92540 OPTION FOUNDATION

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
01	92540 	S1  	X 	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:

1. demonstrate an understanding of materials and how to
   manipulate them through practice and experimentation in three-
   dimensional areas offered;
   
2. demonstrate an ability to apply principles of design to their
   three-dimensional work;
   
3. to develop conceptual skills;
   
4. demonstrate a growing appreciation of the nexus between theory
   and practice;
   
5. demonstrate a growing understanding of contemporary Australian
   practice;
   
6. demonstrate skills in the correct, safe handling of materials
   and processes in each studio discipline.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

Introduction to Ceramic, Textiles and Sculpture practice,
techniques  and  related  technologies,  associated  with
appropriate  history,  theory  and  contemporary   artist
practitioners.

CERAMICS
Introduction at foundation level to ceramics as an art form;
as technology and as process.
Introduction to handbuilding, raku firing, studio  equipment
and tools.

SCULPTURE
An  introduction  to the nature and language  of  sculpture;
Contemporary approaches to sculpture;
Concepts  and  techniques of direct  fabrication  of  forms;
Assemblage;
Installation  and  armature  making  are  introduced  at   a
foundation level.

TEXTILES
Introduction to the traditional basketry process of  coiling
and its conceptual application in contemporary art practice;
Exploration  of  appropriate  materials  and  techniques  at
foundation   level,   in  traditional  and   non-traditional
textiles practice.

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, 1974, Art and Visual Perception, Rev. edn, University of
California Press, Los Angeles.

Berensohn, P, 1974, Finding One's Way with Clay, Pitman, London.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Preble, D, 1999, Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts, 6th
ed, Longman, New York.

The following periodicals should also be consulted regularly:

Art in Australia, Not held at USQ,

Art Forum, Not held at USQ,

Art in America,

Art International,

Object,

Art and Text,

Ceramics: Art & Perception,

Eyeline

Sculpture Magazine

Textile Fibre Forum.

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Lectures                                      	13
Laboratory or Practical Classes               	72
Private Study                                 	75
Other                                         	4

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   S              13/04/01  WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT                        10.00     Y   N
2   S              15/06/01  JOURNAL                                   10.00     Y   N
3   S              15/06/01  SEE OTHER REQUIREMENTS                              Y   N
4   S              15/06/01  STUDIO PROJECT                            50.00     Y   N

1    There  will  be  a  studio  critique (teleconference)  to  review
     students'  work  in  progress  at mid  semester.   This  requires
     students to submit a 10min oral presentation on video, with  work
     in  progress  OR  photographs of work in progress accompanying  a
     10min audio tape presentation.  Video is preferable.
2    Students  will be expected to satisfactorily complete all  studio
     requirements in order to pass the unit.
3    End-of-semester assessment by panel of Visual Arts staff who will
     provide  written feedback.  This requires students  to  submit  a
     10min  oral  presentation  on  video,  with  completed  work   or
     photographs  of  completed work accompanying a 10min  audio  tape
     presentation.  Video is preferable.
4    Assessment   Number  3:  Description:  Studio  Workshop   Pieces:
     Ceramics - Wtg(%) 10;  Studio Workshop Pieces: Sculpture - Wtg(%)
     10; Studio Workshop Pieces: Textiles - Wtg(%) 10.