FULL-TIME
Full Studio Arts Program
+ Art Therapy
Reservation fee: 490€
Remaining fee: 1.105€
Total fees: 1.595€
Introducing our new Studio Arts and Art Therapy packs
The Metàfora Studio Arts Program is more flexible than ever. Students can now choose:
- For how long they would like to stay (from 4 weeks to 3 years)
- A schedule between Full-Time and 2 Part-Time formats
- If they would to incorporate an introduction to Art Therapy course to their studies.
Easy Application
Fill in this form to apply for your course, or email msa@metafora.org for guidance during the application process.
Metàfora will contact all students applying for the Full-Time Program and the Part-Time Practice & Discourse option for an online brief interview upon enrollment. This is to confirm the student’s entry level (foundation, intermediate or advanced).
An interview is not required for students enrolling in the Part-Time Art+Techniques and Art Therapy introduction course.
Start the Application Process
3 Pack to choose from
PACK 1:
FULL-TIME
Full Studio Arts Program
+ Art Therapy
Includes a total of 5 days of art therapy classes + 6/7 weeks of classes in tools and techniques. In addition students have an individual studio space for making artwork outside class hours, weekly tutorials, off-campus exhibitions and presentations (with group crits)
PACK 2:
PART-TIME
Art+Techniques
+ Art Therapy
Includes a total of 5 days of art therapy classes + 3-4 weeks of Tools & Techniques classes in a part time format.
PACK 3:
PART-TIME
Practice & Discourse
+ Art Therapy
Includes a total of 5 days of art therapy classes + weekly tutorials, workshop and presentations (group crits) during 6/7 weeks in a part time format.
Practical information
Dates:
- Art Therapy introduction
10th of January – 15th of February 2023
- PACK 1: Full-Time MSA option
16th of January – 22nd of February 2023 - PACK 2: Part-Time Practice & Discourse option
16th of January – 22nd of February 2023 - PACK 3: Part-Time Art+Techniques option
16th of January – 10th of February 2023
Get a discount of over 20% compared to taking both courses separately!
| TYPOLOGY: Studio Arts & Art Therapy Course | DATES: 10th of January to 10th/22nd of February 2023 |
| MODALITY: On-site | DURATION: From 5 to 7 weeks |
| CREDITS: 5 or 7 ECTS depending on the package choosen | LANGUAGE: English |
| PROGRAM: Monday to Friday plus one weekend | ACCESS REQUIREMENTS: Different fields and levels |
| PRICE: From 885€ | LOCATION: Papin 29, Barcelona |
A typical week
Course structure:
- 1st week: Art Therapy course
- Central weeks: MSA (Full-Time / both Part-Time options)
- Last week: MSA (Full-Time / Part-Time Practice & Discourse option only) + option to join the MSA students’ art trip to Madrid at a reduced price (subject to availability)
Course contents
METÀFORA STUDIO ARTS PROGRAM
MSA
PRACTICE & DISCOURSE
WEEKLY TUTORIALS
Every week students on the Full-Time and Practice & Discourse Part-Time options have weekly tutorials with Metàfora’s experienced In-house Tutors, who are also established artist professionals themselves.
RECENT ART HISTORY
Every week we expose the student to different currents in Recent Art History. These lectures are followed by dynamic debate-seminars where students are encouraged to build a personal discourse informed by what is happening today in Contemporary Art.
ARTWORK PRESENTATIONS
Every Studio Block starts with a new theme-based project. The idea behind this is to help the individual studio-practice of every student. Each theme-based project ends with a work review where students present the work produced.
ART+TECHNIQUES
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES / “THINKING AND MAKING” WORKSHOPS
Every Studio Block offers a series of programmed classes in different tools & techniques, covering common techniques within graphic expression such as painting as well as 3 dimensional work.
ART THERAPY CLASSES
AT
CASE PRESENTATIONS
There are case presentations of the course tutors’ clinical work with different clients. Alongside this presentations, workshops are an excellent occasion to see how creative methods are practically applied in Art Therapy, and how art therapy is implemented with different user groups.
EXPERIENTIAL ART THERAPY GROUPS
The best way to learn art therapy is from within. Experiential groups, or “training groups”, are the essence of art therapy training around the globe, and form the space in which the different teachings of the course become truly meaningful. Our methodology is based on specific ideas about the dynamics of groups in which art is used as a tool. As this type of group is similar to a therapy group, this allows the student to experience this aspect of an Art Therapy career from the participant’s perspective.
ART THERAPY THEORY
The importance of the art making process entered the art scene for the first time in the early 60’s, soon afterwards Art Therapy also pointed at the art making process as a relevant element of the art experience. Ever since the creative process has become an essential part of any art training.
The course offers both a number of theoretical classes run by art therapists and psychologists. Here, the main concepts of process work is distilled from Art Therapy and psychology.
Credits and Diploma
Metàfora is an independent institution, however, its Studio Arts Program operate according to habitual university-level accreditation norms. Short term students can request a detailed transcript by the end of their stay. The transcript is issued only to students whose attendance to the course complies with formal attendance-indications.
The transcript reflects hours (ECTS credits) and grades of all the classes which the student has attended. The transcript also reflects studio work and programmed activities like Art History and presentations.
Credits are calculated according to ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), where 1 ECTS credit equals 25 hours of the sum of lective hours + homework. As in all universities and schools for further education in Europe, a full time academic year counts 60 ECTS. This includes all education activities, individual studio practice, writing and academic work, exhibiting and preparing final dissertation (3rd year project).
Classes, for which the student has been absent for more than 20% will not appear in the transcript.
Fees
Places for the course are limited. A spot in the course is not guaranteed until payment is made. The course fees are paid at different moments and are divided into different concepts:
- Reservation fee is due upon admission
- Remaining Fees are due 2 weeks prior to the start of the course
These packages entail a significant discount of over 20% with respect to taking both courses separately.
PART-TIME
Art+Techniques
+ Art Therapy
Reservation fee: 490€
Remaining fee: 395€
Total fees: 885€
PART-TIME
Practice & Discourse
+ Art Therapy
Reservation fee: 490€
Remaining fee: 505€
Total fees: 995€