Undergraduate Course: Art in Practice 2 (ARTX08092)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | Art in Practice 2 is a studio-based course that will help you develop your art practice within a contemporary, multi-media context. This course combines structured workshops with dedicated studio time to allow you to expand crucial elements of your art practice whilst discovering and developing new approaches to the research, fabrication, and dissemination of artwork.
The studio will be an important, dynamic environment where you will learn through making, thinking and regular discussion of your artwork with your tutors and student group. |
| Course description |
Over two semesters, you will engage and respond to projects that will focus on generating ideas, sustaining a studio practice and the presentation of your artwork in various forms.
Each project will begin with a series of lectures and studio-based workshops that will outline elements of collaboration, artistic research, art practice and presentation methods. These will be followed by a structured time that will allow you to develop and expand your ideas and processes.
In semester one the project will help you identify and develop starting points for your art practice and the second semester project will have a greater focus on how your artwork can meet an audience.
In Art in Practice 2, the studio will be an important environment for you to fabricate, discuss and present your research and artwork. You will have regular meetings with your studio tutor and be able to access the knowledge and expertise of a range of tutors and practitioners working across different art disciplines.
The teaching contact will occur over one day per week and will include hour-long whole cohort lectures, all-day workshops with all groups, hour-long small group tutorials, one-to-one tutorials, external gallery visits, small group presentations of work and whole cohort exhibitions within studio and exhibition spaces.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Art in Practice 1 (ARTX08090) AND
Art in Context 1 (ARTX08091)
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Co-requisites | It is RECOMMENDED that students also take
Art in Context 2 (ARTX08093)
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students on the MA Fine Art Programme, or direct entrants to the BA Fine Art Programme, may disregard the recommended pre-requisites.
Students on the MA Fine Art Programme, may disregard the recommended co-requisites.
This course is not open as an elective and is only available to those on the BA/MA Fine Art degree programme.
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| Additional Costs | On this course, you are required to buy basic art materials and equipment. Depending on quality the costs could range from £50 to £150. Specific materials and equipment will vary depending on your individual choice of method of production. You will be encouraged to make use of recycled materials from the ECA materials hub and there is no correlation between the success of the outcome and the material cost. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 112 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 28,
External Visit Hours 8,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 4,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
317 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
This course has 3 summative assessments components.
1. An edited visual document of (between 20 and 30 images) outlining primary and secondary research with reflective text (300-350 words) (30%). Submission in semester 1, assessed against Learning Outcome 1 (100%) during the December assessment period.
2. A studio review (40%) including a presentation of resolved artworks. Submission in semester 2, assessed against Learning Outcome 1 (20%) and Learning Outcome 2 (80%) in Weeks 9 to 11 of semester 2.
3. A digital presentation (7 to 10 annotated examples) evidencing experimentation with forms of presentation and/or dissemination (30%). Submission in semester 2 against Learning Outcome 3 (100%) during the May assessment period. |
| Feedback |
Formative Feedback
As well as ongoing verbal feedback given in tutorials and workshops, there will be a formative review point in weeks 6-8 of semester 1. This will be with your studio tutors, and you will receive verbal feedback on your research so far in relation to assessment component 1. In weeks 2-4 of semester 2, there will be a formative review of your resolved artwork and experiments with presentation. This will be in the form of a 'studio visit' by studio tutors where you will present work and receive verbal feedback on work made to date in relation to assessment components 2 and 3.
Summative Feedback
You will receive written feedback on the summative assessment of component 1 in line with current University policy. You will receive written feedback on the summative assessment of component 2 (the studio visit by studio tutors in weeks 9-11 of semester 2), and written feedback on the summative assessment of component 3, all in line with University policy.
This feedback is intended to support your development towards future core course Art in Practice 3. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Investigate and evidence an understanding of artistic research methods by employing primary and secondary research approaches to independently develop project themes.
- Utilise various methods, processes, and technical approaches in the development of artworks.
- Experiment with, develop and document a range of approaches to the presentation and dissemination of resolved work.
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Reading List
Adamson, Glenn. & Bryan-Wilson, Julia. (2016). Art in the Making: artists and their materials from studio to crowdsourcing, London: Thames and Hudson
Harrod, Tanya. Ed. (2018). Craft. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery.
Hudek, Antony. Ed. (2014). The Object. London: Whitechapel Gallery.
Jacob, Mary Jane. & Grabner, Michelle. Eds. (2010). The Studio Reader: on the space of artists. Chicago: School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Myers, Terry. R., Ed. (2011). Painting. London: Whitechapel Gallery. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Personal Development
Making connections and between intention, process, outcome, context and methods of dissemination in contemporary Art will aid you in developing a reflective approach and taking responsibility for pursuing your aims.
Research and Inquiry
By investigating making and through experiential engagement with artistic process, you will develop your problem-solving skills.
Communication
Discussing contemporary art practices and articulating ideas about your practice will enhance your communication skills. |
| Keywords | Artistic research,Contemporary Art Practice,Art presentation,Experiential Learning,Making Skill |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Brown
Tel: 0131 221 6063
Email: john.brown@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Hollie Gilligan
Tel:
Email: hgilliga@ed.ac.uk |
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