FINE ARTS (510.A0) STUDENT MANUAL 2011 - Dawson College

5. Fine Arts Exit ProfileWhen you graduate from the Fine Arts Program you will have the essential trainingin general education and studio arts to apply to university with a refined setof visual and intellectual perceptions. You will have developed, through the productionof a body of work, a sound understanding of visual expression and creativeprocesses. You will be able to reflect critically on self-directed work, and toexpress perceptions and opinions orally and in formal written forms in effectiveEnglish and competent French. You will have developed an understanding of thecultural and historical contexts of creative expression, acquired a critical awarenessof cultural diversity, and will possess an awareness of the cultural context ofyour art-making. You will know how to provide relevant research material andappropriate studio materials for producing original artworks. You will haveacquired an understanding of the communicative significance of images, symbolsand metaphor. You will possess an understanding of many of the culturalinstitutions relevant to fine art production and will be able to critically view finearts practices locally and in the wider community. You will have the ability todifferentiate and logically analyze modes of expression and possess an understandingof the historical development of and differing world views inherent inmajor artistic movements. Through training and studio assignments, you willhave gained an understanding of the formal structure of art-making in boththree and two dimensions. This will have enabled you to articulate in coherentways the formal composition of artworks. Finally, you will have developed personaland social ethics and will have been made aware of your responsibility foryour health and lifestyle choices.10