Well not just Mondays for that matter, no time to even post any of the amazing work that has been happening in the studio and now February is here! so what has happened in the last month since returning from x-mas break.
I visited Chelsea school of art a few weeks ago for a UAL annual conference to discuss any updates in regards to FAD courses being delivered, sharing good practice and meeting the other faces who are in the same role. The conference was extremely informative and got me and the Course leader really thinking about what we would like to modify and change to put us in a great position thinking about next year already. The foundation courses have always been identified as those pushing boundaries both conceptually and creativity but in the process have sometimes lost some of the fundamentals and key areas that perhaps HE institutions are looking for. We want to try and deliver an even balance of both so that students are able to be highly conceptual and expressive in the work they produce with an understanding of why. I also made a few contacts and I'm the process of organizing site visits to see how some of the other institutions are delivering the qualification, structuring their program alongside looking at the type of student/student work they are producing and their facilities, this is a prime opportunity to analyse further good practice and consider recommendations to management.
On another note interviews have taken place, and have been happening very quickly "a little too quickly" as a foundation student now has to showcase themselves and attempt to make a positive impression based upon a few months of work explored. We have however had some great feedback and a majority of the students have received conditional and unconditional places reassuring us that we are on track and delivering a creative and challenging program. I will start to collect some of the strongest pieces of work from portfolios and post them up.
Apart from that, we are off to Berlin in just under 3 weeks and this will be integrated into our forthcoming project and exhibition "Capture". I have also been interviewing for our own new intake "September 14" and have had some great applicants. We are currently on 50% of our target with another big interview coming up. Other than that its fast, creative, loud and still going!
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