FA2SA-Fine Art Studio including CMS

Module Provider: Art
Number of credits: 80 [40 ECTS credits]
Level:5
Terms in which taught: Autumn / Spring / Summer module
Pre-requisites: FA1SA Fine Art Studio or FA1SAA Fine Art Studio
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2021/2

Module Convenor: Dr Annabel Frearson
Email: a.frearson@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

This is an Art studio module that is supported by tutorials, group critiques, material sessions, weekly seminars, exhibitions, and a program of visiting artist talks. There is also an option to take a study abroad module or take up a work placement in the Autumn term. The aim of the module is to support and challenge students in their development of an independent, creative and critically informed art practice. The module encourages students to identify and investigate particular (individual) interests and concerns through practical engagement in the studio and workshop areas. Students are further supported in the development of research skills relevant to both the development of an art practice and an understanding of its relationship to the broad field of contemporary art. Through the visiting artist program and placement schemes, students are encouraged to enhance their knowledge of career opportunities and reflect upon skills required to make effective applications.

Aims:

This module aims to:?

• build upon Studio 2 work by providing a framework, both practical and intellectual, for the development of an independent art practice


• foster in each student a critical awareness and understanding of contemporary art and its contextsÌý


• promote collaborative learningÌýthrough the production and curation of exhibitions, and group critiques


• provide students with creative and research skills, including those developed on study abroad and on placement, that will sustain continued professional practice


• foster appropriate writing, documentation and oral presentational skills.

Assessable learning outcomes:

By the end of the module it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Provide evidence of self-directed experimentation and inquiry [DEVELOPMENT]


2. Demonstrate an informed and skilfulÌýuse of materials, techniques and ideas [PRODUCTION]


3. Show evidence of imaginative and informed engagement with relevant cultural and/or other contexts [RESEARCH]


4. Make a considered selection of work that is effectively presented w ith appropriate methods [PRESENTATION]


5. Demonstrate informed decision-making and reflective development, with an understanding of the contextual position of the work [REFLECTION].

Additional outcomes:

identify, assess and articulate your skills, values and strengths in the context of career decision making, research and developing applications.

Outline content:

Students will build upon their achievement from Part 2. They will continue to develop their understanding of an individually motivated art practice across a range of media, as appropriate to the work. They will extend and refine their knowledge of materials and techniques and reflect on the relationship between form and ideas. Through one-to-one tutorials, group critiques and exhibitions, they will reflect upon the relationship of their intentions to outcomes and on the cultural relevance of their ideas. The module offers weekly developmental seminars and a range of material sessions where students can build upon their skills. Teaching fellows further support students to realise and resolve technical issues in their work.

Students will consider different methods of documentation of their studio work and reflect upon the role that documentation and artist statement writing plays in the communication of their processes and ideas.

In the Autumn t erm students have the opportunity to go on study abroad or take up a work placement opportunity.

Global context:

The module directs students to the international art scene via the visiting artist program and visits to art exhibitions, as well as relevant art publications. Studio seminars and study visits highlight the global nature of the art world and consider both internationally p