Individual Studio Critique & Review 3

Catalog description

This course focuses on the MFA student’s individual art practice, in which they will formulate a thorough and well-developed rationale and articulate in-depth and conceptually rigorous research methodologies for undertaking their studio practice. They will manage and oversee their project from conception to realization, informed by relevant knowledge, and use of appropriate techniques, materials, and forms. Students will work to conceptualize and find innovative solutions for the production and presentation of their work, in preparation for their thesis exhibition. This course is composed of one-on-one weekly studio critiques with visiting artists, scholars, curators, and critics, and dedicated art-making time in the MFA studios. Studio visitors will include arts professionals working in the museum and gallery sector, along with established artists and arts faculty from other UAE institutions and beyond. Critiques offer constructive assessment of the students’ work-in-progress in relation to contemporary and historical practice, social and cultural issues, technical and formal concerns, and related interdisciplinary interests. Students are also required to independently schedule and conduct a minimum of three visits to the studios of professional artists living and working in the UAE. Outside of these individual critiques and external studio visits, students will dedicate the class hours to art making in their studios.