Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (Art Management)

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National code: CUA60720 Advanced diploma (TAFE) Send me a link to this course

It’s one thing to work on your art in a home studio – quite another to make a viable career out of your visual art qualifications. That’s where Swinburne’s Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (Art Management) can assist.

When you’re serious about a vocation in the arts, valid credentials can take you a long way. With a strong emphasis on forging vocational opportunities in arts administration, arts organisations and related industries, this course prepares you for the exciting, creative world you’re about to enter.

Your existing technical, creative and conceptual skills will flourish further under the expert eye of our educators in a studio environment that mirrors professional spaces. Drawing, ceramics, digital art, glasswork, jewellery, textiles – these are just a few of the mediums available to specialise in and enhance your portfolio.

Art theory and history, and the ability to conduct critical conversations about your own work and the work of others, help strike a healthy balance between left and right brain.

Swinburne also boasts multiple local council and industry connections who will provide you with real-world arts industry projects – as well as networking opportunities.

Whether your future lies in government, commercial, private or community arts-based contexts, in roles such as curator, arts officer, gallery coordinator, artist assistant, gallery technician or arts administrator, this advanced diploma will provide all the vocational assistance you could hope for.

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Duration

1 year full-time or equivalent part-time

Study mode

Full-time

VTAC course code

3401078154 (fee type determined by provider)

This is a nationally approved vocational course that is recognised throughout Australia.

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Course information in detail

- Course detail, course structure, units of study and specialisations.

Course description

The Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (Art Management) is designed to provide graduates with vocational opportunities in arts administration, arts organisations, and related industries. The course also provides students with the high-level technical, creative and conceptual skills to originate, realise and exhibit a body of resolved work that expresses their own creative vision. This course allows for work across many art mediums, a practice may incorporate, drawing, life drawing, painting, digital/photomedia, printmaking, installation art, sculpture, or public art. Students are able to explore and specialise in their chosen art discipline.

This course has a vocational focus on Arts Management skills in conjunction with the production of an independent creative folio.

Swinburne has multiple local council and industry connections who will provide real-work arts industry projects and outcomes for students.

Students work in an industry-style open plan studio complex that houses individual student studio spaces, a communal area for group work, display walls and a workshop.

Course structure

The Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (Art Management) is comprised of 12 units of study. It is delivered mainly as practical studio-based subjects and in lecture and tutorial modes. Studio-based disciplines include painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography and digital imaging.

Students complete units of study - CUAPPR613 Engage in the business of creative practice, CUAIND611 - Work professionally in the creative arts industry. These units are delivered through a workplace arrangement with organisations including galleries and arts/culture council programs.

This is a 1-year program delivered over two semesters. Classes are scheduled up to 20 hours per week which may include a work placement. Additional study hours may also be required to prepare and complete tasks.

Other study requirements:

Students will need to have access to a small practical workspace to continue working on projects remotely from time to time and to have access to art making materials and equipment.

Students will also require the technology and access to the internet for facilitation of online classes including video and audio requirements.

Units of study

Core

Apply critical thinking for complex problem solving (BSBCRT611)

Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools (CUAACD611)

Originate a body of independent creative work (CUAPPR611)

Engage in the business of creative practice (CUAPPR613)

Publicly present a body of own creative work (CUAPPR614)

Extend cultural research expertise (CUARES612)

Electives

Select and refine a specialised drawing technique (CUAACD533)

Extend professional expertise across new art forms and media (CUAACD612)

Work professionally in the creative arts industry (CUAIND611)

Realise an installation work (CUAINS601)

Collaborate in professional creative projects (CUAPPR612)

Extend expertise in a specialised art form to professional level (CUAPPR616)

Major specialisations

The achievement of a specialisation in Art Management will be identified on testamurs as follows: CUA60720 Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (Art Management)

Art Management units included the course are:

Collaborate in professional creative projects (CUAPPR612)

Work professionally in the creative arts industry (CUAIND611)

Realise an installation work (CUAINS601)

Careers and graduate outcomes

- Career opportunities, course aims and objectives and graduate skills.

Career opportunities

Visual artists may work in their own practice as Printmaker, Photographer, Illustrator, Visual Artist, Painter, Public Artist, Sculptor, Digital Artist or Arts Practitioner. Or in a wide range of contexts across the arts, government, community or commercial organisations as Curators, Community Arts Officer, Gallery Coordinator, Gallery Technician, Artist Assistant, Gallery Assistant, Arts Administration. It also provides a pathway to other visual arts, craft and design job roles.

Aims and objectives

The aim is for graduates to be fully prepared with the skills and knowledge required for entry into the arts industry as creative practitioner or arts worker.

Graduate skills

Graduates will have well developed technical and conceptual skills and be able to:

develop concepts and their own creative vision
develop high level skills in drawing
develop high level skills in a chosen medium
manage individual or group exhibitions
work collaboratively in a range of Arts organisations and roles
engage in critical discourse about their own work and the work of others
understand the historical and social context artists work in.

Course fees and requirements

- Entry requirements and non-year 12 entry.

Course fees

A VET Student Loan is available for this course – allowing you to defer part of your fees if you're eligible.

The maximum VET Student Loan amount for this course is $11,191. You must start repaying this loan once you earn above the compulsory repayment threshold.

Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (Art Management) Estimated course fees for 2023*
*You will need to pay this amount if you do not* receive a VET Student Loan**	$12,370	$8,150	This course is not eligible for Free TAFE
You will need to pay this amount if you do receive a VET Student Loan	$1,179	Fully Covered	This course is not eligible for Free TAFE

Estimated course fees for 2023*

For students who are not granted a Skills First government-subsidised place

For students who are granted a Skills First government-subsidised place

Is this a Free TAFE course?

You will need to pay this amount if you do not receive a VET Student Loan

$12,370

$8,150

This course is not eligible for Free TAFE

You will need to pay this amount if you do receive a VET Student Loan

$1,179

Fully Covered

This course is not eligible for Free TAFE

Fees published on this page are estimates only and are subject to change depending on individual circumstances at the time of enrolment. The above fees apply for units studied in 2023 only and may change for units studied in future years. There may be additional costs related to learning material and equipment.

This training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding.

Skills First Government-subsidised place
You could be granted a Skills First government-subsidised place when you apply for this course. Check your eligibility now.

Concession rates for vocational students
Concession rates for Diploma and Advanced Diploma programs are also available if you self-identify as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and qualify for a government-subsidised training place under the Indigenous Completions Initiative.

The eligibility criteria are set by the Victorian Government and assessed by Swinburne in accordance with government directives, which are subject to change at any time.

Find out if you’re eligible for a fee concession here.

Full course fee
If you are not granted a government subsidised place, the full course fee will apply. Check your eligibility now.

Indicative nominal course hours: 845.

Entry requirements

Successful completion of the Diploma of Visual Arts (CUA51120) or equivalent.

Applicants without formal qualifications but with relevant art experience are welcome to apply. Skills and knowledge may have been acquired through experience in creative field or formal study.

Applicants must have the conceptual, technical and organisational skills to create and present work in their chosen creative form.