92540 OPTION FOUNDATION

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
99	92540 	S1  	D 	OPTION FOUNDATION         	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Recommended References
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details
• Other Requirements

STAFFING:

Other Teaching Staff:

SYNOPSIS:

This  unit  is concerned with building a practical foundation  in  the
areas  of two and three-dimensional expression and Curatorial Studies.
By  exploring  a  variety of methods and materials  students  will  be
encouraged to develop their technical and observational skills.

Studio practice in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics, Sculpture
and  Textiles  will  be  reinforced by project work  and  by  lectures
analysing the work of established artists, providing insight into  how
concepts can be expressed visually in different disciplines.

OBJECTIVES:

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to
demonstrate:

1. some understanding of materials and techniques and how to use
   them creatively in each of the studio areas offered;
   
2. an ability to apply principles of design to their product;
   
3. an ability to see things analytically and record them
   accurately and imaginatively;
   
4. responsible attitudes and work habits and skills in the safe
   handling of materials and workshop processes;
   
5. a growing appreciation of the nexus between theory and
   practice;
   
6. an ability to understand curatorial issues and concepts.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

Students  will be required to undertake studies  in  only
THREE studio areas to be chosen from the following list.
DRAWING
Studies  include:  the nature of observation;  basics  of
linear  and  aerial perspective; uses of line,  tone  and
colour;  utilisation of a variety of materials; analysing
and  recording  the  built and natural environment;  free
sketching;  drawing  organic  and  manufactured  objects;
imaginative interpretation.

PAINTING
Studies  include  (by  way  of lectures,  demonstrations,
student   practice  and  set  projects):  approaches   to
painting   techniques,   processes   and   media,    both
traditional  and  contemporary; elements of  composition,
harmony  and  proportion, and colour  theory;  theory  of
historical and contemporary art practice.

PRINTMAKING
Studies  include: introduction to the history and  nature
of  printmaking;  relief prints in black  and  white  and
their  history;  editioning; the  repetitive  quality  of
prints;  the  history and nature of etching; introduction
to etching techniques.

CERAMICS
Studies include: ceramics as an art form; ceramics  as  a
technology; integration with other disciplines;  analysis
of  artists; and students; work. Techniques: fired  clay,
unfired  clay,  construction techniques,  casting,  mould
making, glaze.

SCULPTURE
The  nature  and  language  of sculpture;  approaches  to
sculpture;  concepts of relief and the round; traditional
and   contemporary  approaches;  modelling,  carving  and
direct fabrication of forms; installations; techniques of
sculpture  including  methods of  armature-making;  basic
applications;  analysis  of  work  produced  by  selected
sculptors.

TEXTILES
Studies  include:  introduction to textiles;  fibres  and
fabrics as an art form; design and craft; traditional and
contemporary  approaches  to  textiles;  exploration   of
materials,  techniques and processes in  traditional  and
non-traditional textiles.

CURATORIAL STUDIES
Studies  include  an introduction to curatorial  concepts
and exhibition installation.

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Arnheim, R, 1954, Art and Visual Perception, University of
California Press, Los Angeles.

Benrensen, P, 1971, Finding One's Way with Clay, Thames & Hudson,
London.

Colchester, C, 1991, The New Textiles, Trends and Traditions, Thames
& Hudson, London.

Constantine, M and Larsen, J, The Art Fabric: Mainstream, Van
Nostrand Reinhold.

Gablick, S, 1984, Has Modernism Failed?, Thames & Hudson, London.

Godfrey, T, Drawing Today, Phaidon, London.

Herbert, R L, 1970, Modern Artists on Art, Spectrum, New York.

Imprint, Quarterly Journal of the Print Council of Australia.

Jung, C, C, Man and His Symbols, Aldus Books.

Krauss, R, Passages in Modern Sculpture, MIT Press, Melbourne.

Nelson, G C, 1984, Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook, Holt, Rinehart,
Winston, New York.

Preble, D, 1976, Artforms, Harper & Two, New York.

Rawson, P, 1983, The Art of Drawing, Macdonald & Co., London and
Sydney.

Saff and Sacilotto, 1978, Printmaking, Holt, Rinehart, Winston, New
York.

Simpson, I, 1987, The Encyclopaedia of Drawing Techniques, Quarto,
London.

Thames & Hudson Handbooks on Printmaking Techniques.

The following periodicals should also be consulted regularly: Art in
Australia, Art Forum, Art in America, Art International, Object.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Lectures                                      	14
Laboratory or Practical Classes               	84
Private Study                                 	62
Other                                         	5

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   S              END SEM   WORKSHOP PROJECTS AND FOLIO               100.00    N   N

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1    There  will be regular studio critiques to review students'  work
     in progress.
2    Students  will be expected to satisfactorily complete all  studio
     requirements in order to pass the unit.
3    Students will be assessed by a staff panel who will aggregate the
     results from all areas.
4    50-65%  = C pass, 66-80% = B, 81-90% = A, 91% and over =  HD.  At
     the discretion of staff an IM may be awarded if a student has not
     done  sufficient to complete one of the three areas, however  any
     student incomplete in two or more areas will fail the unit.
5    Students  must attend a minimum of 80% of practical  classes  and
     lectures in each area in order to be eligible for a pass  in  the
     unit.  Medical  certificates are required if attendance  is  less
     than 80%.