FA3HSB-Studio

Module Provider: Art
Number of credits: 80 [40 ECTS credits]
Level:6
Terms in which taught: Autumn / Spring / Summer module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites: FA3DISB Dissertation
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2023/4

Module Convenor: Prof Susanne Clausen
Email: s.clausen@reading.ac.uk

Module Co-convenor: Mr Mark Nader
Email: m.nader@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

This is an Art studio module that is supported by tutorials, group critiques, material sessions, weekly seminars, exhibitions, and a program of visiting artist talks.  The aim of the module is to support and challenge students in their development of an independent, creative and critically informed art practice. The module encourages students to consolidate and develop particular (individual) interests and concerns through practical engagement in the studio and workshop areas, to prepare them for future public exhibitions and to state their positions as artists. Students are further supported in the development of research skills relevant to both the development of an art practice and an understanding of its relationship to the broad field of contemporary art and to locate their practice both historically and theoretically. Through the visiting artist program students are encouraged to enhance their knowledge of career opportunities to enable them to plan and make effective applications for future postgraduate opportunities, employment, professional practice. 

Aims:

This module aims

• to provide students with the opportunity to build on the intellectual and technical enquiry of their programme


• to enable students in the expansion of independent learning


• to foster development of an individual practice that brings together speculative, intellectual and technical skills


• to enable students to state their position as artists


• to display awareness of how to locate practice both historically and theoretically


• to facilitate informed critical judgement and evaluation of self-directed work


• to prepare students for public exhibition


• to plan future postgraduate opportunities, employment, professional practice as an artist, writer curator, educator and other related employment options that draw on the transferable skills of the programme

Assessable learning outcomes:

By the end of the module it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Provide evidence of self-directed experimentation and inquiry [DEVELOPMENT]


2. Demonstrate an informed and skilful use of materials, techniques and ideas [PRODUCTION]


3. Show evidence of imaginative and informed engagement with relevant cultural and/or other contexts [RESEARCH]


4. Make a considered selection of work that is effectively presented with appropriate methods [PRESENTATION]


5. Demonstrate informed decision-making and reflective development, with an understanding of the contextual position of the work [REFLECTION].

Additional outcomes:

This module also aims to encourage the ability to organize time productively. Problem solving, professional development, and information handling will be addressed. Presentational skills will be developed as well as fostering collaborative curatorial and publishing processes.

Outline content:

Students will have the opportunity to extend and test the intellectual and technical skills established in their third year working with increasing independence on the development and evaluation of their artwork. They will begin to take responsibility for their creative choices, analyse and propose solutions to creative questions raised. Students will research and locate their work within the context of relevant historical and contemporary precedents. They will engage in research and planning - both independently and collectively - for their final show and the future.

Global context:

The studio module is supervised by a diverse group of academic staff with international research practices. Seminars and lectures draw on cultural topics of current relevance. External visits to internationally renowned museums are designed as a resource for students, with which they are encouraged to consider and establish the relationship to students own practice.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:

The academic tutor and module convenor will provide guidance to students as they work towards the degree show exhibition. The focus of the module is on self-directed study where students establish their own line of work, explored through an experimental range of media and techniques. The studios are open for students to use 24 hours a day, all year round, except for general university closure dates. You can use the studio space flexibly to accommodate different scales of work and types of pro duction, as well as experiment with modes of presentation.

The teaching program supports students to both identify and realise their concerns through one-to-one tutorials, group critiques, seminars and material sessions.

Teaching staff are available in the studios daily Monday to Friday for bookable or ad hoc tutorials. Students also liaise regularly with their Academic tutor twice a term in relation to their overall progress; in addition to this, peer lea rning and collaboration are an essential part of the module. 

Students organise regular exhibitions in the studio space and are supported in curating exhibitions outside of the department. Studio group sessions develop critical evaluation of practice and foster reflective skills towards exhibition/presentation and documentation.

Teaching fellows and lecturers provide practical material support as well as ideas-based sessions through a diverse range of bookable material sessions. Week 6 of the Autumn and Spring term offers the opportunity to visit a range of exhibitions.

Contact hours:

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Lectures	8	8
Seminars	10	10	5
Tutorials	5	4	1
Project Supervision	4	4
Demonstration	1	1
Practicals classes and workshops	8	8
Supervised time in studio/workshop	130	170	65
External visits	10	10
Guided independent study:	134	164	40
Total hours by term	310	379	111
Total hours for module	800

Summative Assessment Methods:

Method	Percentage
Project output other than dissertation	100

Summative assessment- Examinations:
The set-up and arrangements for examination take place over a two week period in the Summer term.

Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:

Coursework:

1.         Exhibition of artwork

2.         Documentation

3.         Statement

In the Summer Term students will stage an exhibition of selected work for summative assessment. Performances and film screenings are timetabled for assessment.

This will be accompanied by updated visual Documentation of work produced during the module and a 500 word Artist Statement submitted via Turnitin on Blackboard. You will be expected to use your critical judgement to select and present your studio work. Spaces and resources are allocated through proposal, meetings and consultations throughout the year.

Formative assessment methods:

A formative Interim exhibition takes place in Spring Term and accompanies a number of presentation points within the course of the module where students receive feedback

Penalties for late submission:

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of five working days;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than five working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/cqsd-old-site-documents/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Assessment requirements for a pass:
A mark of 40% in the assessed coursework

Reassessment arrangements:
Re-examination in August/September through presentation of practice and coursework

Additional Costs (specified where applicable):

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Last updated: 30 March 2023