WELCOME
Welcome to the Lancaster School of Arts Degree Show 2026, an online showcase celebrating the work of our graduating Fine Art and Film students.
The Degree Show marks the culmination of years of creative exploration, research and making. It is a time to celebrate the achievements of our students and to come together with staff, families, friends, collaborators and visitors. Alongside Fine Art and Film, the School of Arts is also home to graduating students in Theatre, Architecture, Design, English and Creative Writing.
This website brings together the work of final-year students in Fine Art and Film, offering visitors a way to explore their projects, practices and ideas. It is a space for us to present a short selection of our work, and provide links to further material, portfolios and contact details.
The website accompanies a programme of physical exhibitions and screenings taking place in Lancaster in June 2026.
The Fine Art Degree Show opens on Wednesday 17 June 2026 with a private view from 6pm to 8.30pm, followed by drinks at one of our campus bars. The exhibition then continues until Wednesday 24 June, open daily from 11am to 5pm. Work will be presented across the LICA Building, Bowland Annex and Peter Scott Gallery at Lancaster University.
Our graduating Film students will present their work through public screenings at The Dukes. Final-year dissertation films will screen on Monday 15 June at 5pm. Final-year films made on other modules will also screen on Tuesday 16 June from 2pm. During Degree Show week, the Film Degree Show Trailer will also be playing on loop in the LICA Foyer, near the main entrance.
Fine Art Degree Show
LICA Building, Bowland Annex and Peter Scott Gallery
Lancaster University
Wednesday 17 June – Wednesday 24 June 2026
Private View: Wednesday 17 June, 6pm – 8.30pm
Open daily: 11am – 5pm
Film Screenings
The Dukes, Lancaster
Monday 15 June, 5–9pm: Dissertation Film Showcase
Tuesday 16 June, 2–5pm: Film Showcase (Documentary, Experimental and Short Films)
Address
Lancaster School of Arts
The LICA Building
Lancaster University
Lancaster
LA1 4YW
United Kingdom
Fine Art Teaching Staff. Lancaster School of Arts.
It is with great pleasure and pride that we welcome you to the 2026 Fine Art Degree Show at Lancaster University’s School of Arts. In previous years, it has been customary for those of us tasked with writing an introductory statement to respond in some way to the title of the degree show. This year’s cohort, however, has broken with tradition, opting instead for the straightforward utility of ‘The Fine Art Degree Show’ as a suitably succinct title. This choice precludes the kind of etymological unpacking that has shaped introductions in the past, where degree shows were given titles such as Omnia, Coordinate, and Disruption.
This year’s graduating students began their Fine Art journey at the Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts and completed it at Lancaster University’s School of Arts. This institutional transition allows us, perhaps, to shape this year’s introduction around a broader and more generative question: what is an art school? Seventy-eight years ago, three lecturers at Black Mountain College in North Carolina were asked the same question and answered it in terms that remain central both to our teaching at Lancaster’s School of Arts and to the work produced by our students: experimentation.
For Josef Albers, experimentation encompassed all means of resisting disorder and accident. For Buckminster Fuller, it was a teleological process through which empirical truths might be discovered. For John Cage—whose definition comes closest to our own pedagogical ethos—experimentation is understood not as an act to be judged retrospectively in terms of success or failure, but as an act whose outcome remains unknown. At Lancaster, our students’ studios have functioned as laboratories: sites of experimentation in which the boundaries of materials and processes are tested, and complex ideas are translated into forms, images, texts, sounds, journeys, and encounters across a wide range of media. This experimentation does more than produce objects; it invites us to reconsider the relationships between artistic practice, critical inquiry, and the contemporary world. Perhaps now more than ever, the School of Arts is not only a place in which to rethink the contemporary world, but also a community in which to participate actively in imagining other—and better—worlds. We hope you will agree that the standard of work presented by this year’s students is a testament to the experimental character of that collective act of imagination.
Film Teaching Staff. Lancaster School of Arts.
We are delighted to welcome you to the 2026 Film Degree Show at Lancaster University’s School of Arts. This year’s showcase celebrates the creativity, critical engagement, and dedication of our graduating students across fiction, documentary, experimental cinema, and moving-image practice.
The work presented here reflects a programme that combines theoretical inquiry with creative experimentation, encouraging students to develop distinctive voices and explore film as both an artistic and critical form. These projects demonstrate a commitment to collaboration, storytelling, and innovative approaches to contemporary filmmaking.
We are incredibly proud of this year’s graduating cohort and hope you enjoy exploring their work.
The Degree Show marks the culmination of years of creative exploration, research and making. It is a time to celebrate the achievements of our students and to come together with staff, families, friends, collaborators and visitors. Alongside Fine Art and Film, the School of Arts is also home to graduating students in Theatre, Architecture, Design, English and Creative Writing.
This website brings together the work of final-year students in Fine Art and Film, offering visitors a way to explore their projects, practices and ideas. It is a space for us to present a short selection of our work, and provide links to further material, portfolios and contact details.
The website accompanies a programme of physical exhibitions and screenings taking place in Lancaster in June 2026.
The Fine Art Degree Show opens on Wednesday 17 June 2026 with a private view from 6pm to 8.30pm, followed by drinks at one of our campus bars. The exhibition then continues until Wednesday 24 June, open daily from 11am to 5pm. Work will be presented across the LICA Building, Bowland Annex and Peter Scott Gallery at Lancaster University.
Our graduating Film students will present their work through public screenings at The Dukes. Final-year dissertation films will screen on Monday 15 June at 5pm. Final-year films made on other modules will also screen on Tuesday 16 June from 2pm. During Degree Show week, the Film Degree Show Trailer will also be playing on loop in the LICA Foyer, near the main entrance.
Visit
Fine Art Degree Show
LICA Building, Bowland Annex and Peter Scott Gallery
Lancaster University
Wednesday 17 June – Wednesday 24 June 2026
Private View: Wednesday 17 June, 6pm – 8.30pm
Open daily: 11am – 5pm
Film Screenings
The Dukes, Lancaster
Monday 15 June, 5–9pm: Dissertation Film Showcase
Tuesday 16 June, 2–5pm: Film Showcase (Documentary, Experimental and Short Films)
Address
Lancaster School of Arts
The LICA Building
Lancaster University
Lancaster
LA1 4YW
United Kingdom
Fine Art Teaching Staff. Lancaster School of Arts.
It is with great pleasure and pride that we welcome you to the 2026 Fine Art Degree Show at Lancaster University’s School of Arts. In previous years, it has been customary for those of us tasked with writing an introductory statement to respond in some way to the title of the degree show. This year’s cohort, however, has broken with tradition, opting instead for the straightforward utility of ‘The Fine Art Degree Show’ as a suitably succinct title. This choice precludes the kind of etymological unpacking that has shaped introductions in the past, where degree shows were given titles such as Omnia, Coordinate, and Disruption.
This year’s graduating students began their Fine Art journey at the Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts and completed it at Lancaster University’s School of Arts. This institutional transition allows us, perhaps, to shape this year’s introduction around a broader and more generative question: what is an art school? Seventy-eight years ago, three lecturers at Black Mountain College in North Carolina were asked the same question and answered it in terms that remain central both to our teaching at Lancaster’s School of Arts and to the work produced by our students: experimentation.
For Josef Albers, experimentation encompassed all means of resisting disorder and accident. For Buckminster Fuller, it was a teleological process through which empirical truths might be discovered. For John Cage—whose definition comes closest to our own pedagogical ethos—experimentation is understood not as an act to be judged retrospectively in terms of success or failure, but as an act whose outcome remains unknown. At Lancaster, our students’ studios have functioned as laboratories: sites of experimentation in which the boundaries of materials and processes are tested, and complex ideas are translated into forms, images, texts, sounds, journeys, and encounters across a wide range of media. This experimentation does more than produce objects; it invites us to reconsider the relationships between artistic practice, critical inquiry, and the contemporary world. Perhaps now more than ever, the School of Arts is not only a place in which to rethink the contemporary world, but also a community in which to participate actively in imagining other—and better—worlds. We hope you will agree that the standard of work presented by this year’s students is a testament to the experimental character of that collective act of imagination.
Film Teaching Staff. Lancaster School of Arts.
We are delighted to welcome you to the 2026 Film Degree Show at Lancaster University’s School of Arts. This year’s showcase celebrates the creativity, critical engagement, and dedication of our graduating students across fiction, documentary, experimental cinema, and moving-image practice.
The work presented here reflects a programme that combines theoretical inquiry with creative experimentation, encouraging students to develop distinctive voices and explore film as both an artistic and critical form. These projects demonstrate a commitment to collaboration, storytelling, and innovative approaches to contemporary filmmaking.
We are incredibly proud of this year’s graduating cohort and hope you enjoy exploring their work.