Unit Outline

Creating artwork involves encounters with objects, materials, ideas, cultures and other life forms. This unit will involve visits to Museums, Art Galleries and public artworks to investigate the many forms of collection and archive within a community. Public collections include a range of artefacts that define cultural histories and offer emotional, aesthetic and educational experiences. In contemporary art practice they have become spaces to question and challenge cultural assumptions and offer pathways to reflect and address troubled histories and offer potential for innovation and renewal. This unit emphasises materiality as an integral aspect of art making and interpretation. Materiality will be explored in studio work with students taken through processes of engaging with different materials and iterations to recognise how informs the meaning of an artwork. Materiality and processes of observation will be used as a lens to interpret works in collections and archives. Critical and formal analysis skills will be developed to assist in learning to see beyond the obvious and the literal. Key instances of artwork and art writing will be explored to deepen an understanding of what a collection reveals about a culture. This unit introduces students to the creative arts emphasis on praxis, where theory is tested and embodied in making and writing.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Apply processes of observation, interpretation and iteration to make artwork that engages with an artefact from a public collection.
2.	Describe and evaluate art and design works in relation to their form, content and context
3.	Locate relevant sources to contextualise art and design works
4.	Work collaboratively, constructively, and respectfully within group and individual learning contexts

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	FSA121 Critical Practices 1A

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Task 1: Drawing as formal analysis	See the MyLO site for the due date	20 %	LO2, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Task 2: Bibliography and Essay	See the MyLO site for the due date	30 %	LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 3:	Task 3: Final portfolio, journal and statement	See the MyLO site for the due date	50 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Task 1: Drawing as formal analysis

Task Description:

You are required to select an artefact in the museum and create a series of at least 3 ‘drawings’ that communicate the formal elements that convey significance.

Task Length:

Three or more drawings around a theme

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Develop an understanding of drawing as a tool for formal analysis.	LO2, LO4
2	Explore different drawing strategies and applications	LO2
3	Identify and communicate the formal elements of an object through drawing	LO2
4	Participate and engage productively in studio-based learning.	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Task 2: Bibliography and Essay

Task Description:

Produce an annotated bibliography and essay describing and analysing your chosen artefact and personal insights.

Task Length:

Annotated bibliography (500 words) and Essay (1,000 words)

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Explore and document the contextual and historical aspects of an artefact	LO2, LO3
2	Describe and analyse an artefact focusing on form and context	LO2, LO3
3	Develop an argument supported by scholarly sources, using appropriate referencing.	LO2, LO3

Assessment Task 3: Task 3: Final portfolio, journal and statement

Task Description:

Create a work, write a statement and produce a journal that responds to a museum artefact .

Task Length:

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Interpret and integrate personal observations through research	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Describe and reflect on the ideas, processes, contexts, and outcomes of your project.	LO1, LO2, LO3
3	Participate in studio-based learning through class discussions, critique and attendance.	LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.