In this course students will work closely with Canberra-based, national or international institutions to devise and deliver a public program. By engaging directly with cultural industry leaders, students will learn how concepts such as audience, community and place-making are configured differently depending on the institutional context. The public program – be it a workshop, community project, participatory artwork or site-specific engagement – becomes a practice-led means to navigate ranging objectives in the larger arts and culture ecology. Contributing their existing skills, students will learn to problem solve and evaluate their methods as individual practitioners and collaborative producers.
Please note that the course content, assessment structure, partner institutions and reading list will change depending on the topic and expertise of the lecturer convening the course. Please refer to the class summary for the specific term in which you wish to enrol for a detailed description.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- demonstrate social responsibility in engaging collaboratively with institutions, the public and peers
- develop informed methodologies and problem-solving skills in response to real-world problems and challenges.
- recognise and analyse practices of public programming from artistic, institutional and community perspectives; and
- critically reflect on methods and outcomes.
Work Integrated Learning
Projects
Field trips to local institutions, working on a project with a brief, liasing with an institution and the possibility of either running a real-life public program or simulating it with a peer group
Other Information
School of Art & Design studio courses have a limited enrolment capacity. Students are advised to enrol as early as possible to maximise the opportunity of securing a place.
Indicative Assessment
- Public Project development (40) [LO 1,2,3]
- Public Project delivery (40) [LO 1,2,3]
- Critical Reflection (20) [LO 1,2,3,4]
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks consisting of lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice; and
b) 82 hours of independent studio practice, reading and writing.
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Refer to Wattle.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 12
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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