Print Contemporary Practice – BA (Hons)

This module aims to introduce students to the core elements of Print Contemporary Practice, focusing on helping students build a foundation in printmaking while acquiring the necessary skill sets and knowledge to develop a body of print-related work. Students are encouraged to actively engage with their learning in the workshops and studios using critical thinking strategies and research methodologies when building the foundation in printmaking and fine art.

The aim of this module is to demonstrate the significance of twentieth century art and the contexts from which it emerges, providing students with models of analytical evaluation of the art of the period. To develop students’ critical engagement with significant developments within their practice. To develop students’ ability to participate in debate and discussion in relation to concepts presented in the course, to question contexts in which art/design is created and meanings produced, applying different approaches in the evaluation ideas and artworks/artefacts relevant to a given topic

This module aims to expand students’ knowledge and skillsets relevant to the core elements of Print Contemporary Practice focusing on helping students acquire additional skill sets and proficiencies in printmaking to develop a body of work. Students are encouraged to work independently using Individual studio projects and participate in the workshops and studios using critical thinking strategies and research methodologies.

This module examines the organisation and production of an off-campus presentation exhibition. The students will take responsibility for the organisation and promotion of an exhibition engaging with staff of a cultural Institution and its public audience. The staff of Fine Art will assess work produced by their fine art students for this module in order to achieve greater synergy between professional practice and their studio work. Students will maintain a social media/digital presence that records all work produced in professional practice and studio. This digital presence facilitates dissemination of work, peer to peer sharing and engagement in the wider professional audience.

The aim of this module is to explore the significance of twentieth and twenty-first century art, and the contexts from which it emerges, providing students with models of analytical evaluation of the art of the period. To demonstrate a variety of methods of critical engagement with art, introducing the idea of an inter-disciplinary approach to the interpretation of works of art and visual culture from diverse periods. To assist students in situating their practice within appropriate contexts. To develop students’ ability to participate in debate and discussion in relation to concepts presented in the course, to question contexts in which art is created and meanings produced, applying different approaches in the evaluation ideas and artworks relevant to a given topic.

This module encourages students to utilise diverse techniques and processes relevant to expanding the field of printmaking, drawing, and digital and lens-based media while using an experimental framework when developing a self-directed studio practice. More advanced printmaking, photography, and digital media workshops and demonstrations are delivered to facilitate deeper learning experiences. Regular tutorial sessions and group crits allow both staff and students to engage in reflective studio dialogues, helping students nurture their studio practice on technical and conceptual levels

The aim of this module is to facilitate debate and discussion in relation to concepts presented in the module. To develop the students’ ability to analyse and evaluate contexts in which art and design practices evolve and meaning are produced largely from the viewpoint of the practising artist and designer.

The Preparation for Placement module offers a programme of workshops, talks and presentations which challenges students to consider various aspects of professionalism as it prepares students for successful Placement or Exchange experiences.

The aim of the module to offer the student the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills gained throughout their course of study up to this point in a new and relevant experiential setting. This is to be achieved whilst facilitating the student in developing the practical life-skill competencies and communication skills necessary to function as an effective member of the cultural sector and wider society. The skills developed during work placement include technical job-related skills, numeracy and literacy skills, use of new technologies, critical evaluation of the host organisation and meta-cognition skills such as reflective learning.

In students are required to produce a learning portfolio in which they reflect on the situated learning gleaned from the placement/exchange. In addition to evaluating the experience students will implement strategies for reflective practice.  In the module learners can gain experience of working with a range of appropriate research methods for recording and analysing experiential learning.

The module will further the independent learning skills of the student. It will extend the students’ ability to generate and sustain critical debate in relation to a specified topic of personal interest. It will foster transferable skills in research, planning, analysis and communication. It allows students a testing ground for the formats for delivery available to them in year four before embarking on their final year project.

This module aims to facilitate learning activities for final year students encouraging the learners to utilise diverse printmaking-related skill sets and knowledge they built in previous stages. The module is delivered through individual tutorials and peer-to-peer group critiques, seminars, and student presentations. The PCP curriculum for the final stages emphasises the importance of working independently to develop a cohesive body of work through active participation, independent thinking, and reflective practice in the print workshops and studios.

The Year 4 Fine Art Professional Practice programme provides students with information which they will require in their professional practice in life after LSAD. The assessed assignment requires the creation of a personal handbook for the studio practice they would like to have upon progression from Limerick School of Art & Design. Each graduate has different needs and requirements for their studio practice upon leaving Art School, and their personal handbook, consequently, should contain all of the information which might be required for a sustainable and fulfilling studio practice, and be presented as a repository of helpful information. This assignment fosters the personalising of the student’s learning experience, provides a bespoke almanac of useful information for their unique future creative practices, and assists in clarifying their career progression goals.

This module aims to facilitate learning activities for final year students encouraging the learners to utilise diverse printmaking-related skill sets and knowledge they built in previous stages. The Print Contemporary Practice curriculum for the final stages emphasizes the importance of working independently to develop a cohesive and substantial body of work through active participation, independent thinking, and reflective practice in the print workshops and studios. The overall aim is to encourage students to cultivate a body of work on technical and conceptual levels in their studio practice. Successful completion of the module leads to a body of work, which includes an advanced body of research, works in progress as well as finished artworks, and evidence of and consideration for display methods and presentation.

The final outcome is a graduate exhibition of selected artworks or installations, which becomes the Fine Art Print Contemporary Practice BA Honours exhibition.

The aim of this module is to devise a substantial, self-directed academic research project within the field of visual culture, allowing for the student to build on their core skills in research, writing and critical analysis. It allows for students to select a topic area of their choice and tease out a contributory line of inquiry within. Individual one-to-one tutorials support students in their learning and help them to synthesise their findings from a range of source material, which have been considered in depth. This module provides our students with transferable skills applicable across all LSAD undergraduate programmes.