Memories assessment and deadlines

Theme: Memories

Unit 8: Personal and Portfolio Development and Progression (Double Award only)

 

Introduction

This unit involves you in the preparation of a portfolio and the development of personal presentation and communication skills, which will help you when planning your progression route. These are common to pathways in:

• fine art

• design

• interactive media.

 

You will learn how to:

• prepare a portfolio of work for presentation

• develop effective personal presentation skills and communicate effectively to others about your work, interests and aims

• prepare information about yourself and use this in making presentations, attending mock interviews and in preparation for progression interviews

• research employment within the sector and higher education pathways

• explore and identify progression routes, aims and goals.

 

This unit links to Unit 10: Professional Practice (Advanced) and the optional units at Advanced level should also provide knowledge, understanding and ideas for this unit.

 

Unit 8 is part of the Memories project and will be internally assessed through your portfolio work.

 

 

Tutors will mark work and give written feedback once work is handed in. Students who fail to meet a coursework deadline will be placed on sixth form report and referred to the head of year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do you need to put in your folder?

 

8.a      Personal presentation and communication skills

How you present yourself is often as important as how you present your work. You need to be able to present yourself at a mock interview. Presentation skills include body language, dress codes and an awareness of social conventions.

 

What have you achieved?

Deadlines	Coursework requirements
	Have you kept records of group criticism?
	Have you kept records of one to one tutorials?
	Have you kept records of mock interviews?
	Have you kept records of FE/Job mock or real interview?
	Have you kept records of presentations/displays of work to audience/peers?
	Have you evaluated how well you have communicated to audience/peers?

 

8.b      Portfolio presentation techniques

All artists, craftspeople and designers present work in a portfolio when displaying evidence of their skills, knowledge, understanding and quality of work. You need to prepare a portfolio of your work.

 

What have you achieved?

Deadlines	Coursework requirements
	Have you summarised techniques used to mount/display work?
	Have you summarised any supporting information (CD, DVD, Blog, brief etc.)?
	Have you summarised of order/organisation/contents of your folio?
	Have you evaluated your portfolio linked to specialist chosen area?

 

8.c      Identifying and pursuing progression goals

 

What have you achieved?

Deadlines	Coursework requirements
	Have you identified a wide range of FE and other alternative courses/career routes available?
	Have you identified employee/university requirements?
	Have you written a statement describing your portfolio?
	Have you responded to feedback and criticism?
	Have you written a personal statement?
	Have you collated your records of achievement?
	Have you written a CV/personal record that reflects your specialist pathway?

 

 

 

Theme: Memories

Unit 10: Professional Practice (Double Award only)

 

Introduction

This is a practical unit where you will investigate and apply the

requirements of professional practice by working safely, legally and

professionally. You will need to adopt a professional approach by working

within health and safety guidelines, by giving consideration to legal

matters and when communicating with others.

This unit underpins all practical activities and your work for this unit

should be based on, and delivered through, your integrated project work.

You should be encouraged to respond to projects or briefs that simulate

professional practice.

You will learn:

• how professionals work on a day-to-day basis

• how to analyse the constraints on professional practice and relate

these to your work

• to observe health and safety practices.

 

This unit provides an opportunity to develop the skills you will need for

Unit 11: Develop and Produce Own Ideas. This unit links to all other A2

units — Unit 8: Personal and Portfolio Development and Progression,

Unit 11: Develop and Produce Own Ideas and the optional units, Unit 12:

Fine Art, Unit 14: Multimedia.

 

This unit will be internally assessed through your portfolio work.

 

Unit 10 is part of the Memories project and will be internally assessed through your portfolio work.

 

 

Tutors will mark work and give written feedback once work is handed in. Students who fail to meet a coursework deadline will be placed on sixth form report and referred to the head of year.

 

 

 

 

 

What do you need to put in your folder?

10.1 Investigate and analyse professional practice

You should understand how professional artists, craftspeople and designers work on projects and design briefs, individually and in teams, on a day-today basis.

 

What have you achieved?

Deadlines	Coursework requirements
	Have you researched how artists prepare briefs/proposals?
	Have you researched how artists plan projects?
	Have you researched how artists liaise with clients/public?
	Have you researched artist’s approaches and attitude towards their specialist areas?
	Have you researched how artists modify and develop ideas to prototype?
	Have you researched how artists choose materials, techniques and processes?
	Have you researched how artists respond to constraints (E.g. costs, scale, space, resources, time etc.)?
	Have you researched how artists consider the viability of an artwork?

 

 

10.2 Apply and develop professional practice to your own work

 

You will need to learn how to improve your own practice by relating it to professional working practices. Improving your work involves analysing the strengths and weaknesses of your work, and comparing your approach with what you have learned about professional practice.

Your work may also be affected by constraints that will influence the final outcome.

 

What have you achieved?

Deadlines	Coursework requirements
	Have you explained how constraints applied in professional practice could affect your final outcome, such as feedback from clients or users, cost of resources, health and safety?
	Have you explained the commercial viability of your final outcome and how your final outcome would be produced or manufactured on a commercial scale?
	Have you considered any professional constraints that might influence your ideas?
	Have you researched artist’s approaches and attitude towards their specialist areas?
	Have you explored how commercial viability affects the development of your ideas?
	Have you investigated methods of commercial-scale production or manufacture for chosen work?
	Have you applied your developing understanding of professional working practice to improving your work?

 

 

 

 

 

10.3 Investigate and apply health and safety and legal requirements

 

You will need to summarise the main areas of health and safety legislation affecting the practice and environment you work in. It is important that you understand and apply the appropriate legislation when you are working.

 

What have you achieved?

Deadlines	Coursework requirements
	Have you read, understood and highlighted areas of Art and design health and Safety legislation that apply to your practise?
	Have you researched and applied specific health and safety measures that relate to your own materials, techniques and processes used?

 

 

10.4 Undertake a Professional Approach

 

What have you achieved?

Deadlines	Coursework requirements
	Have you explained how you have managed your workload effectively?
	Have you explained how you have used organisational skills to fulfil obligations and commitments?
	Have you explained how you have used time management to meet deadlines?
	Have you displayed good communication skills; being honest, punctual, courteous and respectful to others?
	Have you explained how you followed health and safety guidelines and demonstrating compliance with legal issues, eg copyright, equal opportunities?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 9: Contextual References

 

Introduction

In this unit you will become familiar with a wide range of historical and

contemporary work created by artists, craftspeople and designers. You will

carry out research and use the results to influence your own work.

You will learn:

• research skills for identifying and recording relevant information about

the working methods of artists, craftspeople and designers

• to investigate and analyse how visual language, materials and

techniques have been used by other people

• about the influences on artists, craftspeople and designers and their

work

• the vocational contexts of their work, eg commissions

• to research and use historical and contemporary references in your

work.

 

You will:

• need to use the skills you learned in Unit 1: 2D and 3D Visual Language

when exploring others’ work

• use the research skills you gain to support your work in Unit 11:

Develop and Produce Own Ideas and the A2 optional units

 

• use your understanding of contemporary art, craft or design in

researching professional practice to support your work in Unit 10:

Professional Practice and your progression aims for Unit 8: Personal

and Portfolio Development and Progression.

 

This unit will be internally assessed through your portfolio work.

 

Unit 9 is part of the Memories project and will be internally assessed through your portfolio work.

 

 

Tutors will mark work and give written feedback once work is handed in. Students who fail to meet a coursework deadline will be placed on sixth form report and referred to the head of year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do you need to learn?

 

9.1 Research historical and contemporary work, understanding the context in which the work was influenced

All artists, craftspeople and designers use research skills to develop their work. You need to be able to research facts and visual information about artists, craftspeople and designers and present these in the form of a Blog.

9.2 Record and present information explaining the use of visual language in other’s work

It is important that you organise, maintain and label your records of information so that they are readily available and accessible. Sketchbooks and folders/files should be used to collate research notes and sketches from classes, lectures and visits to galleries and museums. Findings should be presented in your Blog.

9.3 Use contextual references in your work

Some assignments and briefs provide opportunities for you to explore the work of other artists, craftspeople and designers. You need to know how to produce work that uses, and relates to, historical and contemporary influences. This will involve:

 

What have you achieved?

Deadlines	Coursework requirements
	Have you completed a post on art and design research skills?
27.09.12	Have you created an effective Blog to plan and document the progress of your project?
27.09.12	Have you created the following post headings on your blog? Brief and proposal, Memories brain storm, Artist Analysis, Summer Project sources, Gallery/Museum visits, Research evaluation, Artist Responses linked to formal elements, In-depth Response to Chosen Artist/specialist pathway, Window installation plan, Final outcome and Evaluation, Links.
1.10.12	Have you completed the project brief and proposal?
27.09.12	Have you used your box file to collect and record a wide range of primary sources during your summer holidays? (E.g drawings, photos, notes, video, found objects, post cards and leaflets etc).
1.10.12	Have you completed a brain storm/mindmap supporting the Memories theme?
25.10.12	Have you completed 5 to10 in-depth artist analysis? E.g. key movements, styles, schools and individuals in European and American art, craft and design. (Including Howard Hodgkin, Audrey Flack, Jacques Nimki and Punch Drunk).
1.10.12	Have you documented gallery and museum visits?
	Have you created a time-line of art and artist studied covering pre-1900s to the current day?
	Have you evaluated your research findings so far?
	Have you used your research to complete both 2D and 3D responses focusing on, Line, shape and colour?
	Have you used your research to complete both 2D and 3D responses focusing on scale, form and structure?
	Have you used your research completed both 2D and 3D responses focusing on Surface pattern and texture?
	Have you completed your window installation?
	Have you evaluated your final installation?