Overview
In this unit you will be guided in the refinement of your studio practice, giving you the best possible chance of meeting the high standards expected of contemporary visual artists. Focus is given to fine-tuning relationships between ideas, materials and processes to produce poignant artworks that will have relevance and resonance across a range professional visual art exhibition environments.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: CART12009 - Contemporary Visual Art Practices AND CART12010 Visual Arts Studio Investigation.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
- Seek and use feedback from others to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks
- Critically reflect on the nature of the relationships between your ideas, materials and production processes to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks
- Create visual art objects and artefacts that have relevance and resonance within a range of contemporary visual art exhibition and display environments.
Not applicable.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 10% | |||
2 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books - 30% | |||
3 - Presentation - 10% | |||
4 - Portfolio - 50% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |
1 - Communication | |||
2 - Problem Solving | |||
3 - Critical Thinking | |||
4 - Information Literacy | |||
5 - Team Work | |||
6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
8 - Ethical practice | |||
9 - Social Innovation | |||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||||||||
2 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books - 30% | ||||||||||
3 - Presentation - 10% | ||||||||||
4 - Portfolio - 50% |
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
No, students do not need to know any further information regarding their text book.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
p.connor@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Plan, research and define your brief.
Chapter
- Critique and feedback session.
- Reading 1: 'Holy Smoke' (Artist's Choice) Mike Parr on Derek Kreckler's work Holey #1, 2003. Art and Australia, Vol.42, No. 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Conduct focused research.
- Attend critique and feedback session.
Module/Topic
Identify your approach to your visual art project and select your media.
Chapter
- Critique and feedback session. Discuss your options with your lecturer.
- Discuss Readings 2 and 3 (concerning the work of Sally Smart).
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Consider and identify your approach and media.
- Attend critique and feedback session.
Module/Topic
Finalise and submit Visual Art Project Plan (Assessment 1).
Chapter
Critique and feedback session. (The session this week will an opportunity to receive final feedback regarding the suitability of your Visual Art Project Plan.)
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Submit Assessment 1 - Visual Art Project Plan (worksheets).
- Attend studio session.
Visual Art Project Plan. Due: Week 3 Friday (27 Mar 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Studio session.
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Begin your visual art project.
- Attend studio session.
Module/Topic
Chapter
- Studio session.
- View Moodle resources as required.
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Develop your visual art project to meet your project plan goals.
- Attend studio session.
Module/Topic
NA
Chapter
NA
Events and Submissions/Topic
NA
Module/Topic
Chapter
- Studio session.
- View Moodle resources as required.
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Develop your visual art project to meet your project plan goals.
- Attend studio session.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Critique and feedback session.
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Develop your visual art project to meet your project plan goals.
- Begin collecting resources for Assessment 3 - Presentation.
- Attend critique and feedback session.
Module/Topic
Chapter
- Studio session.
- View Moodle resources as required.
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Refine your visual art project to meet your project plan goals.
- Develop oral presentation components.
- Attend studio session.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Oral presentations.
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Refine visual art project by fine-tuning relationships between media and processes to ensure the aesthetics of your artwork is effective and consistent in its purpose.
- Oral Presentation Due.
Oral Presentation Due: Week 9 Tuesday (12 May 2020) 11:00 am AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Critique and feedback session.
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Refine your visual art project to meet your project plan goals.
- Attend critique and feedback session.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Studio session.
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Refine your visual art project to meet your project plan goals.
- Attend studio session.
Module/Topic
Complete visual art learning log.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Complete visual art project.
Chapter
Complete Assessment 4 - Folio of Artworks.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
NA
Chapter
NA
Events and Submissions/Topic
NA
1 Written Assessment
To support the planning of your creative practice this term, you will complete a Visual Arts Practice Plan. You will do this by completing the Visual Arts Practice Plan Worksheets. These worksheets provide a structure to enable:
· Focused creative practice research.
· Refinement of your concept, approach and visual art project objectives.
· Development of your visual art practice design brief.
· Planning for how you will achieve the visual art project.
This assessment supports your ability to:
Critically reflect on the nature of the relationships between your ideas, materials and production processes to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks (Learning Outcome 2).
Week 3 Friday (27 Mar 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Submit both your completed Visual Art Project Plan worksheets and the related Marking Criteria Sheets with your name and student number added.
Week 4 Friday (3 Apr 2020)
results available via Moodle.
1. Depth of creative practice research. (20%)
2. Depth of description of relationship between concept, techniques and production processes. (35%)
3. Refinement and suitability of visual art project plan. (aesthetics/approach). (30%)
4. Writing standard and referencing. (15%)
- Critically reflect on the nature of the relationships between your ideas, materials and production processes to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
2 Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books
For this assessment you will complete a learning log (650-800 words). The learning log will document and critically reflect upon the production of a small, coherent body of professional artworks or one major work. The learning log will demonstrate how you have refined your approach and working procedure in order to establish an emerging professional practice. The learning log will also describe how you have created meaningful relationships between select media, concepts and production processes.
To complete assessment 2, you will be required to complete the Learning Log Worksheet template supplied for this assessment.
In the learning log you will record your:
· Work progress using digital photographs.
· Provide written critical reflections on ways to refine your techniques and processes to improve how your artworks communicate to an identified audience.
· Description of how you have assimilated the critical feedback of others.
· Workplace Health and Safety mitigation summaries.
The learning log support the assessment of the following Learning Outcomes:
· Seek and use feedback from others to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks.
· Critically reflect on the nature of the relationships between your ideas, materials and production processes to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks.
Please note: It is essential that you complete the learning log by using the Learning Log Worksheet template provided. Please observe the word count as it relates to each component of the Learning Log Worksheet template.
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Submit your completed Learning Log worksheets along with your Learning Log marking criteria (Rubric) via Moodle. Ensure that the marking criteria sheets have your name and student number included.
Exam Week Friday (19 June 2020)
Results available via Moodle.
1. Depth of critical reflection on the refinement of techniques and processes. (30%)
2. Record of procedure adopted. (30%)
3. Record of assimilation of opinions of others. (30%)
4. Record of workplace health and safety, tool maintenance and storage. (10%)
- Seek and use feedback from others to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks
- Critically reflect on the nature of the relationships between your ideas, materials and production processes to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
3 Presentation
This assessment requires the preparation and delivery of a 10-minute presentation that you will make in front of your peers. The presentation will take the form of an artist’s talk. The presentation should be engaging and thoughtfully use technologies to introduce your contemporary visual art practice to a general, gallery-going audience. It will also be important to consider the structure of your presentation to suit this audience. Your presentation must describe how you have: a) used feedback from others, and b) critically reflected on the nature of the relationship between your ideas, materials and your production processes to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks.
This assessment supports your ability to:
• Seek and use feedback from others to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks (Learning Outcome 1).
• Critically reflect on the nature of the relationships between your ideas, materials and production processes to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks (Learning Outcome 2).
Week 9 Tuesday (12 May 2020) 11:00 am AEST
You will share your presentation with your peers during your scheduled studio session for this unit.
Week 11 Tuesday (26 May 2020)
Results and feedback available via Moodle.
1. Structure of presentation (25%)
2. Use of technology and visual aids (25%)
3. Response to task requirements. (25%)
4. Use of language and writing standard (grammar, spelling, flow, word choice). (25%)
- Seek and use feedback from others to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks
- Critically reflect on the nature of the relationships between your ideas, materials and production processes to assess the communicative effectiveness of your artworks
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
4 Portfolio
For this assessment you will produce a small series of works or a single, major project. This creative work will refine how selected media, processes and design concepts are successfully integrated to develop contemporary, visual artworks that are intended for an identified audience and respond to an identified conceptual framework.
This assessment supports your achievement of Learning Outcome 3:
· Create visual art objects and artefacts that have relevance and resonance within a range of contemporary visual art exhibition and display environments.
Review/Exam Week Friday (12 June 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Please submit your folio electronically using the Folio Assessment template provided.
Exam Week Friday (19 June 2020)
Results and feedback available Moodle.
1. Refinement of media, technique and process. (35%)
2. Refinement of concept and its cultural relevance. (40%)
3. Attendance at critique sessions and assimilation of the feedback of others. (25%)
- Create visual art objects and artefacts that have relevance and resonance within a range of contemporary visual art exhibition and display environments.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.