VISUAL ARTS MEDIA WORKSHOP F
VPA3MWF
2017
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject we develop the students' own self-direction, organization, selection, and professional utilisation of materials, processes and media; and increase students' ability to invent visual solutions to the challenges of contemporary practice in Ceramics, Painting/Drawing/Printmaking, Photography, Photojournalism or Illustration . Provided over four week blocks in each of the media, workshops and lecturer supervision of student investigations and production, with time for self-directed study. Three individual self-directed assignments, documented in a technical journal, will be developed in tandem with the students' major studies and in consultation with lecturers.
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Julia McCormick
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Construct a individual approach to your own work and the contemporary theorical or traditional context that your work relates to
- Activities:
- Presentation of exploration and other experiments in creating solutions in your work through back up work
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
02. Demonstrate the ability to analyze and contextualize either individual or collaborative artworks
- Activities:
- Produce work for reviews and assessment dates through management of assigned work.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
03. Demonstrate the research undertaken with the materials you use within your discipline
- Activities:
- Produce an art or design journal demonstrating the research, exploration and experimentation within your chosen media
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
04. Demonstrate the ways that your visual expression synthesizes ideas and concepts developed in your practice in a folio of artwork
- Activities:
- Small peer groups to discuss reviews along with selected readings
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
05. Produce a coherent body of art or design work through practice as research
- Activities:
- Develop a range of studio skills used within contemporary art or design practice to produce a personal approach to self designed assignments.
06. Reflect critically on the contemporary art or design theorical positions and their relationship with the student's own work
- Activities:
- Use oral skills to present a critical review of your studio practice.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Speaking(Speaking)
Bendigo, 2017, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Julia McCormick
Class requirements
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours workshop other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallery/Design Research documentation (400 word equivalent) | 10 | 06 | |
| Group discussions (400 word equivalent) | 10 | 04 | |
| Presentation of a coherent folio of art or design work in your discipline(1000 word equivalent) | 25 | 05 | |
| Presentation of developmental art or design works (400 word equivalent) | 10 | 01 | |
| Presentation of self designed assignments (1600 word equivalent) | 40 | 02 | |
| Workshop Research journal (200 word equivalent) | 5 | 03 |