Summer Project

During the summer we were emailed a task list for a summer project to be completed before starting the course and here it is-

SUMMER PROJECT WORK
The First Year in Fine Art is going to be exceptionally busy and demanding of your time from the outset.  I am writing to you, therefore, with some required tasks and suggestions of others that are not compulsory that will need to be completed by you over the summer.  You will need to arrive at the art school with this work ready to show in a group critique during Induction Week.

1. Firstly you must make two postcard size (A5) pieces of work. These can be in any medium, drawn, painted, photographed, cut, printed, written etc.  We want you to make one that reflects your interests and ways of working and one that is a pastiche of an artist you admire or are inspired by (this may relate to the second task).  All the works will be presented as a ‘wall of inspiration’ as part of the Induction week.

2. Secondly you must identify either a work by an individual artist or group of artists in an exhibition and write a review. This needs to be up to 500 words.  Think about what interests you about their art and in what way it might inform your own work.  This will need to be given to your tutorial group tutor during Induction week. As an optional extra you may wish to extend this by beginning an Art Blog that you can continue to maintain throughout your time at university.  If you choose to do this please email the link to your blog to me (dfitzjohn@cardiffmet.ac.uk) before the first day of Induction Week.  If you do this you will not need to present a printed version to your tutor.

3. Thirdly you must make two artworks that will introduce you to your tutorial group. These works should represent your interests.  They can be presented in any medium.  They may be two or three dimensional, in the form of paintings, sculpture, film, photography, performance, happening etc.  You choose!

The work produced by all four of these tasks will be used and critiqued as part of your Induction Week Tuesday 17th September – Friday 20th September 2013

Course Introduction

My name is Rhiannon Settle and I am currently studying Fine Art at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

This blog will follow me throughout the progression of this course, I will document what I do on this blog and will share my work and thoughts on here.