BA (Hons) Fine art: Sculpture

Course detail Content: what students can expect

• A dynamic environment where students will be challenged through dialogue with highly engaged artists and curators
• To develop your skills through experimentation and instruction from specialist technicians
• To experience a wide range of approaches to contemporary sculpture, including; bronze casting, contextual or site-based works, drawing, large-scale installations, performance, photography, sound and video and traditional sculpture techniques, including metal and woodwork
• A lively and stimulating studio environment that supports you in developing your individual practice, as well as working as part of a team
• To regularly exhibit and test their work in studio, project spaces and external locations
• A contextual studies programme to further expand their knowledge and critical understanding of the wider context of fine art
• To have access to Wimbledon's shared workshops. View the Wimbledon facilities section

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StructureYear 1

• Unit 1: Introduction to Fine Art: Painting, Sculpture, Print and Time-Based Media
• Unit 2: Introduction to subject specific practice
• Unit 3: Establishing subject specific practice
• Unit 4: Introduction to critical practice for fine art

• Unit 5: Understanding collaborative practice
• Unit 6: Developing subject specific practice part 1
• Unit 7: Developing subject specific practice part 2
• Unit 8: Developing contextual practice for fine art

• Unit 9: Realisation of subject specific art practices
• Unit 10: Realisation of critical practice and research for fine art

Our students have the chance to work on site-specific projects, including a collaborative project at south Wimbledon station sponsored by Platform for Arts as well as the annual PARK exhibition at nearby Cannizaro Park.

Students can also study abroad in their second year as part of the college’s Erasmus scheme.

Monday 25 September - Friday 8 December 2017

Monday 8 January - Friday 16 March 2018

Monday 16 April - Friday 22 June 2018

Learning and teaching methods

• Artist and professional practice talks and workshops
• Briefings, discussions, lectures and seminars
• Cross course group crits
• Field trips and off-site visits
• Group and individual presentations and tutorials
• Independent learning
• Lectures and artist talks
• Online learning
• Peer learning and review
• Portfolio review
• Project planning
• Research training
• Student presentations
• Studio and workshop based self directed study and research
• Study skills
• Technical workshops and inductions
• Workshops on writing styles, research methodology and critical debate

Assessment methods

• Blogs
• Critical professional practice presentations
• Exhibition of work
• Off-site project
• Peer evaluation
• Portfolio
• Presentations
• Research journal
• Self evaluation
• Studio exhibition presentation
• Technical skills
• Written work - assignments, essays, reports, scripts and statements

Facilities

• 3D Workshops

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• Kristy Noble.

  Audio Visual Department

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• Kristy Noble.

  Digital Media Centre

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Staff

• Sarah Woodfine - Course Leader
• William Cobbing - Senior Lecturer

• James Ireland - Senior Lecturer
• Kim Pace - Associate Lecturer