U6 - FMP Part 1

ART & DESIGN DEPARTMENT – BTEC ASSIGNMENT BRIEF                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Qualification	BTEC National Extended Diploma Art and Design
Unit Coverage	3 The Creative Process 45 Curating an Exhibition
Assignment title	Final Major Project
Teachers/Assessors	Mr. I. Bicknell/Mrs. V. Mason/Mrs. G. Bicknell/Miss. R. Rendell
Hand out date	27 March 2019
Hand in deadline	10 June 2019
FMP Exhibition
Vocational Scenario or context	Part of being and artist or designer is being able to self-manage a comprehensive creative process. It may be that you have been commissioned to produce work to a set client brief, organise and plan a taught workshop event, develop products for your own business for retail purposes, or, as in this instance, develop a body of work for a collaborative event. You are being asked to design and develop a series of outcomes which will be exhibited in a local gallery space. Not only will this provide you with the opportunity to design your own brief and manage a personal project but present you with the task of being an ambassador for the school. The exhibition is designed to be a showcase for your talents and a means of synthesising all that you have learnt on the course in one final display.
Task 1	What you design your project around is entirely up to you. It may be in response to a current fashion trend, a popular craze, something in the news, a cultural reference, a favourite book, your own identity, a key word such as community, environment or symbolism.  In order to push your ideas forward you will need to negotiate them with us and in order to do so in a professional manner you must present us with a formal proposal. This will consist of a written document, a comprehensive timeline and a 7-slide presentation. The document proforma and weekly planner (timeline) will be emailed to you and these, along with your slide show should be returned to us by email. Your slide show contents are as follows. 1.       Title and theme of project. 2.       Methods of gathering research material – trips, visits, online, brainstorming – provide image-based examples. Name somewhere or an exhibition you intend to visit. 3.       Important influences – name at least 3 artists/designers who will influence your creative process. 4.       Outline of what you intend to make. 5.       Use of media and experimentation. 6.       Critique and feedback.                                   7.       Method of display. Your statement should explore the relationship between each stage of the creative process that you will engage in, in order to fully realise your intentions. So, how each activity will have an effect on the next and how this can have positive and negative effects on what you develop.               YOU WILL BE PRESENTING YOUR SLIDESHOW TO THE REST OF THE GROUP IN THE WEEK BEGINNING WEDNESDAY 24TH
Timescale for completion of this task:	Initial statement to be completed by Friday 29th March 2019 Time line and slide show by Friday 5th April 2019
Checklist of evidence required:	1 x completed statement of intent 1x weekly planner (Timeline) 1 x slideshow
Task 2:	The initial stages of your project will be dedicated to looking at your idea/theme/concept in as much depth as possible. In this you will be using the resources available to you in terms of gathering as much primary and secondary material as possible. This must all be carefully collated within your sketchbook, annotated and appropriately responded to in a visual sense. It is imperative that you look for diversity within this, so balance out the Pinterest research with a place, gallery or museum visit for example. Within this there must be at least 2 examples of carefully analysed artist research which explores, concept, influence, process, outcome and relevance to your own intentions. In order to have a good range of material from which to initially develop your practical work, you must use your camera to record with. Try to take diversify your imagery here through the use of varying viewpoint (obscure angles, close-ups, flat lay, depth of field etc).
Timescale for completion of this task:	To be completed by Wednesday 24th April
Checklist of evidence required	12 x research pages on chosen idea/theme/concept to include at least one place/gallery/museum visit and 2 different artist analysis. Pages must be fully annotated and include analysis on how this stage of development can positively influence future stages. 1 x 800 word gallery review of curatorial technique in visited exhibit. At least 30 good quality photographs which explore idea/theme/concept in some depth.