Class Painting Atelier

The field of action of this optional CU is to develop the skills for the realization of an artistic Personal Project. The field of action is Painting as a field of investigation, and its countless possibilities of  materialization in contemporaneity. 
The field of intervention is the expanded field of Painting (as an  autonomous, transdisciplinary or site-specific field). The relevance of this CU is justified by its complementarity to all CU of Painting and Drawing (mandatory CU present in the study plan of the Degree in Visual Arts) and as a support to these, extending the students' contact time with the teacher in order to enhance the artistic results of the Personal Project. During the semester, it encourages and makes students aware of the relevance of documenting the work process in progress, and finaly, its photographic register for promotion, diffusion and portfolio.

PERSONAL PROJECT (PP)

Stages of a research methodology in arts:

- Idea or choice of a concept/referent;

- Theoretical and practical research to be compiled in a dossier;

- Choice of two proposals to develop - beginning of the conception with sketches, paintings, photographic and/or graphic registers; 

- Choice of the final proposal that will give body to the PP as an artistic project always taking into account its exhibition / public presentation;

- Execution of the chosen proposal considering the Nº and scale of the works, materials, media, illumination, formal and conceptual relation between the works that constitute the proposal and possible interpretations that come from this relation, site-specific approach, etc);

- Presentation of the PP in an exhibition context (notions of setting up and how it guides/constrains/influences the observer/viewe; dismounting)

- Portfolio: Photographic documentation of the works that constitute the PP, individually and in an exhibition context.

The relevant pedagogical methodology in this CU is tutorial contact. This individualised approach aims to broaden the visual culture and stimulate the development of technical languages and processes, critical vision and methodologies for research. The tutorials are carried out through conversations with the student regarding the concepts underlying the development of their Personal Project (PP). These tutorials indicate conceptual references, examples of works by national and international artists relevant to each imaginary, bibliography and the conception of the artistic proposal in order to expand the possibilities of creative and artistic production of each student, individually. The critical and self-critical capacity is valued through collective discussions in the classroom where processes and results in the realisation of each PP are debated, exercising the use of appropriate technical terminologies aiming at preparing for autonomous life after completion of studies.

Dado o regime tutorial desta UC, são apresentadas monografias de artistas e catálogos de exposições institucionais de acordo com os interesses dos estudantes e as suas opções criativas e estéticas.