art + design excellence, 2013Welcome to the first information session for the 2013 art + design excellence program.
Why are we going “excellent”?
How will excellence work for our students?
Why Art + Design Excellence?
culture,track record
expert staff
PARTNERS:QUT+SLQ
connected tocommunity bene
fits
pathways
Why excellence?
art design
Carlo Ratti
Anne Holtrup
one impulse: looking at the world with fresh eyes
art design1.raft2.babel3.frontiers4.binaries
1.object2.public things3.emergency4.design futures
QUT START1.orientation2.design history/digital media3.visualisation 1/visual communication4.visualisation 2/visual interactions
joining the dots…
so, please take the opportunity for Q & A
How do I apply?
Can I handle the workload?
What are the benefits?
who is eligible?
University work sounds scary
there are lots of questions:
I like art, not sure about design
If you choose art + design excellence in 2013,your experience of school will be very different; You will be studying both at school and at university.
ON CAMPUS:
STUDY AT K
GSC
OFF CAMPUS: STUDY AT QUT
There will be three interlocking strands in the program
1:art + de
sign exc
ellence,
(aka des
ign, a S
AS or sc
hool
based su
bject)
3:QUT “START” UNITS
2:Senior Art (OP SUBJECT)
So what will a student program look like overall?
art + designexcellence1. senior art2. Art + Design Excellence
3. QUT
4:OTHER OP
SUBJECT CHOICES
all three parts of design excellence will include studio practice and theory assignments,However, our model is for a bigger “body of work” called art + design excellence that combines and supports
all assignment workin each semesterof the program
ART+DE
SIGN E
XCELLE
NCE
excellen
ce
“body of
work”:
prac + t
heory
QUT START
SENIOR ART
for example,in semester 1, 2013:
An excellence “body of work”
(OBJECT) would include:
1.SENIOR ART: VANITAS OBJECTS IN ART 2.ART + DESIGN EXCELLENCE: OBJECTIFIED, OBJECTS IN DESIGN3.QUT START ORIENTATION PROGRAM
Responses include studio based projects and written reflection.The concepts and focus will align and contribute to the first START assignment in SEMESTER 2.“Objects in Design History”
in each semester of the program, excellencestudents will have the opportunity to participatein more intensive and focused learning experiencesboth in class and off campus at QUT, SLQ and elsewhere.This will include contact with resident artists, designersand mentors.
WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES,MENTORSHIPS
dial a designerartist help line…
artistsdesignersmentors, 2013
Natalie Wright,Lecturer Interior Design,School of Design,QUT
Kylie Bickle,freelance designer,Fashion, Furniture, Built Environment
Svenja Kratz,Artist, scientist, IHBI, QUT
partners
ART + DESIGN EXCELLENCE STUDENTS WILLBE ABLE TO BUILD PERSONAL “BODIES OF WORK” TAILORED TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDSAND SUPPORTED BY KGSC AND QUT TEACHERS AND RESIDENT ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS. EACH STUDENT WILL “OWN” A PERSONAL ONLINE
ed.STUDIOFOR IMAGES, CONCEPT PANELS, DRAFT ASSIGNMENTS AND DIALOGUE ON CONCEPTS AND ASSIGNMENTS.THE “EXCELLENCE” WEB WILL ALSO SUPPORT THROUGHRESOURCES AND CONTACTS.
Web…
benefits
expanded learning horizons
connected classrooms
partners for learning
access
QUT university credit
challenges
“head” thinking
“hand” thinking
passion and commitment
planning and organisation
resilience mentoring
skills
decisions, decisions…
nuts + bolts…
$350 per semester
OP eli
gible
Off campus study and assessment
Gardens Point, Kelvin Grove, QUT
Exit with up to 36 credit
points in CI degree
FROM HERE:
1. Check eligibility
2. Application with Folio
1. Book interview with HOD and Course Convener
Check Subject Selection, Guidance Officer (line 3 for maximum choice)
More information, Applications:
Program Manager, Mr Les Hooper, HOD Art + Languages 61 7 35527390 email [email protected] convener: Ms Allie Wright, Senior Teacher, Art + Design61 7 3552 7391 email [email protected]