Module Details

Module Code: ARTS8015
Title: Applied Art Practice
Long Title: Applied Art Practice
NFQ Level: Advanced
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 20
Field of Study: 2110 - Visual Arts
Module Delivered in: 1 programme(s)
Module Description: This module will enable the student to focus research and broaden skills necessary to produce a body of professional standard original work, for public exhibition. This module will be available only to students who select the extended thesis module and will have a reduced studio participation and outcome.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Evaluate and assimilate key critical, technical and contemporary practices, through their chosen discipline.
LO2 Critically explore and expand concepts.
LO3 Develop and apply expertise in the use of skills, for the clear and appropriate realisation of the research material.
LO4 Effectively communicate concepts, methodologies, processes and outcomes visually and verbally to peers and practitioners.
LO5 Document work in an appropriate professional format.
LO6 Develop an advanced body of work to a professional standard for public exhibition.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
11716 ARTS8006 Academic Thesis
Requirements

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
No requirements listed
 
Indicative Content
Observation, identification and selection
Selection, investigation and evaluation of relevant research materials.
Conceptual development
Identification and understanding of salient issues and their wider significance through critical evaluation and constructive self-reflection
Health and Safety in Studio
Understanding and practicing the safe use of materials, equipment and working environment.
Contextual Studies
Investigation and positioning of their work within its historical and contemporary contexts.
Technical Ability
Identification and investigation of material processes, developing the skills necessary for the execution of concepts.
Documentation of Work
Identification, selection and documentation, through appropriate means.
Selection and presentation of work
Investigation of a range of materials and methods of displaying work leading to final exhibition.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Exhibition Evaluation % of Total Mark 90
Timing Sem End Learning Outcomes 1,3,5,6
Assessment Description
Selection, Evaluation and Presentation
Assessment Type Presentation % of Total Mark 10
Timing Every Week Learning Outcomes 2
Assessment Description
continual review through seminar presentation with peer group and staff
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Course Content Every Week 2.00 2
Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) Contact Group Crit / Workshop / Tutorial (1:5) Every Week 3.00 3
Lecture Contact Research and development of studio practice. Every Week 19.00 19
Total Hours 24.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 24.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 24.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) Contact Group seminar/presentations/workshop (1:15) Every Week 9.00 9
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Research and development of studio practice. Every Week 19.00 19
Total Hours 28.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 28.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 9.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Daniel Rhodes. (1973), Clay and Glazes for the potter, second. A & C Black Ltd, London, [ISBN: 0-7136-3007-8].
  • Garth Clarke. (1978), Ceramic art: comment and review 1882-1977; an anthology of writings on modern ceramic art, first. E.P. Dutton, [ISBN: 0525474978].
  • Nadine Monem (Editor). (2010), Contemporary Textiles: the Fabric of Fine Art, Black Dog Publishers, London, [ISBN: 978-1906155292].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Philip Rawson. (1984), Ceramics, first. Pennsylvania Press, [ISBN: `0-8122-1156-1].
  • Paul Rice. (2002), British Studio ceramics, first. Crowood Press, [ISBN: 1861265298].
  • Emmanuel Cooper. (2004), The Potter's Book of Glaze Recipes, second. A & C Black Ltd, london, [ISBN: 08122-3771-4].
  • Hawkins Opie, Jennifer. (2004), Contemporary International Glass, Victoria & Albert Museum, [ISBN: 9781851774265].
  • Oldknow, Tina. (2009), Voices of Contemporary Glass, The Heineman Collection, Hudson Hills Press, [ISBN: 9781555953140].
  • Bachman, Ingrid, and Scheuing, Ruth, Eds.. (1998), Material Matters: The Art and Culture of Contemporary Textiles, YYZ Books, Toronto, [ISBN: 0920397239].
  • Cole, Drusilla. (2008), Textiles Now, Laurence King, London, [ISBN: 978-185669695725].
  • Gordon,Beverly. (2014), Textiles: The Whole Story--Uses, Meaning, Significance, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, [ISBN: 978-0-500-51566-2].
  • Livingston, Joan and Ploof, John, Eds.. (2007), The Object of Labor: Art, Cloth, and Cultural Production, MIT Press and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Press, USA, [ISBN: 0262122901].
  • Russell, Carol K.. (2011), Fiber Art Today, Schiffer, New York, [ISBN: 978-0764337772].
Supplementary Article/Paper Resources
  • Periodical, Ceramic Review.
  • Periodical, Ceramics:Art and Perception.
  • Periodical, Ceramics Technical.
  • Periodical, Neues Glas.
  • Periodical, Glass: The Urban Glass Quarterly.
  • Periodical, New Glass Review Annual.
  • Periodical, Surface Design Journal.
  • Periodical, Textileforum.
Other Resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_AACER_8 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Contemporary Applied Art (Ceramics, Glass, Textiles) 8 Group Elective 2