Upon successfully completing the course, students will have gained the following.

Knowledge:

• Applied and contextualized theoretical knowledge previously gained in Visual Arts study into practical experiences.
• Experienced an artistic community in Vancouver. Obtain life-long learning habits on how to participate in such a community and an understanding of how such communities function.
• Evaluate and activate the purpose of contemporary artist-run centres and other cultural institutions/initiatives.
• Hone individual assessments and perspectives on the role of an artist within a wider societal context, and illustrate those contributions to their peers.
• Become knowledgeable in the variety of institution types in the professional art world by their organizational structure, (public, private, grassroots) with an appreciation for the position and function of each, and how structure can inform artistic agency.
• Gain insight about art, the artist, and the contemporary art world and assess the mechanisms and practices of art’s role in society regarding political, sociological, and philosophical theories of art, culture, class distinction and cultural capital.

Professionalization:

• Envision themselves as active members of cultural industry, and prepared to enter the professional world of contemporary art practice in a variety of capacities.
• Establish professional conduct and communication skills of an art practitioner.
• Manage a specific project as determined and guided by the partner, and advanced through initiative and application of inventive problem-solving skills and practiced organization.

As Contributor:

• Be able to dissect the structure of their artistic practice and its consequence in dialogue with the art world.
• Inform personal art practice by bringing awareness to its surroundings within institutional space, extended to a community, a region, a nation, and globally.
• Develop a transformative understanding of the relationship of the artist to both a local community as well as to the society at large.

Reflection:

• Engage and cultivate habits of critical self-reflection upon their practical experiences in the visual arts sector, informing their agency, influence, and civic responsibilities.