This module supports you to disseminate the work you make to critically reflect on what you have done and to gain awareness of a broad professional context for Fine Art practice.
You will be encouraged to acquire strategic skills for planning, showing, recording and communicating work in a variety of formats, including publication and exhibition via analogue, digital and online media. By rendering and displaying practical work for peers, teaching staff and external audiences, you will gain an awareness of the importance of editing and evaluating the work you have made.
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Teaching on this module supports academic progress throughout the first year towards the establishment of a professional context for Fine Art practice. The module will make use of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Canvas for communication and dissemination of information between students and staff as well as making online learning materials available to all.
Tutor or visitor-led, individual and group sessions support students to begin to acquire the practical and cognitive skills to disseminate their work and to gain awareness of potential roles for fine art practitioners. Alongside technical inductions, mandatory subject-workshops are offered at key points during this module, promoting a range of media, themes and transferable skills.
All courses based in the Kingston School of Art offer students free access to the online video tutorial platform Lynda.com. This provides a wide range of subjects to choose from, many with downloadable exercise files, including software tutorials covering photography, graphics, web design, audio and music, CAD and Microsoft Office software, as well as courses on Business and Management skills. Some of these are embedded in the curriculum and offer additional self-paced learning, others may be taken at will by students wishing to broaden their employability skills in other areas. Students will be encouraged to use Lynda.com and other digital platforms to inform their learning, and to attend events arranged by the Employability Co-ordinator.
Core tutorials with personal tutors and optional elective tutorials with other staff members occur throughout this module, which is punctuated by artist/professional talks, practice seminars, critiques and gallery visits, all of which support students to present, curate, exhibit, write and talk about their own work and that of others.
During their Independent Learning hours, students are expected to invest in peer learning by engaging in independent studio practice alongside one another and it is expected that students keep abreast of contemporary Fine Art practice by undertaking frequent, independent gallery visits / events, on and off site.
Learning activities will include:
| Definitive UNISTATS Category | Indicative Description | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled learning and teaching | Artist/professional talks, seminars, critiques, presentations, subject workshops, tutorials, visits | 100 |
| Guided independent study | Planning, curation and further exhibition visits and studio practice | 200 |
| Total (number of credits x 10) | 300 | |
Formative Assessment: Mid module review constitutes a display of work, accompanied by a brief verbal presentation and a draft digital publication. Notes will be recorded by staff and students and consolidated on a feedback form, to be filled in by students during feedback tutorial. Formative assessment is further augmented by regular Feed forward tutorials.
Summative Assessment: The final summative assessment will comprise of an exhibition of selected work, a digital publication and a Critical Statement (600 words) in a pro forma provided on the VLE.
Group work will not be assessed. It is a method through which students learn, the results of which are integrated back in to individual practice. However, the student's reflection on this process may well be included in the work which is submitted for assessment.
Achievement of Module Learning Outcomes are assessed using the following Assessment Criteria:
Experimentation: Testing of thinking through making, risk-taking and problem-solving.
Analysis: Critical examination of context and interpretation of individual and related work.
Communication: Realisation of intentions and skill in appropriate media
Personal & Professional Development: Planning, time-management, commitment and subject engagement.
| Learning Outcome | Assessment Strategy |
|---|---|
| 1. Demonstrate that they have established an awareness of a range of methods for disseminating fine art practice, with an ability to test their thinking. (Experimentation) | Formative assessment: Mid module review, followed by feedback tutorial where student takes notes. Summative assessment: Exhibition, Digital publication, Critical Statement. |
| 2. Begin to examine a contemporary practical and theoretical context for disseminating fine art practice in the public realm. (Analysis) | Formative assessment: Mid module review, followed by feedback tutorial where student takes notes. Summative assessment: Exhibition, Digital publication, Critical Statement. |
| 3. Begin to communicate their ideas in a variety of contexts by identifying skills in appropriate media. (Communication) | Formative assessment: Mid module review, followed by feedback tutorial where student takes notes. Summative assessment: Exhibition, Digital publication, Critical Statement. |
| 4. Make use of teaching and learning resources to begin to disseminate a fine art practice, working individually and as part of a group. (Personal & Professional Development) | Formative assessment: Mid module review, followed by feedback tutorial where student takes notes. Summative assessment: Exhibition, Digital publication, Critical Statement. |
| Description of Assessment | Definitive UNISTATS Categories | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Exhibition, Digital publication, Critical Statement | Coursework | 100% |
| Total (to equal 100%) | 100% | |
It IS a requirement that the element of assessment is passed in order to achieve an overall pass for the module.
O'Doherty, B. and McEvilley, T. (2000) Inside the white cube: The ideology of the gallery space. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Steeds, L. (ed.) (2014) Steeds, L. (ed.) (2014) Exhibition. United Kingdom: Whitechapel Gallery.
Bishop, C. (ed.) (2006) Participation: Documents of contemporary art; Ed. By Claire Bishop. 3rd edn. LONDON: Whitechapel Art Gallery.
Blazwick, I. (2006) Talking art: Interviews with artists since 1976. Edited by Patricia Bickers and Andrew Wilson. United Kingdom: Ridinghouse.
O'Doherty, B. (2008) Studio and cube: On the relationship between where art is made and where art is displayed. 2nd edn. New York: Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture.
Recommended magazines and journals:
AN magazine, Artforum, Art Monthly, Flash Art, Frieze, Parkett, Third Text, Untitled, Afterall, Paper Monument, Journal of Contemporary Art
Additional material may be recommended during taught sessions.