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Art in Public Spaces (5 cr)

Code: AM00CO03-3001

General information


Enrollment

16.04.2021 - 03.05.2021

Timing

10.05.2021 - 28.05.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Institute of Design and Fine Arts (LAB)

Campus

Lappeenranta Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish
  • English

Seats

10 - 20

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Visual Arts

Teachers

  • Hanna Kostiainen
  • William Dennisuk

Scheduling groups

  • Harjoitukset (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • MLPRKUVAYHT20H
    Kuvataiteen yhteiset opinnot 2020-2021 (AMK), Lappeenranta

Small groups

  • Harjoitukset

Learning outcomes

Student
- learn how to make effective presentation boards and PowerPoints when submitting artworks for public art competitions.
- learn how to read or understand the goals of the client. What are the client's desires for the project? What are the limitations? What are the budgets? What materials might work best?
- learn how to analyze the site from different perspectives, such as the historical setting, social uses, the physical, haptic, sensory elements that surround and shape the place.
- learn to know artists who ar working in this field and how they approach the public space.
- learn how urbanists and town planners engage in empirical studies of public spaces and how their findings could have relevance for how artists approach public spaces from a broader perspective.

Assessment scale

1-5