Your place on this course is reserved by Bookings and included in your original FDAD course fee. Please put the dates in your diary and allow for extra time to complete the tasks. It is ideally your tenth and final course, or you will have completed a minimum of seven courses before the start date. If you have any questions please contact the Programme Coordinator. Priority is given to your cohort but students from other FDAD intake groups may join your course subject to availability.
If you wish to book an earlier Project Brief Course to graduate early you can.
The course is released online on 31 January 2025 for self-study, the first live participation session is on Zoom on 14 February 2025.
A structured approach to developing visual and critical research skills to inform and create your own artistic response to a set brief. From an initial idea, use drawing, mapping, primary and secondary sources, reflection, and review, to find your focus enquiry and final artwork. You will be given guidance on how to present and review the work.
Course content includes videos, slide presentations and PDFs with clear guidance given on the tasks to complete each week, and the date to complete the work. Students share developing work via Padlet and receive feedback.
By the end of the course, you will have evolved a list of sources, identified relevant artists, influencers, lines of enquiry and completed a project plan. You will have presented and received feedback on work in progress, and direction to complete your final piece of work and how it may be presented. You will have gained confidence in independent study, identified subjects and materials that focus your practice. The final piece will be an original work supported by critical analysis and a rich body of development studies adding to your portfolio.
The course is released on Moodle on the start date giving you access to the first self-study module and course information. There is no live session on this date. The live sessions with tutor/s take place on Zoom on the following dates:
31 January 2025 - 9am: Student presentations
14 February - 9am: Group tutorial
21 February - 9am: 30 min individual tutorial, times to be confirmed on Moodle.
28 February - 5pm: Students submit project brief coursework for tutor feedback
Week 1 - Introduction, starting points, reflection, mapping
Week 2 - Contextual research & student presentations
Week 3 - Visual research & group tutorials
Week 4 - Develop the work with individual tutorials
Week 5 - Refine & resolve
Week 6 - Statement and submit work for feedback
Programme Coordinator - Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Tiffany Robinson studied interactive media for her MA (2005) making art films and immersive sci-art installations on perception and nanoscale. She is currently a tutor, mentor (The Art of Enquiry) and walking artist making intuitive drawings using natural and digital media. Her work deals with a post-modern estrangement from nature towards a being more than human through alignment with nature.
Residential option available. Find out accommodation costs and how to book here.
