In this course students will work closely with Canberra-based, national or international institutions to devise and deliver a public program. By engaging directly with cultural industry leaders, students will learn how concepts such as audience, community and place-making are configured differently depending on the institutional context. The public program – be it a workshop, community project, participatory artwork or site-specific engagement – becomes a practice-led means to navigate ranging objectives in the larger arts and culture ecology. Contributing their existing skills, students will learn to problem solve and evaluate their methods as individual practitioners and collaborative producers.
Students may complete this course twice for a maximum credit value of 12 units, provided they enrol in a different topic in each instance/semester. Please note that the course content, assessment structure, partner institutions and reading list will change depending on the topic and the expertise of the lecturer convening the course. Please refer to the class summary for the specific term in which you wish to enrol for a detailed description.
Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Canberra Communities: placemaking & cultural development
- Mt Stromlo Canberra Enlighten Project
Run in intensive mode, this project enables students to produce work for Canberra’s Enlighten Festival, for public premiere at Mount Stromlo Observatory in February 2025. The project offers the opportunity to explore the expressive potential of large-scale digital projections onto public architecture, taking into consideration the unique qualities of the Mount Stromlo, the history of Canberra Enlighten, and the staging of large scale cultural events/public art. Open to students working across all mediums and forms, the project offers the opportunity to extend your practice by exploring the expressive possibilities of the moving image in relation to traditional media.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- demonstrate social responsibility in engaging collaboratively with institutions, the public and peers
- develop informed methodologies and problem-solving skills in response to real-world problems and challenges.
- recognise and analyse practices of public programming from artistic, institutional and community perspectives; and
- critically reflect on methods and outcomes.
Work Integrated Learning
Projects
Field trips to local institutions, working on a project with a brief, liasing with an institution and the possibility of either running a real-life public program or simulating it with a peer group
Other Information
School of Art & Design studio courses have a limited enrolment capacity. Students are advised to enrol as early as possible to maximise the opportunity of securing a place.
Indicative Assessment
- Public Project development (40) [LO 1,2,3]
- Public Project delivery (40) [LO 1,2,3]
- Critical Reflection (20) [LO 1,2,3,4]
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Workload
Semester delivery
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks consisting of lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice; and
b) 82 hours of independent studio practice, reading and writing.
Intensive delivery
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 48 hours of contact over 3 weeks comprising lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice; and
b) 82 hours of independent studio practice and contextual research (reading and writing).
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Refer to Wattle.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 12
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $4020 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $5580 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Summer Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Stromlo Canberra Enlighten Project | ||||||
| 1486 | 28 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2025 | 07 Feb 2025 | 11 Mar 2025 | In Person | View |