VA2821 - Printmaking Techniques

Credit points:	06
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Students are taught a range of skills in the visual arts area of printmaking. Emphasis is on the exploration of traditional and contemporary approaches to visual arts expression through a series of intensive workshops in a specialist printmaking studio. Print techniques appropriate to visual arts practice are demonstrated to facilitate production of professional prints and editions for contemporary creative arts. Professional standards of presentation are expected as an outcome of the learning process.

Learning Outcomes

• an understanding of safe work practices as applied within a specialist printmaking studio;
• problem-solving skills to assist in creative decision making and critical inquiry in contemporary visual arts;
• an appreciation of the inherent qualities of processes and techniques in a professional printmaking studio;
• the ability to identify, employ and demonstrate proficiency in key printmaking competencies applicable for contemporary visual arts practice.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area.

Assumed Knowledge:	Skills in drawing, painting or illustration.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	VA2822

Availabilities
Cairns, Block, Study Period 6
Census Date 21-Jun-2012
Face to face teaching 04-Jun-2012 to 22-Jun-2012 (Practical classes and studio time will be scheduled between 4/6 and 22/6 on weekdays, between 9-5pm.)
Coord/Lect:	Dr Robyn Glade-Wright.
Contact hours:	39 hours practicals - 39 hrs Practicals (Formal practicals are held at Djumbunji press. An additional 26 hours of workshop time is available to students.)
Assessment:	series of practical tasks completed in the printmaking studio.
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject is assessed as pass/fail only. Students must satisfactorily complete all required practical tasks in class to achieve a passing grade.
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.