Camera Lucida: new perspectives on teaching drawing

Camera Lucida: new perspectives on teaching drawing provides an opportunity to formally introduce and launch the now written, approved and piloted UAL Drawing Qualification. The conference will also explore the national context for the teaching and learning of drawing, and speakers from Further Education and Facial Anthropology will explore the wider role of visual intelligence and learning through drawing.

During last year, funded by the Rick Hopkins Bequest, The Centre for Drawing worked with the UAL Awarding body to write a course that could become either a part of Additional Specialist Learning (ASL) within the new 14-19 Diplomas, or additionality to other Art & Design provision al Level 2, 3 and 4 (including the UAL Foundation Diploma in Art & Design) with a view to eventually becoming a stand alone qualification.

The course was written in response to the need for degree course applicants to not only develop better drawing skills, but also have the ability to connect those skills to other forms of literacy, enquiry and communication. It is as a result anticipated that the course will not only advantage art and design applicants but also a broad range of courses where visual intelligence and communication skills are valued.

SPEAKERS:

Simon Betts, Associate Dean of Wimbledon College of Art
Deirdre Hopkins, Trustee, Rick Hopkins Bequest
Professor Stephen Farthing RA, Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Drawing UAL and Director, The Centre for Drawing
Catherine Large, Director of External Relations, Creative and Cultural Skills (Sector Skills Council for the Creative and Cultural Industries)
Ross Anderson & Phillip Garlick, University of the Arts London Awarding Body
Ken Walker, Foundation Studies in Art & Design, Wimbledon College of Art
Phil Naylor, Foundation Studies in Art & Design Programme Leader, Falmouth College of Arts
Dr Caroline Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer and Facial Anthropologist, Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification, University of Dundee

The event is FREE but places are limited. To reserve a space please email thecentrefordrawing@arts.ac.uk.

A programme including background information on speakers will be available to download from the beginning of April 2010.