Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

NB: Information in this Unit Outline is subject to change prior to commencement of semester

Graduates need to be able to identify and develop opportunities to advance their careers through professional networking, and by responding to shifts and changes in their professional field. This unit emphasises the role of the entrepreneur in the creative process. It offers you the opportunity to develop entrepreneurial, environment-scanning and networking skills necessary to identify, and take advantage of, opportunities for full professional production of your work in the future. It is offered in the final year of your degree when you have some relevant project experience and are developing a professional maturity.

Aims

This unit aims to introduce and examine entrepreneurial skills professional artists, teacher artists, producers and administrators need in order to identify and take advantage of employment, project and production opportunities available in the performing arts sector in Australia.

This is an advanced-level final year unit that draws upon previous learning in your course.

Objectives

On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1. Reflect on your practice and appraise its potential response to relevant policies, frameworks and opportunities
2. Create a hypothetical set of networks, opportunities and actions that may support your future professional practice
3. Formulate your practice and projects in ways that are meaningful to relevant stakeholders
4. Collaboratively compose a proposal that takes advantage of an appropriate professional opportunity

Content

The unit provides you with an overview of entrepreneurship in the performing arts sector, including the importance of entrepreneurial, environment-scanning and networking skills as part of a project- or portfolio- based careers in the performing arts. It also provides opportunities to observe or apply these understandings in practical project-based work. Broad principles will translate into strategies for project and career planning in a range of performing arts sectors, such as conventional theatre, contemporary theatre, theatre for young people, live art and community cultural development.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

The unit will be presented through lectures, including guest lectures that draw upon the expert knowledge of performing arts and performing arts education professionals, tutorials, demonstrations, and practical workshops which feed directly into key assessment tasks.

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.

Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information please refer to the Blackboard site for this unit.FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Description: Throughout the Semester, you will receive feedback on workshop and tutorial tasks which will inform all assessments items.
Weight 0%

Assessment name: Professional Plans
Description: You will develop a document which outlines realistic career aspirations, maps your industry sector and the development of your networks within it. You will also identify strategic education, employment, project and/or production opportunities available at the early stage of your career.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Mid Semester

Assessment name: Proposal
Description: Selecting from a range of options, you will identify an opportunity for funding, project professional or enterprise development in the performing arts and produce a fully developed and documented application for support.
Relates to objectives: 3, 4
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: End Semester

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Required Text
There is no set text for this unit. Readings will be made available via the KTB305 The Entrepreneurial Artists Blackboard.

Recommended Texts

Performing Arts Careers

David Throsby and Virginia Hollister (2003) Don't Give Up Your Day Job: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/artists/reports_and_publications/dont_give_up_your_day_job_an_economic_study_of_professional_artists_in_australia
Australia Council for the Arts (2004) Working Paper 1: Changing Income and Employment Patterns of Individual Artists. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/artists/reports_and_publications/working_paper_1_changing_income_and_employment_circumstances_of_individual_artists
Australia Council for the Arts (2008) Love your Work! Training, Retaining & Connecting Artists in Theatre. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/love_your_work_training,_retaining_and_connecting_artists_in_theatre
Mary Ann Hunter (2002) Getting Connected: Making Your Mentorship Work. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/artists/reports_and_publications/getting_connected_making_your_mentorship_work

Performing Arts Practices - Theatre, Performance, and Theatre For Young People

Department of Communications, Information & Technology (1999) Securing the Future: Major Performing Arts Inquiry Final Report. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/securing_the_future_major_performing_arts_inquiry_final_report
Australia Council for the Arts (2006) Securing the Future: An Assessment of Progress 2001-2006. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/securing_the_future_an_assessment_of_progress_2001-2006
Australia Council for the Arts (2008) Anticipating Change in the Major Performing Arts. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/anticipating_change_in_the_major_performing_arts
ID Roberts Pty Ltd (2003) An Analysis of the Trienially Funded Theatre Organisations of the Theatre Board of the Australia Council. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/an_analysis_of_the_triennially_funded_theatre_organisations_of_the_theatre_board_of_the_australia_council
Peta Tait (2005) Examination of Resources for Writing for Performance. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/examination_of_resources_for_writing_for_performance
RealTime for the Australia Council for the Arts (2001) In Repertoire: A Guide to Australian Contemporary Performance. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/in_repertoire_a_select_guide_to_australian_contemporary_performance
Positive Solutions (2003) Review of Theatre for Young People in Australia. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/review_of_theatre_for_young_people_in_australia
Australia Council for the Arts (2006) Education Programs and Services in Australian Arts Organisations. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/education_and_the_arts/reports_and_publications/education_programs_and_services_in_australian_arts_organisations
City of Melbourne in partnership with the Cultural Development Network (2003) Imagining New Partnerships: Artists, Schools & Communities Transcripts. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/education_and_the_arts/reports_and_publications/imagining_new_partnerships_artists,_schools_and_communities_transcripts

Performing Arts Projects & Programs

Australia Council for the Arts (2004) H2W2: How to do an arts project, where to get help. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/arts_participation/reports_and_publications/h2w2_how_to_do_an_arts_project,_where_to_get_help
Australia Council for the Arts (2004) Review and Evaluation of the Australian Performing Arts Market 1994-2002: Summary and Response. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/review_and_evaluation_of_the_australian_performing_arts_market_1994-2002_summary_and_response
Australia Council for the Arts (2002) Lets Tour! Support for International Performing Arts Touring. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/lets_tour!_a_quick_guide_to_exporting_the_australian_performing_arts
Ian Roberts with Luke McCabe (2005) Touring Theatre for Young People Under 12 Years of Age. Australia Council for the Arts. Available online http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/theatre/reports_and_publications/touring_theatre_for_young_people_under_12_years_of_age

Risk assessment statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit. Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 26-Mar-2013