Advanced Diploma in Fine Art
Culture and Arts - Visual Arts
Purpose and Rationale
Qualification Name: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Purpose:
- Equip qualifiers with specialized knowledge and skills for professional practice as visual artists or employment in the field of visual arts.
- Enable qualifiers to apply skills, knowledge, and attitudes in their area of specialization.
- Develop practical and theoretical skills to articulate concepts visually, verbally, tactilely, and in written form.
- Cultivate awareness of diversity, inclusivity, cultural values, human rights, gender issues, and societal development.
- Foster a lifelong learning mindset.
- Enhance functioning in the workforce, as a South African citizen, and in cultural, social, environmental, and economic development.
- Enable informed decision-making on ethical issues.
- Enhance study skills for accessing higher education paths.
Rationale:
- Fine Art is a critical priority in South Africa for equipping learners with necessary knowledge, skills, and cultural values for societal functionality and contribution.
- Provides foundational learning for social and economic development.
- Prepares learners for further higher education, career development, and employment opportunities.
- Offers pathways to academic learning at Level 8 (Post Graduate Diploma/Honours Degree) and occupational qualifications at Levels 7 and 8.
This qualification contributes to the national pool of trained visual arts practitioners, supporting the growth and development of the visual arts field in South Africa.
Outcomes
- Demonstrate that they are professionally skilled in exhibition and studio practice.
- Appropriately contextualise own art making within contemporary perspectives.
- Critically assess and interpret artworks and the art making process.
- Communicate effectively as professional artists.
- Demonstrate an understanding of various research methodology models, and apply those which are most relevant to Fine Art practice.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
- Produce art works in disciplines of either Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics: Fine Art, or Drawing, which shows coherence in form and content and is relevant and functional within the contemporary art making perspective.
- Use technical skills in art practice in a professional way.
- Apply conceptual skills in art practice in a professional way.
- Apply problem-solving skills and creative thinking in a professional way.
- Work independently of others with self-confidence and responsibility.
- Are self-responsible and skilled in time-management.
- Produce a final exhibition of artworks created in relevant discipline.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
- Create their own relevant forms of expression of original thoughts/ideas.
- Produce creative work in selected media.
- Use relevant methodologies inherent to generating ideas, concepts and art making processes.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
- Analyse and interpret the conceptual underpinning of artworks.
- Analyse and interpret the use of materials in artworks.
- Analyse and interpret the methodologies and strategies inherent to making art.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
- Communicate ideas, concepts and artworks in professional visual form.
- Use verbal language effectively to convey ideas and insights intelligibly and achieve own purposes.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
- Show capacity to implement Research Methodology theory and practices.
- Compile and present research findings, own conclusions into a Research Proposal in a properly set out academic essay.
- Disseminate research findings and own conclusions in a professionally presented exhibition.
Integrated Assessment:
- The assessment of the evidence relates directly to the assessment criteria for each module, supported by the generic grade descriptors.
- Effective learning is enhanced by seeking and interpreting evidence to decide the stage that learners have reached in their learning, what further learning needs to take place and how best to do this.
- The following forms of assessment are used for this qualification:
- Internal evaluation and external moderation of Research Proposal.
- Internal evaluation and external moderation of written assignments.
- Internal Panel evaluation and moderation of exhibition studio work.
- External evaluation/moderation of exhibition of studio work.
- The assessment of the evidence relates directly to the assessment criteria for each module, supported by the generic grade descriptors.
Qualification Details
- Type
- Advanced Diploma
- NQF Level
- 07
- Min. Credits
- 120
- SAQA Source
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