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Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA)

Professor Judith Mottram, 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.

Insight

Insight is a creative research centre with disciplinary bases in Fine Art, Theatre, Film, Dance and Sound. It focuses on making meaning in the arts.

Facilities

LICA Facilities

Lancaster Arts

News

Staff from the University

Massive fundraising effort brings in almost £120k for Connecting Kids initiative

A huge fundraising effort has secured £118,000 to ensure children living in households unable to afford internet or basic stationery will receive educational support and vital equipment during the Covid-19 lockdown.
‘Grey Winter Afternoon’ oil on canvas by Georgina Harris (right). The award-winning painting which explores the parallels between religious architecture and woodland landscapes

Lancaster University art student wins coveted prize

A Lancaster University fine art student is one of only eight students in the UK to win a prestigious prize.
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Lancaster research excellence recognised by prestigious international conference

Lancaster University’s excellence in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) research features strongly once again at the world’s most prestigious HCI conference.

Michael Youds with his shortlisted portrait,

Fine Art graduate shortlisted for top national prize

A former Blackburn College student, who studied the first ever year of the Lancaster University-approved BA (Hons) Fine Art degree, has been shortlisted for the National Portrait Gallery’s BP Portrait Award 2020.

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