Module manager: Dr Anna Douglas
Email: a.f.douglas@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as a discovery module
In this module you will be introduced to a range of concepts, materials and methods that are relevant to contemporary art making. Through studio sessions, technical workshops, professional practice activities and field trips you will explore different approaches to art practice and consider the variety of roles artists might assume today. You will have opportunities to experiment with a range of media and present your work in group contexts, extending your experience of exhibition practices and technical installation.
The learning activities in Introduction to Practice encourage you to develop innovative and experimental approaches to art making. A variety of technical processes and conceptual approaches are introduced to enable you to initiate your own creative responses and develop as an independent artist. Professional practice activities aim to build awareness of the structures and networks that support contemporary art practice and the wider contexts in which art making takes place.
On successful completion of the module you will be able to:
1: Demonstrate creative risk taking, responding to a range of concepts, materials, and methods within a contemporary fine art context.
2: Recognise the diverse ways an artist can practice in society today.
3: Utilise relevant research and analysis skills, including material research, to support and extend practice-based responses.
4: Effectively communicate ideas in group contexts through methods of making, installation, and presentation formats.
5. Develop independent aspirations as artists and researchers and identify personal competencies to achieve these.
6. Demonstrate active learning, the ability to learn through practice, learning proactively and adopting effective learning strategies.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Fieldwork | 1 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Fieldwork | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Lecture | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Practical | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| Seminar | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Seminar | 20 | 2 | 40 |
| Private study hours | 325 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 75 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 400 | ||
Student progress is monitored through individual and group feedback in the context of studio groups, and the exhibition/display of practical work.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Portfolio | 90 |
| Coursework | Written work | 10 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
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Last updated: 30/04/2025
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