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School of Art and Design · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
The focus of this intensively-delivered course is writing on and about the creative arts and the visual arts in particular. It is aimed at students engaged in either practice-led research or art history and theoretical research in the creative arts. It introduces a variety of strategies and models for experimenting with voice, structure and content and addresses writing for different contexts - academic, art museums and the visual and creative industries more generally. The aim throughout is to develop students' critical awareness of various ways of writing and skills and confidence for writing at an advanced level. Students, they will write about an art or design subject of their choice in order to develop their capacity for critical awareness through self-directed research. Through this investigation they will incorporate a variety of strategies to experiment with voice, structure, content and writing styles for different contexts. Students are encouraged to contact the course convenor to discuss their choice of subject.
Participation
Learning outcomes 1, 3
Written keyword assignment, 500 words
Learning outcomes 1, 3
Presentation (10 minutes) with written paper (1000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Essay, 4000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 35 hours of contact: lectures and tutorials, delivered intensively; and b) 95 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
There are no prescribed texts, however copies of required readings will be posted on the Wattle site prior to the intensive. Preliminary Reading Barrett, E and Bolt B. (eds.) Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry. London: IB Tauris 2007 Carter, P., Material Thinking: The Theory and Practice of Creative Research. Melbourne: MUP 2004 Williams, Gilda. How to Write About Contemporary Art. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014.