Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts - CUA60715

Australian College of Make-Up & Special Effects

Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 02522B

This qualification reflects the role of individuals who have para-professional level technical, creative and conceptual skills to originate, realise and exhibit a substantial body of resolved work that expresses their own creative vision. Visual artists work within and across many mediums, and their practice may incorporate ceramics, digital art, glasswork, drawing and illustration, jewellery making, painting, photomedia, printmaking, public art, sculpture, textiles or wood design.Practice at this level is underpinned by application of art theory and history, the ability to engage in critical discourse and to debate one\u2019s own work and the work of others. Visual artists may work in their own practice, or a wide range of contexts across the arts, government or commercial organisations and also bring visual arts perspective to areas such as business, community services and science. Licensing/Regulatory Information No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

Structure

  • 12 units: 7 core
  • 5 elective

Subjects

  • Research and apply design theory
  • Work with photomedia in creative practice
  • Manage intellectual property to protect and grow business
  • Establish legal and risk management requirements of small business
  • Apply visual communication theory to photo imaging practice
  • Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practice
  • Realise an installation work
  • Create works of art for public spaces
  • Work with the human form in creative practice
  • Create observational drawings
  • Refine painting techniques
  • Develop and apply ceramic glazes
  • Collaborate in professional creative projects
  • Manage small business finances
  • Manage design realisation
  • Research and apply concepts and theories of creativity
  • Refine carving techniques for creative work
  • Originate a body of independent creative work
  • Establish systems that support innovation
  • Research global design trends
  • Market the small business
  • Undertake small business planning
  • Create and produce textile designs for commercial production
  • Extend cultural research expertise
  • Refine 3-D design ideas and processes
  • Realise a public art project
  • Refine printmaking techniques
  • Make moulds and casts
  • Design a digital action plan for small business
  • Refine 2-D design ideas and processes
  • Originate and develop concepts
  • Engage in the business of creative practice
  • Evolve ideas for professional creative work
  • Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief
  • Refine illustration techniques
  • Critique cultural works
  • Extend professional expertise across new art forms and media
  • Publicly present a body of own creative work
  • Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools
  • Refine model making skills
  • Plan, organise and deliver group-based learning
  • Manage specialised finishing processes
  • Develop professional illustrations
  • Plan small business finances
  • Refine drawing techniques
  • Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability
  • Refine kiln cast glass techniques
  • Design and Produce printed textiles
  • Develop and refine metalworking techniques
  • Manage copyright arrangements
  • Manage kiln operations
  • Plan, conduct and supervise a jewellery and object exhibition
  • Make mixed media artworks
  • Manage personal, family, cultural and business obligations
  • Implement design solutions
  • Establish and maintain safe creative practice
  • Refine glassworking techniques
  • Monitor and manage small business operations
  • Refine handbuilding techniques
  • Undertake project work
  • Refine digital art techniques
  • Design and produce woven tapestry products
  • Design and produce experimental textiles
  • Research and apply light and colour
  • Select and refine a specialised drawing technique
  • Extend expertise in a specialised art form to professional level
  • Apply traditional techniques to jewellery and 3D object production
  • Develop textile designs using computer based design programs
  • Refine ceramics techniques
  • Produce woven tapestry samples
  • Design innovative products
  • Explore the descriptive and emotive nature of photo lighting
  • Oversee jewellery or object design production
  • Refine throwing techniques
  • Source funding for projects
  • Build and sustain an innovative work environment
  • Develop and cultivate collaborative partnerships and relationships
  • Research commercial development of textiles
  • Write complex documents
  • Refine sculptural techniques
  • Build and launch a small business website

Standard entry requirements

To enter this qualification, individuals must have the conceptual, technical and organisational skills to create and present work in their chosen creative form. Those skills and knowledge may have been acquired through experience in a creative field or through formal study.

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