Undergraduate Course: Art in Practice 3 (ARTX10072)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | Art in Practice 3 is a studio-based course in which you will develop an independent approach to art practice in a contemporary context. You will be supported by regular tutorials with experienced artists and theorists, integrating research and practice in a holistic learning experience. |
| Course description |
Through self-initiated study, you will be encouraged to define an area of interest, conceptually and practically, and to develop your own methods of artmaking within a contemporary context. Your study plan will outline short-term and long-term goals. This will help you identify practice-based enquiry as research and develop academic and professional methods and methodologies to facilitate your progress. You will become familiar with professional artistic practices by engaging with writing about your work (artist statement), presenting and discussing your studio work with staff outside of your tutor group (studio visits), and communicating it in a way appropriate to the discipline (digital portfolio).
A series of seminars will be delivered across semesters 1 and 2 and will introduce you to artistic research methods with established and new lines of enquiry. This will provide opportunities for collaboration and for sharing ideas and outcomes, encouraging a vibrant and dynamic studio culture. This will also provide a framework for your own research presentations. There will be a lecture introducing the distinct parts of the course at the beginning of each semester. Fortnightly tutorials (alternating 2-hour group and 30-min individual tutorials), with a range of experienced artists, practitioners, and theorists, will support you to extend your understanding of processes, methods, and applications relevant to your work, and begin to consolidate an integrated knowledge of what constitutes an art practice. Research seminars are scheduled for 4 consecutive weeks in semester 1. Two workshops are scheduled in semester 2. Sharing of the research seminars outcomes in semester 1 and a group exhibition in semester 2 will bring opportunities for you to engage with the full-year cohort. Whilst all teaching activities will be scheduled on a single day, you have continuous access to your studio. Students are expected to prepare new material to present in advance of their tutorials and seminars.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students are encouraged to use the Free-Use Hub and consider sustainable methods of production and material use.
Specific materials and equipment costs will vary depending on students¿ individual choice of method of production and will need to be met by the students. Considering affordability of practice is reflective of professional constraints beyond University. The cost of materials used by students will have no bearing on assessment procedures.
For ad hoc workshops, associated costs will be covered by the course. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2025 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
392 )
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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 4 assessment components:
1. A Studio Visit (30 minutes), 25%, (weeks 10-11, semester 1)
Assessed against LO 1 (100%)
2. An Artist Statement (450-500 words, digital submission), 30%, (weeks 7- 8, semester 2)
Assessed against LO 2 (100%)
3. A Studio Visit (30 minutes), 25%, (weeks 10-11, semester 2)
Assessed against LO 3 (100%)
4. A Digital Visual Portfolio (10-15 slides, links to sounds and/or video works can be included, maximum 10 minutes), 20%, May exam diet.
Assessed against LO 4 (100%)
A 'Studio Visit' entails in-person assessment by two members of staff (one of whom will be the student¿s studio tutor and another who is unfamiliar with the student¿s work): the student will present their investigation using practice-based enquiry (semester 1) and the resulting resolved body of work (semester 2). |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback
Formative feedback is provided verbally and regularly by your allocated studio tutor during individual and group tutorials every two weeks across both semesters of study. These instances of feedforward from both tutors and peers will assist you in understanding the strengths, weaknesses, and areas of focus within your investigation which need further clarification and refinement.
Your regular tutorials will prepare you to develop and select what you will present for summative assessment components 1 and 3 (studio visits).
Summative feedback
Feedback on summative assessment component 1 will address Learning Outcome 1 and feedforward to aid your development towards summative assessment component and Learning Outcome 3. Tutorials will also offer a context to articulate your practice in support of your summative assessment component 2 (writing an artist statement) and support the composition of a digital portfolio for summative assessment component 4.
Students will be provided with individual written feedback and grades by their allocated tutor on their summative submissions. This summative feedback will be provided according to university regulation. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop a self-directed artistic investigation using practice-based enquiry.
- Define the professional context and practical approaches that underpin their personal artistic practice.
- Create a body of resolved work which represents a sustained independent investigation into, and through, individual practice.
- Compose a digital portfolio in a professional manner to represent a body of resolved studio work.
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Reading List
Boon, Marcus & Levine, Gabriel, eds. (2018), Practice. London: Whitechapel Gallery.
Enwezor, Okwui, ed. (2020), Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America. New York: Phaidon & New Museum.
Lack, Jessica, ed. (2017), Why Are We 'Artists'? 100 World Art Manifestos. London: Penguin Classics.
Latour, Bruno & Weibel, Peter, eds. (2020), Critical Zones: The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth. Karlsruhe: ZKM & The MIT Press.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich & Stasinopoulos, Kostas, eds. (2021), 140 Artists' Ideas for Planet Earth. London: Penguin Classics.
Young, Linsey, ed. (2023), Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK, 1970-90. London: Tate Publishing. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Research & Enquiry: demonstrate proficiency in undertaking independent research that investigates and articulates ideas relevant to their art practice in a contemporary context. This will necessitate that our graduates can handle and navigate the complexity of sources, information, and issues contemporary art practices engage with.
Personal and Intellectual Autonomy: develop an awareness of the intentions, processes, outcomes, contexts, and methods of dissemination, while being critically self-reflective in recognising and addressing ethical dilemmas and social responsibilities associated with the field of contemporary art practice. Develop personal resilience to deal with the challenges inherent in contemporary art practices.
Personal Effectiveness: work independently to meet course deadlines while developing their knowledge of technical processes relevant to contemporary art practice to meet said deadlines. Develop skills in planning, organisation, and time management related to the development and resolution of outcomes; including managing workloads while accommodating the change and uncertainty inherent in creative processes of making and developing the capacity to adapt emotions, thoughts and behaviours to these unfamiliar, uncertain, and diverse contexts and obstacles.
Ability to select and use materials, processes, and environments pertinent to the practice of contemporary art.
Communication: present their work physically and verbally to others within the professional discipline and the public. Articulate their ideas to audiences using visual, oral, and written forms which connect the conception of their ideas to the processes of making and the subsequent outcomes. Develop interpersonal listening and questioning skills that allow them to be both sensitive and persuasive cross-cultural communicators who can empathise with others while hosting complex and difficult discussions in a range of public contexts relevant to the practice and dissemination of contemporary art practice. |
| Keywords | art practice,contemporary art,artistic research,studio |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Aurelien Froment
Tel: (0131 6)51 5882
Email: Aurelien.Froment@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mx Hannah Pennie Morrison
Tel: (0131 6)51 5763
Email: Hannah.PM@ed.ac.uk |
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