VA3060:04
Professional Practice and Exhibitions *
| Townsville | HECS Band 1 |
52 hours lectures. 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 students to organise 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%).
* Non-Bachelor of Visual Arts students wishing to undertake this subject should seek approval from the Associate Dean for the College of Music, Visual Arts and Theatre or the head of Visual Arts