Module Details

Module Code: ARTS8051
Title: Fine Art Practice
Long Title: Fine Art Practice
NFQ Level: Advanced
Valid From: Semester 2 - 2022/23 ( January 2023 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 20
Field of Study: 2110 - Visual Arts
Module Delivered in: 1 programme(s)
Module Description: This primary focus of this module is for students to develop their own Fine Art studio practice, culminating in the exhibition of a coherent body of resolved work to professional standards.
The module is available only to students who register for the Extended Thesis ARTS8007.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Develop an advanced body of studio work for a final presentation.
LO2 Articulate key critical and conceptual questions and concerns in their individual studio Fine Art practice.
LO3 Effectively communicate concepts, methodologies, processes and outcomes visually and verbally to peers and Lecturing staff.
LO4 Participate and engage with the interdisciplinary critical discourse in contemporary Fine Art practice.
LO5 Employ exploratory thinking,investigation, project planning and production for a final presentation of resolved work.
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
No Co-requisite modules listed
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
Conceptual Development
Further development of critical evaluation and communication skills through 1:1 tutor student contact and peer seminars.
Skill Development
Identification and investigation of processes that support the expression of individual practices through specific bespoke skill sharing tutorials and workshops
Critical and contextual development
Critical analysis of studio practice through a process of tutor facilitated peer to peer critique and seminars.
Studio Practice / Health and Safety
Research and planning involving technical specifications, resourcing, and logistics through tutor lead formulation towards the final presentation.
Selection and Presentation of Work
Investigation of a range of materials and methods of displaying work leading to final exhibition through a series of medium specific seminars and 1:1 tutorials with the lecturing team.
Documentation of Work
Identification,selection and documentation, through appropriate means.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Exhibition Evaluation % of Total Mark 100
Timing Sem End Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Assessment Description
Final exhibition with supporting research material
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 Presentation/Lecture to Class Group Every Week 1.50 1.5
Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) Contact Group Crit/Seminar/Workshop /supervised studio Every Week 3.00 3
Tutorial Contact Studio tutorial 1:1 Every Week 0.50 0.5
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Independent Learning Every Week 23.00 23
Total Hours 28.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 28.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 5.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Research and development of studio practice Every Week 23.00 23
Lecture Contact Presentation/Lecture to Class Group Every Week 1.50 1.5
Lab Contact Group Crit/Seminar/Workshop (1:15) Every Week 3.00 3
Tutorial Contact Studio tutorial 1:1 Every Week 0.50 0.5
Total Hours 28.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 28.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 5.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Jon Wood. (2012), Modern sculpture Reader, Leeds: Henry Moore Insitute, [ISBN: 9781606061060].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Charles Harrison, Paul Wood (Eds.). (2002), Art in Theory 1900- 2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas, Blackwell Publishing, [ISBN: 0631227083].
  • Claire Bishop. (2007), Installation Art, Routledge, New York, [ISBN: 9780415974127].
  • Lisa La Feurve. (2010), Failure(Whitechapel:Documents of Contemporary Art), The MIT Press, [ISBN: 9780262514774].
  • Ruth Pelzer-Montada. (2018), Perspectives on Contemporary Printmaking : Critical Writing Since 1986, Manchester University Press, U.K., p.347, [ISBN: 9781526125750].
  • Rosalind Krauss. (1981), Passages in modern Sculpture, MIT Press, [ISBN: 0262610337].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_AFAFA_8 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fine Art 8 Group Elective 2