2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ARTF1025 Studio Work ( Materiality and Process)

20 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Richard Bell
Email: r.d.bell@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

Pre-requisite qualifications

'A' Level Art – A grade / Foundation Course
Or Equivalent Portfolio

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On completion of this module students should be able to:

-engage with contemporary art practices, in a variety of media, and to bring to bear their critical and analytical skills on these;
-gain an understanding of 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
- An understanding of, and basic proficiency in, a range of media appropriate to the development of the student’s practice.
- Fluency in constructing a logical and coherent argument, verbally in writing and/or through the medium of practice.
- The confidence and knowledge to be able to participate productively in group discussions and practical projects
- The ability to co-ordinate and communicate a range of critical, contextual and visual information.
- An understanding of, and basic proficiency in, the organisational and social skills involved in the public dissemination and circulation of art practice utilising a range of platforms.

Syllabus

Weekly group meetings will help students formalize responses to projects introduced by tutors. The specific projects will relate to the tutor’s research and professional interests. In addition to this a rolling programme of medium-specific workshop teaching will be delivered throughout the module, with the module leader joined by other School Staff and outside specialists where appropriate.

These workshop sessions will help identify appropriate modes of practice that will realize individual creative concerns.
Students must also engage with a series of lectures, seminars, tutorials and visiting speakers throughout the module 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 type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Studio Time	1	6.00	6.00
Studio Time	10	2.00	20.00
Private study hours			174.00
Total Contact hours			26.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Students have access to the studios and to specialist workshops facilities during School opening hours and some evenings. Project briefs set by tutors will require appropriate blocks of studio and workshop application by the students and deadlines are calculated in relation to studentsoverall workload. Longer and more demanding medium-specific workshop teaching will be scheduled for periods where there is no timetabled teaching for this or co-requisite modules.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student progress is monitored continuously through regular group meetings and reviews of ongoing work. Attendance registers for meetings, tutorials and workshop inductions are kept. A formal review will take place mid way through the module based on presentations of practical work. These are formative and, as much as possible, student-led; they are designed to encourage students to monitor their own progress as well as providing tutors with information on students’ development and understanding of module expectations and outcomes.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	Presentation of practice in appropriate form with suppoting material	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

While coursework might include aspects of some or all of the above, these will vary across the cohort in according to different modes and pathways of practice pursued by students.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 10/08/2015

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