Undergraduate Course: Professional Practice 2 (Painting) (ARTX08021)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Art | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Indicative course content 
To form a knowledge and understanding of the impact of placing work in the public domain. To demonstrate ability to apreciate site and gallery context in terms of installation of work. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To gain an understanding of effective methods of display and installation.  
2 To record and document work both in studio and exhibition context.  
3 To be able to articulate and diseminate information relating to ideas through proposals and statements.  
 
Mode of delivery 
Studio based, Visits, Tutorials, Presentation, Exhibitions. | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. Test work in different contexts  
2. Develop skills in the documentation of work 
3. Plan and execute work within appropriate timescales and deadlines  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Portfolio |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Introduce, presentation and dissemination of artistic work. | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Mixture of one-to-one group presentations and workshops. | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Research, manage time, attend to visual material, assess and evaluate own and others work. | 
 
| Reading list | 
Indicative Bibliography  
Artists Handbooks Series, (Investigating Galleries, Organising your own Exhibition, Health and Safety. AN Publications. Artists Newsletter. Tate online archive ; artists talks / lectures. | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Erasmus and International Study Abroad in Year 3 may be applied for. | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Contact hours 30 hours 
Directed study 85 hours 
Self-directed study 85 hours 
Total 200 hours | 
 
| Keywords | SPECIALIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, METHODS | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Gordon Brennan 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5902 
Email: g.brennan@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Milner 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5879 
Email: m.milner@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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