Fine Art at Brighton fosters a dynamic research culture with three key aims:

•  To nurture individual research through group appraisal
•  To promote collaborative inter-disciplinary research within the university and beyond.
• To generate networks and encourage research partnerships to a national and international level.

To do this, the Initiative is split into six interlinked topics:

• Art & Technology - studio and process-based research
• The Art Cell - inter-disciplinary research, linking art and bio-medical science
• Art & Performance - ‘live’ and audio-visual research that explores the interface between these two disciplines
• Innovation in Teaching & Learning - student placements and pedagogic collaborations
• Art in the Environment - research carried out as a response to climate change and natural phenomena
• Inclusive Arts - research collaborations with communities who, traditionally, work outside the artworld)
• Drawing Research Interest Group (DRIG) – research into expanded notions of drawing

As part of its continual development of research the group holds regular peer discussions, reviews, exhibitions, awaydays and symposia.