Association for the PhD in the Visual Arts
The question is not whether artists should get PhD's or not -
the question we should be asking is - what will happen when they do?
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Prof. Dr. Malcom Quinn, Chelsea College of Art, London
Associate Dean of Research and Director of Graduate School for Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Graduate School,
UAL and Honorary Senior Research Associate, UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham Project
Examples of PhD's
Below are practice led, practice based and purely written thesis. In all PhD's a long written thesis is required that exhibits episteme, and constituted original new knowledge.
Would you like to link to yours? Please send an e-mail to phdvisualart at gmail dot com with the subject heading thesis link. Include information on your University, country, name, year and artist website.
PhD Art Thesis Indexes, Examples of Written and Written + Practice PhD thesis
Below is a list of thesis index sites from all over the world where you can find different projects as well as individual examples chosen at random. This section is currently being expanded. You can also try searching for examples at universities. In the UK and Australia they are also called research degrees in art or practice led / practice based PhD's.
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UAL (University of the Arts London is comprised of these art schools - Chelsea College of Art, Central St Martins, London College of Fashion, Wimbledon College of Art, London College of Communication)
British Library Index to Theses.
UC San Diego - Graduate Student Research Colloquium: https://visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/archive/20210226_researchcolloquium.html
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What is the difference between a written theoretical PhD and practice based or practice-led PhD in the Arts?
Read our forthcoming blog post on it in the blog section.
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