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Unit of Study AAD72201 - Studio Practice I (2018)

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  • Enrolment information

    A minimum 80% attendance record for all scheduled classes is required to qualify for a passing grade.

Unit description

Offering a range of leading art processes and methods, this unit promotes the continuing conceptual development and material investigation through painting, sculpture, print and photomedia, drawing, interdisciplinary exchange, material and fabrication procedures. Studio projects are introduced based on theories of contemporary art practices, collaborative practices and individual modes of research outcomes. Students will develop inventive and sustainable solutions to a series of projects that will enable them to continue to develop a personal methodology and artistic language.

Unit content

  • Influence and strength from research in art
  • Personal expression and communication through material
  • Advanced studio procedures and skill development
  • Multi-modal understanding of art development
  • Individual projects and expression
  • Studio health and safety

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 develop a deeper level of awareness of aesthetic and technical systems and the skills related to them
2 demonstrate an ability to analyse and discuss personal and cultural influences upon artists within contemporary art practice
3 demonstrate enhanced perceptual skills and critical sensibility necessary for the development of a personal artistic expression
4 demonstrate an ability to use professional language and terminology and to undertake critical analysis
5 demonstrate a growing sophistication and ability to contextualise their work and its theoretical and material development within the field of critique
6 develop their conceptual strength in relation to the field of current art practices.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. develop a deeper level of awareness of aesthetic and technical systems and the skills related to them
    • GA7:
  2. demonstrate an ability to analyse and discuss personal and cultural influences upon artists within contemporary art practice
    • GA3:
  3. demonstrate enhanced perceptual skills and critical sensibility necessary for the development of a personal artistic expression
    • GA2:
  4. demonstrate an ability to use professional language and terminology and to undertake critical analysis
    • GA7:
  5. demonstrate a growing sophistication and ability to contextualise their work and its theoretical and material development within the field of critique
    • GA3:
  6. develop their conceptual strength in relation to the field of current art practices.
    • GA2:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.