Graduate Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts)

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The Graduate Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts) course aims to provide an opportunity for the post-degree extension of studio studies in visual arts. To qualify for the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts) students must achieve satisfactory assessment in a course of advanced studio work to the value of forty-eight points. Completion of a final show of work and a written assignment will be required. To qualify for entry, applicants must hold a degree or diploma with at least one year of independent work or equivalent professional experience.

The course may be completed in one year of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time or distance education study. Submissions from individual students will largely determine the content and character of their course. Acceptance of a study proposal will be determined by the availability of specialist staff to supervise the project and the availability of suitable space, facilities and equipment.

Only a limited number of students will be admitted to the course at any time. Priority for admission depends on both the previous work history of the applicant and on the nature and quality of the applicant's proposals for advanced study projects.

Applicants should submit on the relevant forms a proposal or statement of intent covering their proposed studio work and topic for the research paper, plus slides of recent work and a curriculum vitae. All students will be required to undertake an interview; distance education students may be interviewed by telephone. Inquiries and submissions should be directed in the first instance to the head of school. Completed applications must reach Gippland School of Art, Gippsland campus by mid-October each year.

Objectives

The objectives of the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts) are to provide an opportunity for students with a first qualification in the visual arts to extend the depth of their knowledge and skills in the area of a chosen discipline by undertaking further studies:

to enable those advanced students living in a country region to undertake pre-professional studies in visual arts to the benefit of themselves, the Gippsland School of Art, and the community; to provide an opportunity for advanced studies for both Gippsland graduate students and for students of other art schools;
to enhance the quality of life, the enrichment of experience, and the propagation of culture in a regional setting dominated by technological and industrial development;
to assist art teachers to extend their skills, to add to their knowledge, and to upgrade their art qualifications whilst remaining in employment;
to provide opportunity to undertake advanced studies for those artists prevented by distance or employment from attending full-time internal mode on-campus sessions.

Distance education studies

This course is designed for graduates, prevented by distance or employment, to have the opportunity to undertake advanced studies in painting, printmaking, sculpture or ceramics while remaining in their own studios or workshops at home. Applicants must have a degree or diploma with a least one year of independent work or equivalent professional experience. Submission of a written proposal or statement of intent covering studio work and topic for a research paper, plus slides of recent work and curriculum vitae must be included with the application. Prospective distance education students must provide evidence of access to appropriate studio workshop facilities and the ability to take leave to attend the mid-year graduate symposium and also the final assessment. Completed applications are to be forwarded to student administration, Monash University, Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842. For application forms and further information contact the administrative officer, Gippsland School of Art, (03) 9902 6261.

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Graduate Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts)

Important information

Content

Objectives

Distance education studies