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About artistic practice (5 cr)

Code: AM00CW37-3002

General information


Enrollment

06.05.2024 - 30.08.2024

Timing

03.09.2024 - 27.09.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Institute of Design and Fine Arts (LAB)

Campus

Lappeenranta Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

16 - 18

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Visual Arts

Teachers

  • Jenni Sokura
  • MI_opettaja_KUVA, Kuvataide Virtuaaliopettaja (LAB)

Scheduling groups

  • Luennot (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • MLPRKUVA24S

Small groups

  • Lecture 1

Learning outcomes

The student can
- ideate, plan and implement a work of art and reflect on one's artistic working process and works
- describe, tell and analyze artistic work and production
- different methods and ways of making art and applying them to artistic work
- to work in a guided, disciplined, independent and creative manner
- the appropriate use of materials in terms of economy and environmental friendliness
- estimate and calculate production costs
- professionally maps materials and their procurement
The student knows visual art discourses, art philosophy and history, and the current state of art

Implementation and methods of teaching

About artistic practice - this course introduces you to the skills needed to make art in general. Through a variety of exercises, students will learn about themselves as creators, learn to identify their strengths and how to use them. As a group, we will reflect on and try to answer the question: what kind of work is art-making and what does it require of the artist?

During the course, the teacher will support the students in various exercises, independently, in pairs and in small groups. Time will also be set aside for group discussions.

Timing and attendance

Face-to-face tuition Tue-Fri at the Fine Arts premises. The teacher will inform you in advance about the tasks to be carried out independently.

There will be two teaching groups.
1. group 3.9.-27.9.2024
2. group 1.10.-1.11.2024

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials available on Moodle.

Alternative completion methods

The course cannot be taken remotely.

Learning environment

Face-to-face tuition at the Fine Arts premises, also Moodle.

Contents

We will learn the basics of artistic work through various drawing and design activities.

We will stimulate ourselves to come up with ideas from different starting points, using a variety of methods. Where can an artist get ideas when their head is pounding? The artist is an observer of their own environment: this way of working will be consciously practised through different tasks. We sketch from both observation and abstract intuition.

We will create a variety of short tasks that can be used as tools to develop our own expression. The tasks will vary in duration - from a few minutes of reaction to a maximum of a couple of days of work. The emphasis is on brainstorming and sketching. In addition to drawing, we will also experiment with three-dimensional sketching, mainly using clay.

Most of the tasks will be carried out on the school premises, but there will also be independent work outside the campus.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No previous knowledge is required to participate in the course.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

- Repeated absences from lessons and teaching situations
- Poor performance of tasks
- Poor knowledge of the professional concepts central to the course
- Ignoring instructions on working in classrooms and safety at work
- Non-attendance at discussions, meetings and final review

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

- Can work according to instructions
- Can generate ideas for and realise works of art
- Can identify and describe methods of making art in a guided way
- Can participate in guided learning discussions
- Can search for professional information in their field

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Can apply a wide range of options to their artistic work process
- Can create artworks based on their ideas in a guided and independent way and develop their work based on feedback
- Can independently identify and compare the methods of artistic creation used
- Can evaluate and justify their skills and set artistic, content-related and technical development objectives
- Able to follow and describe the professional debate in their field

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Can apply and develop a variety of options for their artistic work process
- Can use what they have learned in a planned and creative way in their work and apply the feedback they receive
- Can apply the methods they use and analyse works
- Able to assess, develop and extend artistic, content and technical competence
- Participate in professional debates in their field