AD3018 - Art and the City

The module will focus on the potential offered by the Northumbria University campus studios being located in the centre of the extended city of Newcastle/Gateshead and the learning opportunities with our partners in the cultural and creative industries (BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Tyneside Cinema, Live Theatre, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums).
Students will make creative responses to visits and observations through their own research, and through encounter with artists and the arts and cultural centres and activities in the city. This may include galleries, theatres, studios and other locations. You will be assessed on your abilities to express a response to the city through your own arts practices and related analysis and reflection.
You will be taught through structured teaching activities including lecture, demonstration, studio and workshop activity. Site visits and study activity will enable you to understand the importance of primary research from source. Seminar discussions will introduce other concepts about how artists from across the creative spectrum have been inspired by the City thematic. This will inform your own learning and enable you to use the studio back in the University as a place of creative experimentation and production.
You will be given formative feedback on your work to support your development towards a final output which along with your research material will form a final assessment.

You will be supported through guided studio and workshop activity by your academic tutors and technical support staff.
The module handbook provides details of sessions, reading lists and assessment criteria. Teaching and learning materials are made available on the e-learning portal. The module tutors will be available in taught sessions, as well as in feedback and consultation hours and on email, to discuss any queries or concerns you have about how to excel academically on the module. Moreover, feedback on formative work and the first summative assessments will also serve as ‘feed forward’, giving guidance on how to improve during the module. Given that this is one of the first studio based modules to be completed you will be guided through how assessment impacts on your learning.
In addition, you have a designated Personal Guidance Tutor throughout the entire duration of your programme. The academic side of the Personal Guidance Tutor’s role includes:

• monitoring your ongoing academic progress
• helping you to develop self-reflection skills necessary for continuous academic development
• directing you to further available services which can help them with their academic skills (e.g. Library’s Skills Plus)

You are advised to see your Personal Guidance Tutor at least twice each semester to review your academic progress.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
1. Be able to show an understanding of the inter-relationship between arts, culture and the environments of the city

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
2. Demonstrate a growing knowledge of arts practices and techniques

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
3. Show awareness of arts and cultural issues in relation to a wider social context

Formative Assessment
Formative feedback is provided as an integral part of teaching and learning sessions

Summative Assessment
Portfolio submission and presentation of artwork. Evidence/documentation of thematic research around the City (MLO1 and 3) and of developing a personal approach to studio culture (MLO2).

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The Body AD3017
Arts Portfolio:Skills for University AD3021

The module presents you with the opportunity to explore the inter-relationship of art and the city through your own arts practices, building on and extending your studio experience. You will be introduced to arts and culture in the wider context of the city and experience the specific arts related resources linked to the thriving art culture in Newcastle and Gateshead. This experience is further enriched by exisiting partnerships between Northumbria University and the city’s cultural/arts organisations and artists. Reflection on this rich and vital relationship will support you to set your own practice in context.