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2014/15 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ARTF1020 Studio Work

40 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Simon Lewandowski
Email: s.lewandowski@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2014/15

Pre-requisite qualifications

Portfolio of work and A,B,B A levels or equivalent

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- engage with the complex nature of contemporary art practices, in a variety of media, and to bring to bear their critical and analytical skills on these;
- examine the histories and traditions of this practice to assist in situating themselves within the contemporary art world;
- develop personal studio work, monitor the development of this work and understand their role in its dissemination.

Learning outcomes
On completion of the year students should have provided evidence of being able to demonstrate:
- An understanding of key concepts and formal approaches to art making so that individual entry points into the complex nature of contemporary art practices are identified.
- An awareness of the critical appraisal of fine art practices within contemporary discourse and its historical precedents.
- An understanding of how this critical discourse informs the productive fusion of theoretical rigour and expressive speculation in resolved practice based studio work.
- An ability to identify and evaluate the appropriate use of different materials, processes and environments in approaches to problem solving, independently and /or collaboratively, associated with fine art practices.
- An ability to communicate critical reflection on their work and locate this in a contextual framework of fine art contemporary practice.
- An ability to structure a coherent, simple and critically- informed argument in oral and written forms.
- An appreciation of strengths and weaknesses as independent learners
- An ability to show initiative and resourcefulness in the planning and resolution of, set and/or self-initiated, projects.

Skills outcomes
- Verbal and written fluency in constructing a logical and coherent argument
- Use of audio visual aids
- Participation in group discussions
- Co-ordination and dissemination of a range of historical, contextual visual information.
- Using bibliographies and databases.
- Practical making skills appropriate to relevant studio practice.
- Use of appropriate equipment relevant to studio practice.


Syllabus

Studio work; students on the module are divided into three groups, each with dedicated studio space for the year. For the first 15 weeks the three core module tutors work for 5 weeks with each group in turn on a series of projects determined by the tutors in response to the module objectives and to the particular needs and development of the student cohort. Tutors will meet with students at least twice weekly as a group or, occasionally, individually; they will also deliver occasional workshop teaching in their own specialist research and professional areas; the latter form part of a rolling programme of medium-specific workshop teaching which will be delivered throughout the year, with core tutors joined by other School Staff and outside specialists where appropriate.

Formative assessments take place in weeks 5 and 10. For the remainder of the year students will work on briefs determined individually and/or in small groups in consultation with tutors with a final assessment at the end of semester 2.

Students must also engage with a series of lectures, seminars, tutorials and visiting speakers throughout the programme which contributes to the discussions around contemporary art practice. Field trips, as determined by the studio staff, to attend exhibitions, galleries, or fine art fairs will regularly form part of the syllabus.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Studio Time227.00154.00
Lecture202.0020.00
Private study hours226.00
Total Contact hours174.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)400.00

Private study

Developing personal studio and group project work as appropriate, in the studios/workshops.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Studio progress is monitored continuously and attendance registers for seminars, tutorials and workshop inductions kept;
- Display of practical work at the end of each project block (4).

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
PracticalDisplay/presentation of practical work in appropriate form25.00
PracticalDisplay/ presentation of practical work in appropriate form25.00
PracticalDisplay/ presentation of practical work in appropriate50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

While coursework might include aspects of some or all of the following, these will vary across the cohort in according to different modes and pathways of practice pursued by students: Project report, Group project, Verbal presentation, Poster presentation, Practical, Reflective log, Practical, Tutorial performance, Portfolio

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 27/04/2015

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