Unit Synopsis
In this unit you will prepare your artwork for display and present it to the public in an individual or group exhibition. You will use and adapt standard exhibition protocols as they might apply to a range of exhibition contexts, whilst engaging with the key processes that enable the development of successful and professional exhibitions. You will also consider the effects that various exhibition venues have on the reading of your artwork.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisites: CART12009 Visual Arts and Society: Ideology, Identity and Contemporary Visual Art Practices AND CART12010 Visual Arts Studio: Using and Abusing Conventions Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 15% |
| 2. Project (applied) | 60% |
| 3. Reflective Practice Assignment | 25% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: anecdotal.
The structure of the unit mimics an exhibition preparation workflow and the practical project associated with this unit.
Retain the current structure of the unit as it supports student learning in this unit.
In 2024, the unit retained a structure that reflected an exhibition workflow.
Source: UC Professional Reflection.
Regular attendance is required to receive project planning advice early in the term and project support during the term.
Develop an exhibition project proposal assessment that is due early in the term.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Use appropriate display solutions to exhibit your artwork in a professional context
- Prepare written material to support the display of your work and to enable professional contact with exhibition venues
- Identify exhibition venues that are best aligned to your artwork
- Reflect on the success of your exhibition practices.
Not Applicable.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | ||
| 2 - Project (applied) | • | |||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | |||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | ||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | |||
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| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| 2 - Project (applied) | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | • | • | • | |||||||