Contemporary Arts
Faculty of Arts
Program Overview
The Bachelor's program in Contemporary Arts is grounded in a profound understanding of art as a cognitive practice and a complex human experience, where aesthetic, cultural, and social dimensions intersect. The program provides students with an integrated educational environment based on the dynamic interaction between artistic practice and theoretical and historical grounding, enabling students to develop their own visual language and build a critical artistic vision.
The program focuses on equipping students with advanced technical and intellectual skills through engagement in diverse multimedia artistic practices, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video art, and installation art. This diversity extends beyond technical training to create an open space for experimentation, rethinking the boundaries of artistic media, and exploring new relationships between art, space, the self, and society.
The program also includes theoretical courses that deepen students' understanding of art history, art criticism, and aesthetic appreciation, with particular emphasis on analyzing Palestinian and global art movements within their cultural, social, and political contexts. Through this, students acquire analytical and critical tools that enable them to read artworks as cultural discourse and produce artworks that engage meaningfully with their environment. The program culminates in preparing a professional artistic portfolio that reflects the student's artistic development and qualifies them to enter the art field.
Admission Requirements
Program Mission
The Bachelor of Contemporary Arts program is founded on a vision that regards art as a cognitive and critical practice transcending mere aesthetic expression — becoming a tool for meaning-making, interpreting reality, and contributing to cultural and social awareness. The program aims to prepare graduates with advanced artistic competence, critical analytical abilities, and deep awareness of the relationship between art and its cultural, political, and social contexts, particularly within the Palestinian context.
Artistic & Creative Formation: Enabling students to develop contemporary multimedia artistic practices that reflect authentic individual visions, responding to aesthetic and intellectual transformations in contemporary art, while fostering a spirit of experimentation and openness to innovative techniques and approaches.
Critical & Intellectual Dimension: Building a solid theoretical foundation enabling students to analyze artworks, understand art history and movements, and deconstruct visual discourses within their cultural and social contexts, enhancing their capacity to produce critical artistic knowledge.
Artistic Research & Experimentation: Encouraging students to develop research-based artistic projects that combine practice with theoretical reflection, exploring themes of identity, memory, body, and place through contemporary artistic approaches.
Cultural & Community Responsibility: Preparing graduates capable of employing art as a medium for social engagement, contributing to aesthetic awareness, and launching artistic and cultural initiatives that advance the Palestinian artistic scene.
Career Opportunities
- The program prepares graduates for diverse professional fields combining artistic creativity, cultural work, and academic practice, including:
- Independent artistic practice: Working as a professional artist in contemporary arts, with the capacity to develop individual or collaborative projects and participate in local and international exhibitions.
- Art education: Teaching in schools, educational institutions, and cultural centers, contributing to the development of art education curricula and methods.
- Art project management and curation: Organizing exhibitions and artistic events, managing cultural programs, and coordinating with artistic and cultural institutions.
- Work in cultural and artistic institutions: Engaging with museums, cultural centers, NGOs, and artistic institutions in production, artistic supervision, and cultural development.
- Art criticism and cultural writing: Producing critical and analytical content for journals and cultural platforms, contributing to the construction of contemporary critical artistic discourse.
- Community-based art practices: Developing socially engaged artistic initiatives that promote aesthetic awareness and empower diverse communities in artistic expression.
Tuition & Fees
All amounts in Israeli Shekels (₪).
| Fee | Amount (₪) |
|---|---|
| Regular semester registration fee | ₪250 |
| Summer semester registration fee | ₪125 |
| Regular semester services fee | ₪140 |
| Summer semester services fee | ₪70 |
| Credit hour fee | ₪220 |
| Graduation fee (one-time) | ₪110 |
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