modules you shall be studying

You foundation year  programme is composed of  five modules, of which some are completed within a single semester and others continue over the two semesters.

Each module fulfills a key area of art & design practice and equal importance to your developmentas a creative practitioner.

Modules have a particular credit value and you shall complete the equivalent of 60 credits in each semester and a total of 120 credits.

You are required to pass each module in order to successful complete the programme. You need to complete the prgramme in order to progress onto the degree programmes

There shall be a range of additional learning activities which you shall need to undertake in support of  the modules and your programme as a whole.

Each module has a specific set of aims and learning goals and you shall receive a specific scheme of activities for each. These schemes of work are outlined in detail in a project assignment document called a  PA2

For each module there is a member of staff who is the module co-cordinator , who is responsible  for the management & organisation of the module. There may also be additional members of staff who make up the module staff team who deliver the module content, shall be your subject tutors providing guindnace and feedback during the module activity and also undertake the assessment of your work.

Diagnostic Introduction to Art & Design Practice  20 Credits

Personal Reflective Journal for Art & Design Practice  20 Credits

Art & Design in Context  20 Credits

Introduction to Digital Media for Art & Design Practice  20 Credits

Individual Development of Specialist Art & Design Practices  40 Credits

Academic Session Schedule 2011 - 2012

Induction Week Schedule

	BA Hons A & D Foundation Year Induction week 2011-12
	am:		pm:
Monday 19th September	Programme Welcome 10:00-12:00 Student Union Presentation 12:00 - 12:45 room HT109 (‘ the lecture theatre’ ) Centenary Building		Tour of Foundation Facilities Centenary & Adelphi Buildings Meet by Foundation Notice board at  1:30
Tuesday 20th September	‘Check-in’ Clifford Whitworth Library		3D Workshop Induction Adelphi Basement Workshops Studio Group 1 Meet by Foundation Notice board At 13:30
Wednesday 21st September	Dean of College Address Peel Building		3D Workshop Induction Adelphi Basement Workshops Studio Group 2 Meet by Foundation Notice board At 13:30
Thursday 22nd September	3D Workshop Induction Adelphi Basement Workshops Studio Group 3 Meet by Foundation Notice board At 09:30		3D Workshop Inductions Adelphi Basement Workshops Studio Group 4 Meet by Foundation Notice board At 13:30
Friday 23rd September	ILS Induction HT 108 – Centenary Building Group A- 09.00am Group B- 10.00am Group C- 12.00pm		Allocation of Personal Studio Space Meeting your ‘Lie of the Land’ project team Display of Summer Project Work Team Discussion

summer project August-September 2011

The theme for the first project you will undertake for your Foundation Programme is entitled:

‘Lie of the Land’

This project is beginning of the Diagnostic Introduction to Art & Design Practices module, in which you shall be both working within a team and also producing your own personal work.

In preparation for this project you are required to prepare over the summer weeks, a body of research which shall support and launch the first project. It is essential that you complete the project in advance of Monday 26^th September, so you have this resource ready to work with and so that you can collaborate with your team members.

In an A4 hard backed sketchbook you are to research the work, thinking, compositions and sources of inspiration of  5 land artists You can either choose the 5  artists from the list below or select  any other land/environmental artists whose work you admire.  This research must include your own views and opinions about the artists work you have selected.  Opinions should include why you like the work and why you have chosen to include it as relevant research.  Collected opinions and observations should be included in your sketchbook as hand written notes to support your visual information of drawings and photographs. 

Make sure you make written reference all your research sources –journals, books, web links, TV programmes, exhibitions, libraries, galleries, locations etc.

If you cannot find enough information on a particular artist you may research the type of work that the artist has produced (for example: Land Art/Environmental Art).

Using the A4 sketch book, you should aim to produce 4 x ‘double page spreads on each of your 5 chosen artists. This means in total you should produce  a total of 20 double page  spreads.

( A double spread page is where you open the A4 sketch book completely flat and work across both pages, treating these as a single page and ignoring the ‘crease’ in the middle ). 

Be creative in how you compose each double page spread and use a range of media – pencil crayons/pastels/paint/charcoal/graphite/ink, collage etc and consider the layout and composition of your text and images and create pages which are visually interesting and dynamic.

·         Andy Goldsworthy

·         Robert La Trobe

·         Richard Long

·         Robert Smithson

·         Walter de Maria

·         Sally Matthews

·         Tony Easterby

·         Alan Franklin

·         Antony Holloway

·         David Nash

·         Kerry Morrison

·         Ashish Ghosh

Take inspiration from the sketchbook pages as shown in the illustrations below.

Also for more inspiration on personal journals (sketch books) follow the link below: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sota/tracey/sketchbook.html

Welcome

This blog aims to provide you with preliminary information to assist your preparations for starting the BA Hons Art & Design + Foundation Year Programme.

You shall need to arrive at the Lecture Theatre HT109 at 09:30am Monday 19th September 2011.

This shall be the start of your programme induction week, which shall require your attendance throughout the whole of the week.

Have available means of making notes. Key information shall be delivered about the induction week, your programme and studentship. You shall need to capture this so that you know what activities you need to engage with and the requirements you need satisfy.

Your study activity shall commence on Monday 26th September 2011, for which a weekly timetable shall be added to this blog in due course.

Keep logging into this blog on a regular basis, as more information shall be added in the weeks leading up to the programme induction.