Course overview
Specialisation 1 (Fine Arts) builds on the studio practices introduced in 2D and 3D Fine Arts Studio in the first year of the program to provide students with intermediate level technical and conceptual skills and knowledge of the history, theories, and contemporary practices of two of the four studio specialisation groups offered: Painting and Drawing, Sculpture and Experimental Media, Printmaking and Photography, and Glass, Ceramics and Jewellery. Technical workshops and seminar modules specific to the chosen studio areas are augmented by collaborative studio projects shared with students across all specialisation areas. These are an opportunity to apply evolving specialist skills and knowledge to the development of interdisciplinary responses to problems and provocations.
Course learning outcomes
- Apply specialised conceptual and technical skills to the development of resolved artworks
- Apply knowledge of the histories, foundational theories, contemporary art contexts, and new and emerging practices relevant to chosen studio disciplines and areas of interest
- Demonstrate capacity to conduct and document practice-based research, respond laterally and creatively to the outcomes of experiments, and critically reflect on feedback
- Assess risks and demonstrate appropriate use of equipment, responsibility for the care and maintenance of studios and facilities, the health and safety of other studio users, and management of the environmental impacts of studio practices and materials
- Demonstrate ability to work independently and/or collaboratively for the conceptual development and realisation of artworks in response to briefs, provocations and contexts
- Present and install artworks for exhibition with regard for the specifics of space, audiences and other contextual considerations