The Master of Fine Arts degree in Social Practice is designed for emerging creative thinkers to develop skills in both the arts and public policy sectors during an intensive, two-year, 60-credit degree. It is meant to serve as a platform for a variety of socially engaged art and design practices. Courses are designed to set up dialogues on how creative practices can be used to produce change. This programme addresses these changing needs and facilitates a shift in thinking away from conventional ideas about where art practices are located and how work is disseminated.
Social Practice Social Practice is a term that has allegiances with a number of movements in experimental art and performance studies. The MFA in Social and Environmental Arts Practice focuses on the intersection of art and activism. If so, the MA Art and Social Practice* is ideal. The focus of social practice art shifts with the concerns of the day.

Alumni Updates . This event is the finale of our 2017 Conversation Series on Social Practice (and podcasts), which has explored a range of themes: 1. forms of collaboration in urban and regional communities, 2. the potential for risk and harm in engagement, and 3. new social economies in art and design. At their worst, contemporary social practices reinforce the idea that aesthetics trump all else: art, even unconsciously, acts within the market. The program’s blend of critical and professional practice, progressive pedagogy, collaborative social engagement, and transdisciplinary exploration produces an immersive educational environment. Specifically, it explores art in social change and the application of art as a change agent. We are happy to share news about our colleagues Jacqueline Bell and Jules Rochielle. VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM Art and Social Practice: the politics of engagement 10.30 – 5.30 Friday 13th March 2015 BG11 Building 9, Hendon Campus This exciting event will use video conferencing to bring together students, artists, lecturers and researchers from four UK universities including remote areas of Scotlands’ Highlands and Islands, plus School of the Art Institute… PSU’s Art and Social Practice MFA is a 3-year, flexible residency program that combines individual research, group work, and experiential learning. Artists in the 21st century increasingly find themselves working in participatory settings where skills in creative and social engagement are essential. The University of California at Santa Cruz will be accepting applications for our new MFA in Environmental Art and Social Practice in the fall of 2020, with the first cohort scheduled to begin in Fall 2021.

Social Practice Queens (SPQ) is a unique pedagogical experiment and educational platform that supports the integration of studio art with interdisciplinary research, community collaboration, environmental justice and critical urbanism. With support from the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, Guggenheim Social Practice explores ways in which artists, together with the museum, can initiate projects … OverviewSocially engaged practice, or social practice, uses participation, reciprocal relationships and collaborations to promote civic dialogue and investigate pressing issues of our time.This practice is also referred to as participatory art, community-based arts, situational art, social sculpture, relational aesthetics, social art practice, public practice and by other Social practice art doesn’t necessarily create more democratic exchange between art and audiences, often times it creates hierarchical distinctions between artists in art school and ordinary people with creative hobbies and interests that don’t have anything to do with an art career. VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM Art and Social Practice: the politics of engagement 10.30 – 5.30 Friday 13th March 2015 BG11 Building 9, Hendon Campus This exciting event will use video conferencing to bring together students, artists, lecturers and researchers from four UK universities including remote areas of Scotlands’ Highlands and Islands, plus School of the Art Institute… Social Practices Art Network (SPAN) is a media resource for individuals, organizations, community groups and institutions that are interested in new genre arts forms and practices.