92540 OPTION FOUNDATION

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
01	92540 	S1  	D 	OPTION FOUNDATION         	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Reference Materials
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details
• Other Requirements

STAFFING:

Other Teaching Staff:

SYNOPSIS:

This  unit is concerned with building a practical foundation in  three
studio  disciplines  to  be chosen from the two-dimensional  areas  of
Drawing, Painting and Printmaking, and the three-dimensional areas  of
Ceramics,  Sculpture and Textiles.  By exploring a variety of  methods
and   materials   students  will  be  encouraged  to   develop   their
observational, technical and conceptual skills.

Studio   practice  will  be  reinforced  by  history/theory   lectures
analysing the work of established professionals, and supplemented with
project work enabling concepts to be better expressed in visual terms.

Note:   This  unit is also offered by CD ROM, in which  case  students
concentrate on the three-dimensional areas.

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 required to be PURCHASED or accessed:

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the unit and enrich their learning experience.

Arnheim, R, 1954, Art and Visual Perception, University of
California Press, Los Angeles, 701.15 ARN.

Berensohn, P, 1974, Finding One's Way with Clay, Thames & Hudson,
London, 738.12 BER.

Colchester, C, 1993, The New Textiles, Trends and Traditions, Thames
& Hudson, London, 746 COL.

Constantine, M and Larsen, J, 1981, The Art Fabric: Mainstream, Van
Nostrand Reinhold, 746.0904 CON.

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

Godfrey, T, 1990, Drawing Today, Phaidon, London, 741.09 GOD.

Herbert, R L, (ed.) c.1964, Modern Artists on Art, Spectrum, New
York, 709.04 MOD.

Imprint, Quarterly Journal of the Print Council of Australia,
769.994 PI. (Not currently received)

Jung, C, G, 1978, Man and His Symbols, Aldus Books, 154 JUN.

Krauss, R, 1981, Passages in Modern Sculpture, MIT Press, Melbourne,
735.23 KRA.

Nelson, G C, 1971, Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook, Holt, Rinehart,
Winston, New York, 738.14 NEL.

Preble, D, 1999, Artforms, 6th ed, Longman, New York, 700 PRE.

Pogany, W, 1996, The Art of Drawing, Madison Books, Lanham, 741.2
POG.

Saff and Sacilotto, 1978, Printmaking: History & Process, Holt,
Rinehart, Winston, New York, 960.28 SAF.

Simpson, I, 1987, The Encyclopaedia of Drawing Techniques, Quarto,
London, R741.203 SIM.

Thames & Hudson Handbooks on Printmaking Techniques.

The following periodicals should also be consulted regularly:

Art in Australia. Not held USQ

Art Forum, Not held USQ

Art in America, 709.73 PI,

Art International, 700 P7,

Object, 745.5 P7.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Lectures                                      	13
Laboratory or Practical Classes               	78
Private Study                                 	69
Other                                         	5

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   F              MID-SEM   WORKSHOP AND  PROJECT FOLIO                         N   N
2   S              END SEM   WORKSHOP AND  PROJECT 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    Grades are assigned in accord with Faculty policy.
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%.