Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Liverpool School of Art & Design

Learning Methods

Lecture

Practical

Workshop

Module Offerings

6104FA-SEP-MTP

Aims

To negotiate and realise a professional level contemporary art project in liaison with staff and/or external agencies culminating in the degree show.

To develop and produce work consistently in the context of a rigorous, critical, and intellectual climate.

To equip students with the practical, intellectual, and interpersonal skills necessary for careers.

To select and show self-initiated and professionally produced artworks, demonstrating critical engagement with chosen contexts during the production process.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Evidence the advanced ability critically to evaluate their work and that of their peers in the context of contemporary Fine Art practice at a professional level.
2.
Clearly demonstrate the ability to integrate critical and theoretical positions on the production, presentation and distribution of a contemporary Fine Art practice through the self-critical evaluation of their own and each other’s work.
3.
Clearly evidence, through the high quality of their artistic production, the ability to work as a practicing contemporary artist.
4.
Evidence the ability to produce, select, distribute and display contemporary artistic production at a professional level.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Students will receive a series of lectures, tutorials, seminars and group crits. and cross-year crits., in support of their Fine Art practice. These will encourage the projection of work patterns and professional Fine Art practice. Students approach to production and practice will continue to be monitored by studio staff through a series of core formative tutorials, group crits, and cross-year crits, in support of their Fine Art practice.  Outward facing and internal exhibitions and crits will also inform the basis on which practical work is developed.  A reflective log/journal forms part of the final assessment.
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to equip students with the practical, intellectual and interpersonal skills necessary for careers as professional artists and in high skilled employment, by producing and distributing contemporary Fine Art practice in a public setting at a professional level.
Additional Information:
Assessment for 6104FA: The submission of work for this module is based on the final pieces submitted for the BA Fine Art Degree Show.  This will entail the development of a rigorous critical and theoretical framework for the production of Fine Art practice and an assessment and selection of the most appropriate vehicles for the publication and circulation of a students practice in the public domain. The module also asks students to evidence how the context of and possible location of their work affects its meaning and perception and reflect on this knowledge and how it informs their decision making. Students are expected to evidence the ability through their approaches to production and exhibition to develop a sustainable and professional contemporary Fine Art practice after graduation.

Assessments

Portfolio

Presentation