Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Community Arts Practice: Modes, Methods and Meanings (MUSI11053)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Community Arts is a fast evolving and developing discipline which at its core is 'engagement for all', and the opportunity to participate in and benefit from a practical exploration of the Arts in environments often marginalised and without access. This course will explore the many forms of community arts; how to get involved professionally, safely, practically and authentically. |
| Course description |
The act of being creative together can give opportunities for change, impacting on both the individual, their community and the artists involved. The practice of community arts is ever changing and evolving. This cross-disciplinary activity is embraced in many sectors of ECA's pedagogy and research. The open borders of collaborative approaches connect people, disciplines, methods and genres, increasing our cognitive capacity, giving us new points of comparison and departure. You will be encouraged to discuss the ways in which your practice maps onto the wider discourse, politics, history and practices of community arts. The course will also impart information from the latest research that shows awareness of the history of community arts practice. Examining texts, policy documents and artists' statements will allow you opportunities to better understand the changes in taste and policy supported by different governments and arts organisations around the world. You will have the chance to consolidate your motivations as artists by participating in the shaping of collectively conceived ideas.
There is a range of teaching approaches across the course (lectures, tutorials and seminars) depending upon the content of each session.
Further information is available via the following link: https://digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/community-arts-practice/
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
| Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 24,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
172 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Submission 1 - Absorbing methods
Students will choose from a number of short documentary films submitted by individual artists and organisations. The first submission is a critical reflection on one of these case studies; looking at organisation, structure, and ethos and with particular emphasis on the engagement that took place and its impact. This submission will be assessed using Learning Outcomes 1 and 2. (25% weighting)
Submission 2
Students will be assessed both as a group and by their individual contribution to the project. This submission will be assessed using Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4. (75% weighting) |
| Feedback |
You will be given regular verbal formative feedback as you are preparing your initial proposal for submission. You will be able to outline and submit your plans for formative feedback by the course organiser. You will be given formal summative written feedback on your final submission at the end of the Semester. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Learn how their own artistic practice intersects with the needs of community arts clients and learn about the role community arts plays in wider culture (Knowledge and Understanding).
- Be informed of current approaches to community arts in the context of government, policy, artist careers, and the communities that benefit (Generic Cognitive Skills).
- Develop skills in devising materials suitable for a range of community arts contexts and develop detailed knowledge of the way different practitioners approach community arts work (Practice / Communication).
- Develop a better understanding of funding processes , fund-raising and producing collaborative community arts projects.
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Reading List
Regular marvels : a handbook for animateurs, practitioners and development workers in dance, mime, music and literature /
Published: Leicester : Community Dance & Mime Foundation, 1994.
eds. Mark Webster and Glen Buglass, Finding Voices, Making choices: creativity for Social Change, Educational Heretics Press, 2004
Ken Robinson, Out of our Minds: Learning to be Creative, Capstone, 2011
Claire Doherty, Art in the Public Realm in London 1995-2005. Arts Council England, 2007.
Claire Doherty, Situation, London : Whitechapel Gallery ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2009.
Tim Ingold, Lines: A Brief History , 2007
Arcade : Artists and Place-making, London : Black Dog, 2006.
Mapping the Terrain : New Genre Public Art, Seattle, Wash. : Bay Press, 1995
Public Art Dialogue (Journal) Routledge http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpad20/current
Art & The Public Sphere (Journal) Intellect
Forecast http://forecastpublicart.org
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/publication_archive/open-space-art-in-the-public-realm-in-london-1995-2005 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
This course is available to practitioners from across ECA; designers, digitalists, architects, experimenters, musicians, animators, film makers, artists, sound designers, theorists and historians. As such, it will enable you to develop your accountability, participatory and collaborative skills. It will help to broaden your artistic vision and leadership skills and in particular the necessity to communicate effectively between and across different art forms . |
| Keywords | Creativity,Inter-disciplinary,arts,creativity,community,public art,outreach |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Dee Isaacs
Tel: (0131 6)51 4097
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Course secretary | Ms Elaine Hammond
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
Email: |
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