VA3060:04
*NOTE* Professional Practice and Exhibitions
Townsville
Prerequisites: (VA2031 or VA2033) (VA2032 or VA2034)
Inadmissable Subject Combination: VA3190
26 lectures, 13 tutorials. Full year.
Available to level 3 BVA students and other students subject to interview with lecturer.
Staff: Ms A Lord.
Practical and theoretical requirements for visual artists and potential art administrators to arrange an exhibition, installation or site work; students’ development of a rationale for site/installation/exhibition and other formats for exposure of visual arts; discussion of basic art administration necessary for holding an exhibition; theoretical and conceptual development to curate an exhibition.
Learning Objectives:
- to acquire a knowledge of industry expectations for the implementation of an exhibition, installation, site work or curating of visual art work;
- to create links for students to the professional visual arts industry;
- to develop the rationale for student’s own exposure, or curate for others, resulting in an exhibition, installation or site work.
Assessment by organisation of a practical exhibition (50%); journal including documentation of exhibition/installation/site work (10%); semester one – five written projects (20%); semester two – four written projects and one documentation project (20%).