FINEARTS 112 : Fine Arts Studio 2
Creative Arts and Industries
2023 Semester Two (1235) (30 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Our curriculum places Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a key reference point for teaching and learning in Studio 1, setting our agenda of:
• Partnership - Our teaching and learning approach draws from both Māori and Pākehā/Tauiwi cultures.
• Participation - Encouraging and supporting everyone to create an enjoyable, inclusive, dynamic and aspirational environment.
• Protection - Respecting and protecting taonga and cultural heritage.
Given this background, our curriculum is designed to build upon all forms of prior learning. It activates learning within the programme’s core values of relationship building and the importance of community. Students are introduced to new concepts and disciplines key to contemporary art. Working together and helping one another learn and develop is strongly supported. We operate with the principle that robust communities enhance individual learning and achievement. Connectedness goes beyond the immediate cohort and extends to considering the relationship we have to the place we inhabit and the generations of people and ideas that have come before us. This is built through a sequential accumulation of knowledge encountered in projects during the semester. The overall rationale of the curriculum is to provide students with basic cultural, critical, political, conceptual and practical capabilities required to form a good foundation for subsequent learning and research in contemporary art.
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 2: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 3: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 4: | Communication and Engagement |
| Capability 5: | Independence and Integrity |
| Capability 6: | Social and Environmental Responsibilities |
Learning Outcomes
- Transform materials into material languages (Capability 1, 2, 3 and 4)
- Analyse material languages in art (Capability 2 and 4)
- Develop and demonstrate contextual research skills (Capability 1, 2 and 3)
- To respond to the project briefs in a considered and imaginative manner (Capability 1, 2 and 3)
- Generate and refine ideas for artworks (Capability 1, 2, 3 and 4)
- To develop a basic understanding of Taha Maori as it relates to the conception and production of studio work, and its broader culture. (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6)
- To develop skills in critical reflection on, and dialogue about art (Capability 2 and 5)
- To develop a healthy studio practice (Capability 4, 5 and 6)
- Develop and demonstrate basic skills in individual resolution and presentation (Capability 1, 2, 3 and 4)
- Develop and demonstrate basic skills in collaborative resolution and presentation (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework (Timebased/Performance) | 33.3% | Group & Individual Coursework |
| Coursework (Print) | 33.3% | Group & Individual Coursework |
| Coursework (Photography) | 33.4% | Group & Individual Coursework |
| 3 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Coursework (Timebased/Performance) | ||||||||||
| Coursework (Print) | ||||||||||
| Coursework (Photography) | ||||||||||
Students must achieve 50% or more overall in order to pass the course.
Teaching & Learning Methods
making, thinking, dialogue and reflection. In undertaking these activities, diverse perspectives are shared, and knowledge, concepts and experience - relevant to the field of contemporary art, are gained.
Specific learning formats include:
practical in-class exercises
group discussions
group critiques
small group workshops
1-1's with both colleagues and your tutor
Seminars
Workload Expectations
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is required at scheduled activities including tutorials and studios to complete components of the course.
Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including seminars, tutorials and studios will not be available as recordings. The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.
Learning Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Health & Safety
Please refer to the Elam School of Fine Arts Health, Safety and Wellbeing guidelines that can be found in the Canvas page for this course in the files section.
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
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Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Requests for extensions of time must be submitted and approved before the due date unless there are exceptional circumstances. Students applying for an extension of time must use the online Fine Arts Extension of Time Application form available on Canvas. The request must be supported by written evidence from a doctor or counsellor (or other relevant evidence).
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.