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The Artist's Toolbox (THTR20023)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
July
Overview
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This subject introduces the ‘nuts and bolts’ of Arts Management: a practical exploration into the key disciplines required to make a creative idea into a reality. It aims to ‘lift the veil’ of the industry to reveal the core systems common in the plans of implementation and to de mystify the process of producing an artistic project.
Intended learning outcomes
Students completing this subject should be able to understand:
- the relevance of arts administration in practice, to facilitate artistic outcomes;
- the realities of delivering artistic services into the ‘marketplace’;
- the broad arena in which artistic events happen, beyond the stage;
- the multi level agendas that can drive the commissioning of works and their potential impact on the core idea;
- collaboration in practice, embracing difference to enrich process and outcomes;
- how to ask the right people the right questions;
- how to creatively respond to a brief;
- how to write a scope of work, with key deliverables;
- how to schedule a project;
- how to collate a projected budget;
- and identify the key resources required to actualise an idea;
- the responsibility required to ‘wrap up’ and manage working relationships.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate:
• an ability to interpret, translate and execute ideas in a broader environment;
• an ability to determine the technical and artistic implications of a project;
• advanced communication skills (written, visual and oral);
• an understanding of professional standards required for arts management.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
The student should have an ability to negotiate the use of community resources, be able to think and act creatively and be able to problem solve laterally.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- In-class activities including 5 x 3 minute Oral presentation (100 words each), due daily (20%)
- Journal (800 words) due end of the 5 day intensive week (20%)
- Reflective verbal response: (8 minutes) and, Reflective written response: (2,000 words or equivalent), due 3 weeks after end of 5 day intensive week (60%)
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Hurdle requirement of 80% attendance
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Mark Postlethwaite Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 120 hours Pre teaching start date 30 January 2017 Teaching period 13 February 2017 to 17 February 2017 Last self-enrol date 1 February 2017 Census date 13 February 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 February 2017 Assessment period ends 10 March 2017 Summer Term contact information
- July
Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 120 hours Pre teaching start date 3 July 2017 Teaching period 17 July 2017 to 21 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 5 July 2017 Census date 17 July 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 28 July 2017 Assessment period ends 11 August 2017 July contact information
Time commitment details
120 hours
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 11 April 2024