Course image FAL110_S2_A_23: Studio Practice 2 (Double)
Fine Art
Module Code: FAL110
Academic year: 23
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L4
Location: BR

Module  Co-ordinator: Elizabeth Colley. 
Email E.colley@chi.ac.uk
Venue; Studio spaces and meeting at 10.00 AM Monday Mornings in the Painting Studio, And Wednesday afternoons at 2.00 PM in either F3 or the painting studio. See each week for venue.

This module builds upon students’ learning in Studio Practice 1 (Double) and in workshop modules, enhancing understanding of formal qualities and critical processes in visual art practice. Students also develop an increasing understanding of the relationship between studio practice and contemporary and historical contexts. Students are introduced to the importance of the integration of research and decision-making and should develop an appreciation of the process by which personal interests, ideas and issues inform practice. The module will increase the emphasis on self-direction in students’ work, leading towards the formation of a distinctive vision and practice and previewing the learning approach of Level 5 modules.
This module extends the development of work into broad areas of studio practice. Students will normally be expected to complete a studio proposal (see below), requiring the development of individual work schedule in consultation with their personal tutor, this will form the core of their curriculum. A deepening understanding of the context of practical work is enabled through reference to given and student-selected contemporary and historical examples of art practices, related to studio practice. A fuller description of the curriculum is set out in the Project (see below) together with specific requirements as project outcomes.
 
Project:  Art as Process


This semester will be based on the simple proposition that all art exists because of the processes through which it is made.  All art works must involve material processes in the making and placing of the work. To contextualise this you can think of key examples of modern or contemporary art work such as Jackson Pollock’s ‘drip’ paintings, Richard Serra’s steel sculptures, Barbara Kruger’s billboard posters etc.  These works exist indivisibly from the processes that formed them. The work you produce will be based on the idea, fundamental to all production, that the materials chosen and the method of using them constitute a creative act in itself.  This requires an experimental and exploratory approach into the inherent properties of the materials and an exploration of different methods and processes that can be used to affect them to produce outcomes.
 
 



Course image FAL100_S1_A_23: Studio Practice 1 (Double)
Fine Art
Module Code: FAL100
Academic year: 23
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L4
Location: BR

This module is an introduction for students to Fine Art studio practice, promoting an awareness of its context and expanding on skills acquired in the Workshop module.  Students are introduced to a range of practical approaches and to the importance of visual research.  The aim of the module is to develop a framework of working methods that will apply throughout the course.  The main concern is to equip students with the ability to research from primary (and secondary) visual sources and to demonstrate their ability and skill in drawing (in/from/towards) increasingly sustainable and sophisticated studio-based work. Through extended practical projects and discussion, students are encouraged to develop an explorative, and increasingly individual, sense of enquiry.  Students are also encouraged to develop a critical approach to their own work and the work of other artists, informed by investigations of contemporary and historical visual art practice. The module concentrates on formal and cultural concerns in order to equip students with the necessary framework of practice and criticism for progression onto Studio Practice 2.

The main principle of this module is to encourage; critical observation through the use of drawing/sketchbooks/ other media; an understanding of the importance of research and the development of ideas through practice.

 

The curriculum content of this module is best described with reference to the project (as set out in detail in the project brief and weekly timetable at the end of this booklet).  An understanding of the context of practical work is facilitated through discussion of contemporary and historical examples of visual artwork   related to studio practice – this is supported by a research journal. (FAL 140 and FAL120 also inform the work in the studio.) During this module students receive induction into research methods and access to information in the Learning Resources Centre.

 

Project (Example) Drawing from, Drawing in, Drawing towards

 

Stage 1 Investigate and Analyse

Stage 2 Transcribe and Respond

Stage 3 Process as Art - Research and Develop

 

Learning Strategy

Learning in this Studio Practice Module is experiential, mainly through project work.  It is supported by tuition in the form of individual and group tutorial discussion and group critiques. Studio tuition focuses on the development of formal understanding and abilities in individual decision-making and interpretation. Initial, tutor-defined projects lead to increasingly student-defined, self-directed work.  Students are expected, throughout, to inform their work with an increasing grasp of techniques and skills (informed by study in the Workshop module) and a growing understanding of context (supported by study in the Contextual Module, personal research, gallery visits, etc.). Students should work with greater independence as the module progresses.

 

Students take part in a number of study activities, typically these include:

 

¨            Practical exercises (e.g. drawing classes)

¨            Independent practical work in the studio

¨            Personal research, both visual & contextual

¨            Individual tutorials (see note below)

¨            Level 4 Tutor Group tutorials with Personal Tutor

¨            Studio Practice group tutorials & Group critiques

 

Critiques:   A timetable of critiques will be arranged, involving groups of students (sometimes from different levels).  These allow peer group learning & exchange of ideas/working practice.

 

Tutorials:   In addition to studio practice group tutorials students will be assigned a personal tutor who will work with you in individual and Level Group tutorials.

Assessment Form & De-briefing Tutorial:   An assessment form provides feedback on student assessment/progress.  This form is usually discussed in a de-briefing or ‘feedback’ tutorial after completion of the module.

 

At the conclusion of this module students should be able to:

 

Art Practice

¨            adapt and apply visual research methods

¨            develop process as a tool of experiment and enquiry

 

Critical Skills

¨            apply critical thinking to process and materials

 

Key Skills

¨            manage time to accommodate workload

¨            demonstrate solutions to set problems

¨            present work verbally and visually.

Reassessment Scheme

Weighting %

Students failing this module will be asked to develop those areas of their practice that have not met the required assessment criteria.  This new work will be assessed alongside existing work presented in the original submission.  Discussion and advice on the re-assessment task will be undertaken at a feedback tutorial with your Personal Tutor at the end of the semester.  Dates for re-assessment deadlines will be confirmed by the Exam Board.

 

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