro (fixed amount) + 12,1 euro per credit

Online registration: https://registratie.kdg.be/?Academiejaar=2022-23&SoortOpleiding=16&Structuur=1320


EEA or non-EEA?

• European Educational Area: including all 27 EU-member states + Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

Admission interviews Master
10 March 2022 – Belgian diploma / Non-EEA nationality and non-EEA diploma.
Deadline for registration: 1 March/deadline for handing in assignments: 3 March.
9 June 2022 – Belgian diploma / EEA nationality + no Belgian diploma.
Deadline for registration: 30 May/deadline for handing in assignments: 3 June.
16 June 2022 – Belgian diploma & EEA nationality.
Deadline for registration: 16 June / / deadline for handing in assignments: 21 June.


Picture: Kaouter Zaïr - image – one opal through 7 peepholes – 2021. (Quote from the book ‘Anne of Geierstein’ by Walter Scott).