Course Title: Public Art Media

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5191

Course Title: Public Art Media

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 32.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
VART5174	City Campus	TAFE	340T Art	Face-to-Face	Term1 2007, Term1 2008, Term2 2008

Course Contact: Kellyann Geurts

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472

Course Contact Email: kellyann.geurts@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

The purpose of this module is to provide participants with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required to investigate and apply various media’s in public art projects.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

All generic and compulsory Visual Arts modules

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

VBS686 Public Art Media

Learning Outcomes

1. Integrate diverse materials into appropriate and creative solutions
2. Use diverse techniques and technologies to produce contemporary/innovative public art i.e.
• computer generated images and projection
• water and light
• moulded plastic and flowers
• hot air and inflated objects
• traditional materials in innovative ways

Overview of Assessment

A series of projects and accompanying visual diaries
Portfolio of work – studies, projects and workshop outcomes developed throughout the year as class projects

Students already working in the field of public art have the opportunity to negotiate projects for assessment in the context of Work Integrated Learning.