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Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA)

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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

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Lancaster Arts

News

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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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Lancaster researchers showcase work at prestigious global conference

Researchers from Lancaster University have demonstrated their work at a prestigious international computing conference.
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Presence

Gerry Davies, Senior Lecturer, LICA, was invited to speak on drawing at an international conference at the National Art School in Sydney (NAS). 

 
JJ Chan

What Do We Know Anyway?

What do we know (anyway)? is a series of eventful public gatherings taking place across a week, which pull together aspects of JJ's practice, and situates them within the context of Bloc Projects, Sheffield. An exhibition in the gallery serves to name and foreground some of the figures who have differently made their mark on the artist’s practice.

Five lecturers from Fine Art in the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts have been invited to participate. 

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