| CODE | ACR5004 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Studio Inquiry 2 | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Students attending this team-taught study-unit will achieve advanced competence in professional artistic practice by developing individual work and ideas and by employing a variety of two-dimensional and digital media. They will engage in drawing, painting, printmaking, digital art and photography and pursue their individual ideas in a more defined final project. The study-unit contributes to a strong awareness of the students' identities as artist teachers by placing an emphasis on a breadth of skills as well as concentrated research in an independent field of study leading to the final project. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to: - Assist students in developing new work in a range of processes and techniques in drawing, painting, printmaking, digital art and photography; - Assist students in consolidating practical work by researching a final project that includes written and visual reflection; - Encourage students to draw on the work of other artists and contemporary artistic practices; - Encourage students to engage in creative practices and experiences that will complement their studies in art education and teaching practicum. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - examine and identify techniques and materials used in drawing, painting, digital art, printmaking and photography; - critically discuss artistic and social sources of inspiration and analyse one's artistic processes, intentions and decisions; - identify different methods of conducting artistic research; - define a self-directed artistic position in the context of contemporary artistic practices and art education. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - make new work that demonstrates fluency in the use of a range of 2D and digital media; - isolate and apply the most appropriate methods and processes in the realisation of a body of artistic work; - initiate, complete and communicate the final project; - explain artistic, contextual and other stimuli evident in work in different 2D media and the final project; - relate personal work to that of other artists' and critical theory. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Bright, S. (2005) Art photography now, Thames and Hudson. - Leavy, P. (2009) Method meets Art: Art-based research practice, Guilford Publications. - Macleod, K. & Holdridge, L. (2006) (eds) Thinking through Art: reflections on art as research, Routledge. - Sullivan, G. (2005) Art Practice as Research: Inquiry in the Visual Arts, Sage. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Patrick Fenech Peter Portelli Jesmond Vassallo Raphael Vella (Co-ord.) Robert Zahra |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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