(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
-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 an 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.
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- communication
- project / time management
- negotiation (through engagement with outside agencies)
- administrative (legal / ethical / safety issues)
- leadership (working in a group dynamic)
- They need to be adaptable / flexible and have initiative. They are required to build confidence through the self- promotion of their practice and exhibition (marketing)
- These transferable skills make the student highly employable
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- To consolidate and critically apply diverse range of skills learned at levels one and two;
- To fully engage with the complex nature of contemporary art practices, in a variety of media, and to develop critical and analytical skills on these;
- To establish a clear understanding of the histories and traditions of this practice to critically situate themselves within the contemporary art world;
- To consolidate personal studio work, monitor the development of this work and apply highly critical skills in the appropriate modes of distribution and presentation.
This is achieved through the:
Summative exhibition/display of practical work at the end of semester 2 (Degree Show), plus supporting material -including :
Quality documentation of on-going studio based work
Reference material on research subject
Contextualised references
Critical dialogue of practice
All work (including planning / organisation) produced for exhibition project
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