2016/17 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ARTF3061 Studio Work (Option B)

40 creditsClass Size: 50

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

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

Year running 2016/17

Pre-requisite qualifications

Successful completion of Level 2, BA (Hons) Fine Art (A facility and interest in developing a fine-art practice informed by parallel explorations in history and theory.)

Pre-requisites

ARTF2040

Studio Work

Co-requisites

ARTF3080

Practice in Context

This module is mutually exclusive with

ARTF3062

Studio Work

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Option B is designed for students who are especially interested in intersections of theory, history, and art practice and want to make this an important and explicit focus in their final year of study. The aim is for students to develop their studio practice alongside a greater awareness of, and the ability to articulate critically, the role of research within the creative process. Through independent research the aim is to build a strong individual methodology that develops students' own art practice in relation to appropriate theoretical and historical concerns.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- continue to build upon, consolidate and be able to critically apply skills learned in the previous module (ARTF2040);
- continue to engage further with the complex nature of contemporary art practices, in a variety of media, and to highly develop their critical and analytical skills;
- critically examine the histories and traditions of their practice in order to locate themselves within contemporary art practice and historical context;
- establish a body of personal studio work and apply critical skills in the presentation of this as an exhibition.

Learning outcomes
- A sound understanding of a coherent and detailed subject knowledge and professional competency in relation to highly individual responses and engagement within the complex nature of contemporary art practices.
- A consolidated examination of the histories (social and cultural) and traditions that firmly locate the individuals practice within a historical continuum and broad contextual framework, which includes the expanded definition of fine art practice.
- A comprehensive understanding of how this critical discourse informs the productive fusion of theoretical rigour and expressive speculation in ambitious, refined and fully resolved practice based studio work.
- A refined ability to identify and evaluate the most appropriate use of different materials, processes and environments in approaches to problem solving, independently and / or collaboratively, associated with an emerging individual practice.
- An ability to effectively communicate a highly critical reflection on their work and locate this in an expanded contextual framework of fine art contemporary practice.
- An understanding of the principles of a 'deep approach to learning' and to adopt strategies and methodologies to appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity, unfamiliarity and limitations of knowledge in developing new concepts for individual fine art practice.
- An ability to structure a highly coherent critically informed, articulate and reasoned argument in oral and written forms.
- An ability to deploy knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and execute and extended body of work in relation to and interaction between established intentions, processes, outcomes and context(s).
- An ability to display and activate effective interpersonal skills through collaboration, collective endeavour and negotiation.
- An ability to show initiative and resourcefulness in the planning and resolution of self-initiated projects and be entrepreneurial as independent learners and emerging professional practitioners.

Skills Outcomes
- Developing proficiency and confidence in the use of chosen media for the production and dissemination of practical work
- Verbal and written fluency in constructing a logical and coherent argument
- Engaging participation in group discussions and projects
- Co-ordination and dissemination of a range of historical, contextual visual information
- Appropriate and effective research skills.

Skills outcomes
Production of art works and portfolio documentation indicative of aesthetic and scholarly interrogation
Effective Research
Critical Analysis
An understanding of fine-art practice in relation to contemporary art and the historical continuum

Syllabus

Teaching Methods
- Studio time incorporates a range of delivery methods including: module meetings / seminars / presentations/ studio critiques / reviews / project work / tutorials and practical workshops.
- Lectures are represented by visiting artist talks.
- Studio and Practical hours are represented by total contact hours for number of staff x number of groups

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Studio Time	22	6.00	132.00
Lecture	20	2.00	40.00
Seminar	22	2.00	44.00
Tutorial	12	2.00	24.00
Private study hours			160.00
Total Contact hours			240.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			400.00

Private study

Using skills developed at Levels One and Two, students will establish a body of studio work and portfolio that evidences research into relevant areas of art practice alongside their chosen modules in History of Art and Cultural Studies. This research may be carried out through university, UK and global library resources and networks, visits to galleries, museums and collections, and through interviews with first- and second-hand sources.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Studio progress is monitored continuously and attendance registers for seminars, tutorials and workshop inductions kept.
Formal midyear review of studio practice, where formative evaluation is provided in feedback sheet with follow up tutorial.
Individual and group tutorials throughout and leading up to the presentation of practical work for public degree exhibition.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	Degree Show	50.00
Portfolio	Fine Art Portfolio	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 31/03/2016

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