School of Art, Margaret Street

Home of the School of Art, Margaret Street is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary educational environments in the country. This beautiful listed Venetian Gothic building is a fitting home for a stunning modern art school with light airy studios and cutting-edge technology.

Purpose-built for the study of art in 1844, Margaret Street is appropriately located in the city centre’s museum and gallery area. While retaining the original wood interiors, stained glass windows and mosaic floors, north facing studio lighting and splendid stairwells, Associated Architects designed and installed – as a part of the £5.5 million refurbishment programme in 1995 – state-of-the-art floating mezzanine levels, glass lifts, spiral staircases, darkrooms, canteen and specialist work spaces. It is a perfect marriage.

Subjects taught here:

BA (Hons) Fine Art
MA Fine Art
MA Art and Education
MA Art, Health and Well-Being
MA Contemporary Curatorial - Practices
MA Art Practice and Education
MA Digital Art in Performance
MA Queer Studies in Arts & Culture
Artist Teacher Scheme

The building has won numerous awards for the restoration of its spectacular architecture.

The School of Art also boasts:

Specialist fine art library
Bookable installation and viewing spaces
Gallery
Digital suite
Workshops – for wood, metal, plaster, fibreglass, ceramics, digital media, print and photography
Faculty archives
Café

Campus highlights

There is a range of study areas and studio spaces for students to fully research, explore and test out their ideas and we have gallery space, bookable installation and viewing spaces for students to curate exhibitions, build large-scale works, document or film work in.