HART1001 Arts and Creativity. Course Syllabus

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1 HART1001 Arts and Creativity Course Syllabus Lectures hours: Mon, 18:30-19:50 (10 weeks as specified) Venue: LTH Instructor: Anna Y. N. KWONG ext. 6146, G014 (inside Art Hall) Office hours: TBC Course assistants: Ms. Grace CHING ext. 5882) Ms. Rita YAU ext. 6654, 5/F Student Life Center) Art Tutorials (12 weeks) Tutorial 1: Acrylic Figure Painting (Instructor: Mr. Mac Mak, A & M Workshop) Tue, 18:30 20:50, Rm3584 Tutorial 2: Ceramics (Instructor: Ms. Jervis Ng, the Claystation) Wed, 18:30 20:50, with additional lessons on Mondays and a Friday, LG5326 Tutorial 3: Black and White Photography (Instructor: Mr. Leon Suen, Lumenvisum) Thu, 18:30 20:50, outing on 27/3, LG5326 & LG5207 Enrichment Activities (attend at least 2 and submit reports) Topics: field trips and art workshops : weekday evenings and Saturdays Course This is an experiential learning course designed to engage students in exploring arts and their own creative abilities through a series of lectures/seminars on arts and creativity, art tutorials and enrichment activities. Students will have the opportunities to create their own artwork and learn through guided reflective activities individually as well as in groups. Intended Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to: a) Understand the theory of creativity and the creative process in relation to visual arts b) Demonstrate the competency at fundamental level of a practical creative skill as defined by the instructor of separate art tutorials c) Apply artistic ability to generate original artworks and communicate visually d) Be exposed to different types of artworks, and to the environment in which artworks are produced and marketed e) Demonstrate reflective ability in the understanding and appreciation of artworks 1

2 Assessment of Students Performance a) Written Assignment (30%) due 6/5 (Mon) b) Enrichment Activity Reports (10%) due 1 week after the activity d) Artwork I (15%) due 25/3 (Mon) e) Artwork II (15%) due 13/5 (Mon) c) Performance in art tutorial (by respective instructor) (20%) f) Learning Portfolio (10%) due 13/5 (Mon) Penalty for submissions late for 1 week Disqualification! Minimum Attendance Requirements for a Pass a) Attendance to lecture 6 out of 9 (Feb 4 not counted) and b) Attendance to art tutorial 9 out of 12 and c) Submission of Enrichment Activity Reports at least 2, within one week after the completion of the activity (All of the above) Suggested References for Written Assignment Dacey, John S. Fundamentals of Creative Thinking. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1989 Florida, Richard. Cities and the creative class. New York: Routledge, c2005 Finke, Ronald. Creative Imagery: Discoveries and Inventions in Visualization. Hillsdale, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates, 1990 Pfenninger, Karl H. & Shubik, Valerie R. The Origins of Creativity. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001 Internet & Media Resources Adair, John Eric. The Art of Creative Thinking: How to be Innovative and Develop Great Ideas. London; Philadelphia: Kogan Page, 2007 Joe Lau & Jonathan Chan. Critical Thinking Web, Module: Creative Thinking Lung, Vince & Lam, Linda. Coaching Creativity, Pearl Report, TVB News, Public Affairs productions, 2010 (video, HKUST Library) Maeda, John. Talk at MaD Asia 2010, 創新新定義 : 創新 =IDEA (Part 1 & Part 2), youtube video HKUST LMES Students are advised to access the LMES system for all the teaching materials, communication between instructor, teaching assistant and students and submission of written assignment 2

3 Date: 5/2 7/5 (every Tue, except 12/2, 2/4) Venue: Rm 3584 (via Lift 27, 28) Instructor: Mr. Mac Mak Art Tutorials s and Syllabuses Tutorial 1: Acrylic Figure Painting Material fee: around $500 (1 pack of Acrylic Paint, 1 white tube, 1 set of brushes, 12 pieces of palette, 12 pieces of canvas boards) *Please bring your own water container, paper towel, pencil and eraser to class every time. Figure painting is the traditional cornerstone of art training. The human figure offers every challenge to the potential artist, who has to master its form and flesh tone, its perspective and proportion, to name a few. Learning from Mr. Mac Mak step by step, students will acquire hands-on experience of drawing figures. 1 5/2 Body Proportion (I) 2 19/2 Body Proportion (II) 3 26/2 Face Proportion (I) 4 5/3 Face Proportion (II) 5 12/3 Skin Tones (I) 6 19/3 Skin Tones (II) 7 26/3 Body in gesture (I) 8 9/4 Body in gesture (II) 9 16/4 How a figure is related to background (I) 10 23/4 How a figure is related to background (II) 11 30/4 Expression of colors (I) 12 7/5 Expression of colors (II) 3

4 Tutorial 2: Ceramics Date: 6/3 15/5 (every Wed, except 3/4, 1/5) AND 11/3, 8/4, 10/5 Venue: LG5326 Instructor: Ms. Jervis Ng Material fee: around $500 (Clay) *Please bring your own pencil, paper and apron to class every time. Ceramics is an ancient Greek art of using clay to produce utensils and sculpture for various purposes. In the process, clay is shaped and fired in a kiln to make it permanent. With the guidance of Ms. Jervis Ng, students will acquire different clay-making, decorating and fine-tuning techniques and have the chance to produce their own artworks with terracotta. 1 6/3 1) Brief introduction of clay and clay making techniques 2) Demonstration of clay making technique 3) Demonstration of decoration technique 4) Clay work making with the technique taught Assignment.: prepare a form for next lesson with the technique taught 2 11/3 Clay work making with the technique taught in lesson /3 1) Continue to finish the clay work of lesson 2 And apply the decoration technique to the work 3) Final work introduction 4 20/3 1) Demonstration of clay making technique 2) Demonstration of decoration technique 3) Clay work making with the technique taught Assignment: prepare a form for next lesson with the technique taught 5 27/3 Clay work making with the technique taught in lesson 4 6 8/4 1) Continue to finish the clay work of lesson 5 and apply the decoration technique to the work Assignment: final work idea developing 7 10/4 1) Demonstration of clay making technique 2) Demonstration of decoration technique 3) Clay work making with the technique taught Assignment: prepare a form for next lesson with the technique taught 8 17/4 Clay work making with the technique taught in lesson 7 4

5 9 24/4 1) Continue to finish the clay work of lesson 8 And apply the decoration technique to the work 3) Assignment: prepare a form for the final work with the assigned title - use one of the clay making techniques or combine the techniques taught in the previous lessons 10 8/5 Final work making 11 10/5 Final work making 12 15/5 1) Final work making 2) Fine tuning clay work Tutorial 3: Black and White Photography Date: 7/2 16/5 (every Thu, except 14/2, 4/4, 25/4, 2/5) Venue: LG 5326 & LG 5207 Instructor: Mr. Leon Suen leonsuen@yahoo.com Material fee: around $500 (Holga 120 camera, films, photographic papers and chemical) A photographic image is the reflection of the intent and content of the photographer, no matter whether he or she has any deep thinking of the image or not. By employing the simplicity of a toy camera, students are encouraged to explore their personal response to the outside world and match their inner sense of existence with black and white photographic images. 1 7/2 Basic understanding of how photography communicates 2 21/2 A brief history of photography in terms of its theory and practice 3 28/2 Basic photography technique 4 7/3 Film development practice 5 14/3 Samples of works of different artists 6 21/3 Print making technique 7 23/3 Field practice (outing) 8 28/3 Concept development: understanding of SELF 9 11/4 Darkroom practice and tutorial of personal practice 10 18/4 Ways of presenting photographic work 11 9/5 Preview and tutorial 12 16/5 Final critique Edited