Postgraduate Course: Professional Practice (Drawing and Painting) - Postgraduate (ARTX11003)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (n/a) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
To further enhance awareness of professionalism in the methods of dissemination and communication of thoughts and ideas. This should reflect the positioning of your work within current art practice.
Aims of course
1 To enhance your ability to document and disseminate your work in a professional context.
2 To develop your organisational, curating, networking and publiity skills.
3 To enhance your ability to communicate effectively using visual, verbal and other means to a wide range of audiences.
Mode of delivery
Studio based, Exhibition, (Internal/ External), Group crit, Portfolio, Presentation. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
Studio practice Critical study Research proposal
Co-requisites
Studio practice Critical study Research proposal
Prohibited combinations
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| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. An advanced ability to organise projects and exhibitions and to publicise and document your practice.
2. Through the medium of a short report , an advanced ability to analyse and critically examine your own practice.
3. An ability to communicate effectively your research and practice through appropriate methods of presentation of work in progress, proposals and completed projects to your peers and invited audience. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Your voice and how to use it.;The classic guide to speaking with confidence. Virgin 1994. Audio Arts; Jeff Koons talks to Adrian Searle. Talking Art (audio cassette.) Mastering and using Microsoft powerpoint XP. Napier, H,Albert.Cambridge 2001. Taking Matters into Common Hands, (Contemporary Art collaborative practices) Black dog 2007. Effective presentation skills, Steve Mandel, Crisp publications, 1993. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 5 hours
Directed study 15 hours
Self-directed study 80 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | ANALYISE, ORGANISE, COMMUNICATE, DISSEMINATE |
Contacts
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