11 Course Leaders: 20 Questions: A Collection of Interviews with 11 London BA Fine Art Course Leaders - Softcover

Rowles, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0956435513 ISBN 13: 9780956435514

Publisher: Q-Art London, 2011

Synopsis

Over the last two or three years there has been an explosion of conferences and editorial content examining the perceived ‘crisis’ in art education and speculating on the causes of student dissatisfaction. 11 Course Leaders: 20 Questions opens up the world of undergraduate art education to find out what is going on. In this book Sarah Rowles asks eleven of London’s major BA Fine Art course leaders their views on the crisis and how current pedagogical practice compares with their own art school education. She also talks to them about access, what they look for when selecting students, the processes they use in evaluating art, the benefits of art education, the importance of an institution’s reputation, where in art education the education takes place, and how art education influences the work we see in contemporary art galleries. The course leaders generously share their knowledge of the history of art education, the amalgamation of art schools into universities, and give their predictions on how the impending tuition fee increases will affect those who are thinking about studying art. Interviews and Foreword by Sarah Rowles. Introduction by Patricia Bickers, Editor Art Monthly. Interviews with: John Timberlake (Middlesex); John Aiken (Slade); Mo Throp (Chelsea); Andrew Bannister (Sculpture Pathway Leader City & Guilds); Louis Nixon (Kingston); Rosemarie McGoldrick (Cass); Stephen Carter (Byam Shaw/CSM); Martin Newth (Camberwell); Dereck Harris (Wimbledon); Jane Lee (Central Saint Martins); Michael Archer (Goldsmiths).

Edition details

• Publisher: Q-Art London
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0956435513
• ISBN 13: 9780956435514
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240