Course Title: Public Art Business Development

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2008

Course Code: VART5172

Course Title: Public Art Business Development

School: 340T Art

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5191 - Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts)

Course Contact : Kellyann Geurts

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472

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


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Geoff Hogg

geoff.hogg@rmit.edu.au

0413 624 813

Nominal Hours: 32

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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

All generic and compulsory Visual Arts modules

Course Description

This course provides participants with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required to recognise potential opportunities to develop and manage public art projects by application of acquired entrepreneurial business skills.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

VBS684 Public Art Business Development


Learning Outcomes


1. Develop potential Public Art projects within a community.
2. Develop a business strategy within the context of the public art industry
3. Develop potential networks and resources to create public art projects


Details of Learning Activities

Participation in group discussions

Workshops

Practical field work

Project concept development and documentation


Teaching Schedule

Learning activities are integrated into the project and undertaken through the semester


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Reading lists and course material will be distributed in class


References


Other Resources

Reading lists and course material will be distributed in class


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.


Assessment Tasks


A series of projects and accompanying visual diaries.

Portfolio of work - studies, projects and workshops outcomes devleoped 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.

Assessment tasks

  • Presentation of dcoumentation detailing course learnings
  • Presentation to panel in symposium format
  • Alternative Assessment

Participants already working in the field of Public Art or a related area have the opportunitiy to negotiate projects for assessment in the context of Work Integrated Learning.

This course is taught together with the course Finance a Project.


Assessment Matrix

Not applicable

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