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Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA)

Professor Alan Marsden, Director of LICA, welcomes you to Lancaster University

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Undergraduate Study

Our specialist degree courses are characterised by close links between practice and theory. We offer opportunities for an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach, which blurs traditional boundaries.

Degrees in Fine Art

Degrees in Design

Degrees in Theatre

Degrees in Film

Degrees in Architecture

Postgraduate Study

LICA offers discipline-oriented or interdisciplinary masters that blur traditional boundaries and explore links between theory and practice. We also provide opportunities to undertake doctoral study supported by world-leading researchers and active arts practitioners.

Masters Study

PhD Study

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Research

Research

LICA is committed to leading interdisciplinary and international research in contemporary arts and rigorous enquiry into the relationship between creative practice, theory and criticism.

Imagination

ImaginationLancaster is an open and exploratory design research lab which conducts applied and theoretical research into people, products, places and their interactions.

Cultures

Creative Cultures and Contexts (Cultures) features scholars who carry research into the history and theory of Fine Art, Dance, Theatre and Performance, Film, Digital Art and Design.

Practices

The Centre for Practice features scholars pursuing research-based practice across the disciplines of Art, Design, Film, and Performance.

Facilities

LICA Facilities

Lancaster Arts

News

New Art Club’s dance, theatre and comedy show ‘Cupid’s Revenge’

Lancaster Arts launches autumn season

Lancaster Arts announces a season of live arts events this autumn continuing their on-going theme of water, focussing on the environmental crisis we are facing.
Brightly coloured image of Lancaster city Centre at night

Something’s happening here!

A unique street party in Lancaster entitled ‘Something’s Happening Here’ marks the start of an exciting three-year cultural programme ‘Mill Race: Flow of Change’, overseen by Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University, explores the past, present, and imagined future of the ‘Mill Race’ area of Lancaster

 
A blue telescope in Morecambe overlooking the bay which provided the inspiration for the project

Morecambe Bay Timescapes: engaging young people in visualising coastal futures

Local high school and college students will work with Lancaster University researchers in design, computing, and environmental science to create visualisations of local coastal ‘pasts and futures’.
Tess Baxter sitting at her desk with three small pieces of artwork in the foreground

International innovation award for Lancaster University contemporary art student

A Lancaster University PhD Student and video artist has received international recognition for her work this month.

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