Arts with Community

About this programme

BA Arts with Community is a three-year programme for creative people who value the power of the arts to bring people together. Whether you are a performer, writer, musician, visual artist, dancer, storyteller, production artist or filmmaker, this programme will encourage you to develop your own artform. Studying at RCS will give you the space, time, and technique to find your voice and follow your own interests within the safe structure of the course. Students on the BA Arts with Community programme bring a wide range of experiences with them. Whether deeply experienced with community and arts contexts, or just beginning to gain inspiration, our students want to make positive creative impacts with their practice. From day one until graduation, you will work with a diverse range of artists, leaders, communities, and cultural organisations to develop your own practice playfully, creatively, and critically. Your journey will begin by experimenting in safe, structured environments, learning to challenge your assumptions, try new things, and test ideas with others. As you progress, you will focus on a specific combination of artistic disciplines and community practices to hone a specialisation in the field. By your final year, you will expand your ability to take the reins to lead your own projects and inquiries. Guided by the RCS teaching team, you will determine the best focus to support your aims and aspirations for the future. Watch our Head of Fair Access and BA Arts with Community Programme Leader, Jesse Paul, introduce this new degree programme.