Undergraduate Course: Art in Practice 3B (ARTX10080)
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 | Part-year visiting students only |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Art in Practice 3b 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 |
Art in Practice 3B is a semester-long version of its parent course Art in Practice 3 running in semester 2. It is intended to give students involved with a study exchange abroad access to the same teaching and learning opportunities and experiences as their peers while being assessed (and receive accreditation) based on their development across the second semester of study only.
Through self-initiated study, you will be encouraged to define an area of interest, conceptually and practically, through which to develop your own methods of artmaking within a contemporary context. Course lectures, seminars and workshops will help you identify approaches to practice-based research and develop academic and professional methods to facilitate the progress of your enquiry. 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).
There will be a lecture introducing the distinct parts of the course at the beginning of the course. While all teaching activities will be scheduled on a single day each week, you will have continuous access to your studio. Students are expected to prepare new material to present in advance of their tutorials and seminars. In this course, you will also have opportunities for collaboration and for sharing ideas and outcomes within an encouraging, vibrant and dynamic studio culture constituted by tutors and peers. 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 into art works and writing.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Art in Practice 2 (ARTX08092) AND
Art in Context 2 (ARTX08093)
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Co-requisites | Students MUST also take:
Making Things Public 1 (ARTX10077)
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | This course requires additional costs to be met by the student.
Materials: Students will be expected to fund the purchase of general art and design materials, such as sketchbooks, paper and pens. Students will be expected to fund purchase of some specialist materials required by their course [e.g. base-metals, calico, toile etc].
Course Organisers will support you in meeting intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, but students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2026 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 1,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 7,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 12,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
173 )
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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 2 assessment components:
1. A Studio Visit (30 minutes), 60%, (weeks 10-11, semester 2)
Assessed against LO 1 (50%) and LO 2 (50%)
2. A Digital Visual Portfolio and Artist Statement (6-10 slides, 200-300 words, links to sounds and/or video works can be included, maximum 10 minutes), 40%, May exam diet. Assessed against LO 3 (100%).
Resit Information
The resit arrangements for this course are as follows.
- The resit task for assessment component 1 is an online presentation, (30 minutes), 60% Assessed against LO 1 (50%) and LO 2 (50%).
- The resit task for assessment component 3 is a Digital Visual Portfolio and Artist Statement (6-10 slides with 200-300 words, links to sounds and/or video works can be included, maximum 10 minutes), 30%. Assessed against LO3 (100%).
Students will receive further resit information as per University regulations where necessary. |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback
Formative feedback is provided verbally and regularly by your allocated studio tutor during individual and group tutorials every two weeks across the 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.
You will receive verbal formative feedback from a tutor on your Artist Statement across Weeks 4-5. You will also receive verbal formative feedback from a tutor and peers during a group tutorial in Week 7 in relation to your Studio Visit and Digital Visual Portfolio submissions.
Summative feedback
Formative feedback on your draft Artist Statement will address Learning Outcome 3 and feedforward to aid your development towards your Studio Visit and Digital Visual Portfolio submissions and Learning Outcomes 1 & 2. 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 regulations. |
| 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.
- Create resolved work communicated via a digital portfolio which represents sustained independent investigation into, and through, individual practice
- Define the professional context and practical approaches that underpin their personal artistic practice.
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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: During tutorials students will develop their understanding of artistic research which they will be encouraged to independently investigate so they can demonstrate proficiency in undertaking articulating ideas relevant to their art practice. 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: Through being supported by peers and tutors to develop a critically reflective awareness of their intentions, processes, outcomes, contexts, and methods of dissemination students will be able to recognise and address ethical dilemmas and social responsibilities associated with the field of contemporary art practice.
Personal Effectiveness: The self-directed study guided by the course curriculum and faculty will encourage students to work independently to meet course deadlines while developing their knowledge of technical processes relevant to contemporary art practice to meet said deadlines. This will involve being supported to develop skills in planning, organisation, and time management related to the development and resolution of outcomes for assessment.
Communication: Group and individual tutorials along with the assessment processes on the course will prepare students to present their work physically and verbally to others within the professional discipline and the public. During group classes students will 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 Gordon Munro
Tel:
Email: g.munro@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Hollie Gilligan
Tel:
Email: hgilliga@ed.ac.uk |
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