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The Art Workshop is a visual arts unit attached to the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning and is open to ALL University of Sydney students. The Art Workshop houses five visual arts studios and a large gallery space. It provides students in architecture and the wider University with the opportunity to work in various media under the direction of professional practising artists. The courses aim to develop the students' creative potential as a means of complementing their work in architectural design. To this end, the courses offered by the Art Studios are at an introductory, intermediate and advanced levels to provide a foundation for technical competence and creative understanding.

Undergraduate Workshops


Architectural Sketching and Drawing   

Architectural Sketching and Drawing (AWSS1001)

This module aims to provide the student with the knowledge, skills and aptitude required to use a range of fundamental drawing skills and media to make a portfolio of drawings based on observation of the physical world, in particular the built world. Please note: this unit is only available to First-year students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design in Architecture Degree.

FIRST SEMESTER ONLY 2012

 

 
Ceramics: Hand building   

Ceramics: Hand building (AWSS2010)

This practical unit aims to give students the understanding to create handbuilt ceramic constructions that will be fired and glazed. Students will explore the plastic properties of clay as well as glazing, underglazing and surface treatments.

FIRST SEMESTER ONLY 2012

 

 
Digital Video   

Digital Video (AWSS2013)

This practical unit aims to explore the languages of moving images; conventions of framing, movement and editing; developing a fundamental understanding of the technical aspects of pre-production, production and post-production; and generate independent and cooperative working methods using a variety of media.

SECOND SEMESTER 2012

 

 
General Drawing   

General Drawing (AWSS2015)

This module aims to provide the student with the knowledge and aptitude required to use a range of fundamental drawing skills and media to make a portfolio of drawings based on observation of the physical world.

FIRST and SECOND SEMESTER 2012

 

 
Object Design   

Object Design (AWSS2090)

In this unit students develop and inter-relate manufacturing and artisan skills with research, analysis and design development. It aims to develop a critical awareness of the nature of all objects which surround us, exploring cultural, contextual and symbolic aspects of object design as well as functional and aesthetic qualities.

FIRST and SECOND SEMESTER 2012

 

 
Photography 1   

Photography 1 (AWSS2023)

This practical unit assumes students have little or no understanding of dark room practice. It aims to give students an understanding of how photography functions as a contemporary visual medium, including its historical development.

FIRST and SECOND SEMESTER 2012

 

 
Photography 2   

Photography 2 (AWSS2024)

In this unit of study, students will have the opportunity to develop creative photographic projects from initial ideas to production of artwork, producing two major photographic series that function successfully at both an aesthetic and a conceptual level.

FIRST and SECOND SEMESTER 2012

 

 
Public Art   

Public Art (AWSS2001)

The aim of this unit is to provide students with a broad overview of the issues that influence and inform the production of art in the public sphere: history and theory of public art, policy and management, conservation, community response and evaluation, current local and international practice.

FIRST SEMESTER 2012

 

Screen Printing   

Screen Printing on paper (AWSS2026)

This studio-based unit will introduce students to screen printing on paper, in both graphic design and contemporary art contexts.

FIRST SEMESTER 2012

 

 
Sculpture   

Sculpture (AWSS2027)

The aim of this unit of study is to develop knowledge and abilities in all areas, practical, historical and theoretical relevant to the making of sculpture.

FIRST SEMESTER 2012

 

 
Site Specific Art   

Site Specific Art (AWSS2002)

This practical unit aims to give students a broad understanding of site-specific art including its historical development and relationship to other visual art forms and architecture.

 

SECOND SEMESTER 2012

 

Postgraduate Workshops

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Ceramics: Hand building   

Postgraduate Ceramics: Hand building (DESA9014)

This practical unit aims to give students the understanding to create handbuilt ceramic constructions that will be fired and glazed. Students will explore the plastic properties of clay as well as glazing, underglazing and surface treatments.

FIRST SEMESTER ONLY 2012

 
Object Design   

Postgraduate Object Design (DESA9008)

In this unit students develop and inter-relate manufacturing and artisan skills with research, analysis and design development. It aims to develop a critical awareness of the nature of all objects which surround us, exploring cultural, contextual and symbolic aspects of object design as well as functional and aesthetic qualities.

Full course description

FIRST and SECOND SEMESTER 2012

 
Graduate Photography   

Postgraduate Photography (DESA9003)

This practical unit aims to give students an understanding of how photography functions as a contemporary visual medium, including it's historical development and it's different applications in such areas as visual arts, architecture, mass media and digital media.

Full course description

FIRST and SECOND SEMESTER 2012

 
Photography 2   

Postgraduate Photography 2 (DESA9011)

In this unit of study, students will have the opportunity to develop creative photographic projects from initial ideas to production of artwork, producing two major photographic series that function successfully at both an aesthetic and a conceptual level.

 Full course description

FIRST and SECOND SEMESTER 2012

 
Public Art   

Postgraduate Public Art (DESA9009)

The aim of this unit is to provide students with a broad overview of the issues that influence and inform the production of art in the public sphere: history and theory of public art, policy and management, conservation, community response and evaluation, current local and international practice.

 Full course description

FIRST SEMESTER ONLY 2012

Sculpture   

Postgraduate Sculpture (DESA9013)

The aim of this unit of study is to develop knowledge and abilities in all areas, practical, historical and theoretical relevant to the making of sculpture.

 Full course description

FIRST SEMESTER ONLY 2012

Sculpture   

Postgraduate Sculpture (DESA9013)

The aim of this unit of study is to develop knowledge and abilities in all areas, practical, historical and theoretical relevant to the making of sculpture.

 Full course description

FIRST SEMESTER ONLY 2012

 
Site Specific Art   

Postgraduate Site Specific Art (DESA9015)

This practical unit aims to give students a broad understanding of site-specific art including its historical development and relationship to other visual art forms and architecture.

Full course description

SECOND SEMESTER ONLY 2012