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Studying art

  • ‘It was hard not to notice the people getting good marks were those with the nicest equipment.’

    Is studying the arts the preserve of the middle classes?

    From equipment to connections, working-class students appear to be at a disadvantage to their more privileged peers
  • In the arts, rejection in ‘just part of the job’.

    'I allow myself a mini-wallow': how to handle rejection in the arts

    Knock-backs are normal when starting out in the industry. Here, the pros share their advice for dealing with them
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    Students' end-of-year artwork 2018 – in pictures

    We asked you to share your summer term paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures. Here are some of our favourites
  • ‘Some people will take you for a mug. Don’t let them.’

    Creative careers: is it ever worth working for 'exposure'?

    Freelancers explain where to draw the line on unpaid projects
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    Students' end-of-year artwork 2018 – your entries so far

    We asked you to share your end-of-year artwork. Here is a small selection of the hundreds of contributions we’ve received so far
  • Malaika Shaw was a winner of the PRS Foundation’s Women Make Music fund.

    Female graduates are dropping out of the arts. What's the solution?

    Mentoring schemes offer young women artists the confidence to thrive in a male-dominated industry – and they’re starting to show results
  • We’ll compile our favourite pieces in an online gallery.

    Art students: send us your summer term artwork

    We want to showcase your portfolio highlights from the last year
  • ‘If you create something that people want, you will be discovered.’

    Outsider art: what students can learn from self-taught artists

    A growing number of artists are eschewing a formal education and using social media to find a new audience for their work
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    Students' end-of-year artwork 2017 – in pictures

    We asked you to share your paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures. Here are some of our favourites
  • We’ll compile our favourite artwork in an online gallery.

    Art students: share your end-of-year artwork

    We want share your portfolio highlights from the last year
  • “Lola” (Mixed media on canvas, 100 x 150 cm) by Valeria Savchits, 23, studying visual arts at the University of Salford.

    Students' end-of-year artwork 2016 - your entries so far

    As part of our Students Express series, we asked you to share your end-of-year artwork. Here is a small selection of the hundreds of contributions we’ve received so far
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    Art students: our picks from your portfolios

    We asked art students to send us the pieces from their portfolio they’re proudest of. Here’s a selection of the hundreds of entries we recieved
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    Back to the drawing board: the crafty art students rejecting digital

    Against the backdrop of the 3D printing revolution, today’s art students are leading a revival of traditional techniques
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    Meet the creative graduates blazing their own path to success

    Arts students tend to be unconventional thinkers. Little wonder they often do well in business
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    Art students: send us your portfolio highlights

  • Portfolio jigsaw puzzle

    Art students: make an impression with the perfect portfolio

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