Exeter College and my department. The department provides equipment, lectures, tutorials and gallery space to exhibit students' work. It also has a continuous stream of visiting artists and lecturers who give students practical tutorials. It is the hectic balance between work and play that makes Oxford such a stimulating place to study. The stress here is on developing students' visual language and finding the best medium to express their creativity.
Students can specialise in painting, sculpture, performance film, video and many other media.
The workload here is demanding but rewarding, making the Ruskin School an exciting place to do a degree in Fine Art. The aims of the Fine Art course are to educate high-quality students who are equipped to become artists, by providing a curriculum which is relevant to the contemporary art world, or who are equipped to pursue other related careers after graduation having experienced a learning environment which encourages students to reach their full potential, personally and academically. The teaching of drawing and fine art at Oxford dates from 1871, when John Ruskin endowed a trust to provide for the establishment of the Ruskin Mastership of Drawing. The Bachelor of Fine Art degree was introduced in 1978, and with effect from 1st October 1991 became a classified Honours degree. The School, housed in a fine 19th century building on the High Street, is the main base for the painting studios, the administration and the library.