CREA7100 Research Methods for Creative Artists

2019

4.5

1 x 1-hour lecture weekly
1 x 1-hour tutorial weekly

1 Admission into HBCADN-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Dance)
1a Admission into HBCAFS-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Fashion)
1b Admission into HBCAVA-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Arts)
1c Admission into HBCASM-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Screen and Media)
1d Admission into HBCADM-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Digital Media)
1e Admission into HBCASC-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Screen)
1f Admission into HBCAVEED-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design)
1g Admission into HBCAET-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Enterprise)
2 103.5 units of topics
3 Admission into BCAHVEED-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design)
Must Satisfy: (((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e or 1f or 1g)) or (2 and 3))

Assignment(s),

This topic provides a grounding in research methods for creative artists in visual art, screen production, digital media, and fashion.

Issues relating to practice-led research will be explored including the organisation and communication of creative research outcomes and the relationship between theory and practice.

Aspects involved in the construction of a creative art practice-led research project will be presented including research proposals, methodologies and methods, literature and artefact reviews, ethics and evaluation processes.

This topic aims to:

• Familiarise students with the language of research: research paradigms, models, methodologies, including those associated with art research

• Explore and critique contemporary theories and issues in art practice and practice-led research to deepen knowledge and refine critical facility.

• Develop student capacity to organise and manage a major research project such that connections are made between creative practice, art theories, and research methodologies.

• To extend technical facility, hone artistic sensibilities and develop creative capacities through artistic/academic supervision.

• Develop student abilities to communicate research processes and outcomes in creative arts in verbal and written modes.

On completion of this topic students will be able to:

• Develop a research valid methodology applicable to their area of practice

• Discuss and evaluate research theories

• Identify and evaluate issues related to their own research and practice

• Analyse current issues in their field to formulate their own research focus

• Explicitly communicate their creative research processes and outcomes verbally and in written form