Illustration: Authorial Practice MA

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You’ll be taught and supported by practising illustrators and published writers with experience in areas like exhibiting work, running publishing houses, leading poetry festivals, and working with companies like Puffin, Macmillan, Heinemann, Scholastic and the Sunday Times.

Our Illustration MA graduates have harnessed their developed practice, enterprise and entrepreneurial skills to find success in a range of creative sectors including; publishing, reportage, e-learning, residencies, art collectives, film and theatre, self and independent publishing and education.

Alumni have produced work for the likes of MacMillan, Kingfisher, Polar Bear Music Prize, Fantagraphics, Blankslate and Editions Memo; offered art direction for Penguin and Little Brown; joined collectives such as We Colonised the Moon, Tara Books and Kekien Collective; taken up residencies with Women’s Studio Workshop, The Bauhaus Print Studio and The Full Dome (California); accepted teaching posts with universities, from Manchester to Tuluca; started independent publishers including Pirrip Press, Atlantic Press and Guillemot Press, and undertaken PhD’s.

About applying to this course

After applying you'll need to send us a study proposal (300-500 words), outlining a loose area of interest / research / practice. You can include samples of work or a link to your website or blog to support your proposal. Your study proposal should describe the kind of project you'd like to undertake and how you want to develop your illustration practice.

At the interview we'll look for authorial illustration potential or capabilities, illustration ability, graphic skills, drawing skills, creative writing/storytelling potential, ideas and concepts. We can also hold a telephone or Skype interview if this isn't possible.

We ask that applicants apply with a project outline mostly to help focus thoughts to structure the discussion at interview and help accepted students hit the ground running on arrival. You don't have to be tied to your proposal for the duration of your studies. We expect that things will shift and change as you're coming into contact with new material from the course and your peers.

Once you’ve applied, you’ll receive a Falmouth Applicant Portal login, where you’ll find more details about these requirements.

Typical course costs

• A laptop will be an essential piece of equipment along with a reliable broadband connection
• Headphones are also recommended if you wish to participate in certain online sessions in the studio without disturbing others
• General art equipment: pens, pencils, brushes, scissors, cutting edge, ruler, scalpel. If you don't already own these, buying them will cost approximately £50 altogether.

If you need to bring equipment or materials with you, these will be outlined in your Welcome Letter.