Module Descriptors
STUDIO PRACTICE: CONTEXT AND EXHIBITION
FINA50199
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 5
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Jessica Longmore
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 60
Independent Study Hours: 240
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- COURSEWORK weighted at 70% - Learning outcome(s) assessed: 1,2,3
- COURSEWORK - 1800 WORDS OR weighted at 30% - Learning outcome(s) assessed: 2,3,4
- 6-8 MINUTE VERBAL PRESENTATION weighted at 30% - Learning outcome(s) assessed: 2,3,4
- COURSEWORK weighted at 70% - Learning outcome(s) assessed: 1,2,3
Module Details
INDICATIVE CONTENT
- Develop a body of artwork that is underpinned by critical questioning and contextual research.
- The artwork should take into account considerations of audience and public display.
- You will deepen your knowledge and understanding of discourses on contemporary art, building on your learning from the Studio Practice Development module.
- You will apply your research into relevant artists and curatorial approaches to the development of your practical artworks, their critical framing, and their exhibition.
- This module includes an opportunity to put selected artworks into an exhibition context that reflects your understanding of industry standards in contemporary art exhibiting.
- The artwork should take into account considerations of audience and public display.
- You will deepen your knowledge and understanding of discourses on contemporary art, building on your learning from the Studio Practice Development module.
- You will apply your research into relevant artists and curatorial approaches to the development of your practical artworks, their critical framing, and their exhibition.
- This module includes an opportunity to put selected artworks into an exhibition context that reflects your understanding of industry standards in contemporary art exhibiting.
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Assessment 1: Coursework: Evidence of artistic practice
This will consist of a body of practical artworks, presented in an exhibition context, along with relevant supporting material. Supporting work might take the form of sketchbooks, notebooks, material tests, or other forms of practical experimentation, depending on your own artistic practice. The artworks produced should show progression and development from the artworks produced on the previous module.
Assessment 2: Coursework: Practice in Context Document
Option 1: This will consist of a digital file (for example, a PowerPoint or PDF) that extends and develops the document produced earlier in Level 5, addressing the developmental process for the work in your end of year exhibition. It should provide evidence of the development of your practical work and engagement with ideas around exhibiting and curation. This should be between 15 and 20 slides, with a word count of no more than 1800 words.
Option 2: This will consist of a verbal presentation that includes images of your work with reflective commentary about your work and connects these with other artists’ work and ideas. It is the collation of visual documentation for assessment that demonstrates your creative learning journey on the module and should evidence the growing sophistication of your practical and critical approach. This should be between 15-20 slides and last no more than 6-8 minutes. A reference list will be supplied to accompany presentation.
Formative Assessment:
Midway formative feedback will be embedded within practical sessions, providing structured opportunities for feedback on work-in-progress to support student development and progression.
This will consist of a body of practical artworks, presented in an exhibition context, along with relevant supporting material. Supporting work might take the form of sketchbooks, notebooks, material tests, or other forms of practical experimentation, depending on your own artistic practice. The artworks produced should show progression and development from the artworks produced on the previous module.
Assessment 2: Coursework: Practice in Context Document
Option 1: This will consist of a digital file (for example, a PowerPoint or PDF) that extends and develops the document produced earlier in Level 5, addressing the developmental process for the work in your end of year exhibition. It should provide evidence of the development of your practical work and engagement with ideas around exhibiting and curation. This should be between 15 and 20 slides, with a word count of no more than 1800 words.
Option 2: This will consist of a verbal presentation that includes images of your work with reflective commentary about your work and connects these with other artists’ work and ideas. It is the collation of visual documentation for assessment that demonstrates your creative learning journey on the module and should evidence the growing sophistication of your practical and critical approach. This should be between 15-20 slides and last no more than 6-8 minutes. A reference list will be supplied to accompany presentation.
Formative Assessment:
Midway formative feedback will be embedded within practical sessions, providing structured opportunities for feedback on work-in-progress to support student development and progression.
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Lectures
Seminars
Exhibition
Tutorials
Group critiques
External Visits
Workshops
Online resources
Group working
Seminars
Exhibition
Tutorials
Group critiques
External Visits
Workshops
Online resources
Group working
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Produce an extended practical project that demonstrates growing independence, refinement, professional awareness and exhibition literacy.
Knowledge & Understanding
2. Apply critical reasoning to address a complex challenge within Fine Art, curating and exhibition practice, using academic, technical, or professional feedback to inform project development.
Critical Reasoning & Collaboration
3. Communicate project intentions, process, development and outcomes using appropriate disciplinary formats, demonstrating digital literacy.
Communication, Digital Literacy
4. Reflect on your professional identity and aspirations within the creative industries, identifying lifelong learning opportunities to support your development in Fine Art practice.
Personal Development & Entrepreneurship
Knowledge & Understanding
2. Apply critical reasoning to address a complex challenge within Fine Art, curating and exhibition practice, using academic, technical, or professional feedback to inform project development.
Critical Reasoning & Collaboration
3. Communicate project intentions, process, development and outcomes using appropriate disciplinary formats, demonstrating digital literacy.
Communication, Digital Literacy
4. Reflect on your professional identity and aspirations within the creative industries, identifying lifelong learning opportunities to support your development in Fine Art practice.
Personal Development & Entrepreneurship
RESOURCES
Studio Space
Student Life https://www.youtube.com/@uniofstaffsstudentlife/videos
University Careers https://staffs.careercentre.me/Members
University Library https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/library
Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment will support this module where relevant
Specialist Spaces etc.
Smart Zone
CAD Labs
Print Bureau
Betty Smithers Design collection
Student Life https://www.youtube.com/@uniofstaffsstudentlife/videos
University Careers https://staffs.careercentre.me/Members
University Library https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/library
Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment will support this module where relevant
Specialist Spaces etc.
Smart Zone
CAD Labs
Print Bureau
Betty Smithers Design collection
TEXTS
Bishop, C. (2005) Installation art: A critical history. London: Tate.
Hudson, S. P. (2021) Contemporary painting. New edn. London: Thames & Hudson.
Phaidon Editors (2021) Vitamin D3: Today’s best in contemporary drawing. London: Phaidon Press.
Whitechapel Gallery (2008–2022) Documents of contemporary art (series: Materiality, Moving Image, Systems, Information, Animals, Destruction, Boredom, Queer, Craft, Practice, Work, Science Fiction). London: Whitechapel Gallery; Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Where older texts are included, they are retained as foundational texts within the discipline, remaining relevant where no more recent equivalent texts are available.
Magazines and online sources to be regularly consulted:
Art Monthly
Art Forum
Art in America
Flash Art
Frieze: Contemporary Art & Culture
Hudson, S. P. (2021) Contemporary painting. New edn. London: Thames & Hudson.
Phaidon Editors (2021) Vitamin D3: Today’s best in contemporary drawing. London: Phaidon Press.
Whitechapel Gallery (2008–2022) Documents of contemporary art (series: Materiality, Moving Image, Systems, Information, Animals, Destruction, Boredom, Queer, Craft, Practice, Work, Science Fiction). London: Whitechapel Gallery; Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Where older texts are included, they are retained as foundational texts within the discipline, remaining relevant where no more recent equivalent texts are available.
Magazines and online sources to be regularly consulted:
Art Monthly
Art Forum
Art in America
Flash Art
Frieze: Contemporary Art & Culture
WEB DESCRIPTOR
In this module, you’ll create a body of artwork shaped by research, critical thinking, and consideration of how work is viewed by an audience. Building on your studio practice, you’ll explore the work of contemporary artists and different approaches to exhibiting, applying these ideas to the development and presentation of your own work. You’ll also have opportunities to show selected pieces in an exhibition setting, helping you understand professional standards in contemporary art.