Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts
Serious about a career in the arts? Build on your existing technical, creative and conceptual skills with this course offering a focus on skills development for career opportunities in arts administration, arts organisations and related industries.
With this course, you'll be able to build on your existing technical, creative and conceptual skills in a professional studio environment; in media including drawing, life drawing, painting, digital / photomedia, printmaking, installation art, sculpture, public art, ceramics, digital art, glasswork, jewellery and textiles to enhance your portfolio.
This qualification offers a strong focus on skills development for career opportunities in arts administration, arts organisations and related industries.
Units include art theory and history and arts management; critical thinking and problem solving; and the development of a body of original creative work. You'll be job ready to work 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.
Note: This course is best suited for people who already have some background or experience in this field. If you're unsure, please seek advice from the training provider to see whether this course is the right choice for you.
Completion of this nationally recognised and accredited qualification may provide credit towards a relevant higher level qualification or university degree, should you wish to pursue further study in this field.
Industry area
- Creative Industries
Study area
- Visual Arts
Course ID
- National ID: CUA60725
- WA State ID: BOF3
This course is available from registered training organisations (accredited private training providers) that are also funded through Jobs and Skills WA. Select from the list below, and follow the link to the provider's website for further information about the course and how to enrol.
Time to get crafty!
This qualification reflects the role of individuals who have para-professional level technical, creative and conceptual skills to originate, realise and exhibit a substantial body of resolved work that expresses their own creative vision. Individuals at this level work within and across many mediums, and their practice may incorporate ceramics, art management, digital art, glasswork, drawing and illustration, jewellery making, painting, photomedia, printmaking, public art, sculpture, textiles or wood design. Practice at this level is underpinned by application of art theory and history, the ability to engage in critical discourse and to debate one’s own work and the work of others.
Visual artists may work in their own practice, or a wide range of contexts across the arts, government or commercial organisations and bring visual arts perspective to areas such as business, community services and science. The job roles that relate to this qualification may include Printmaker, Photographer, Illustrator, Visual Artist, Ceramic Artist, Painter, Public Artist, Sculptor, Textile Designer, Woodwork Designer, Digital Artist, Glasswork Artist, Arts Practitioner, and Visual Arts Professional.
Bring your creative ideas and visions to life in a holistic studio environment
During this course, you'll explore, practise and demonstrate what it means to be a creative practitioner, while gaining the skills and knowledge required to be self-sufficient upon graduation.
This course brings together lecturers and students from the following disciplines:
- visual art
- jewellery
- product design
It is designed for artists and designers who are seeking to refine their skills and knowledge in a holistic studio environment.
You'll develop your own project proposals in one of these three specialisations and work closely with our lecturers and technicians to explore your ideas and bring your visions to life. At the end of the Advanced Diploma of Visual Art, you are invited to participate in a graduation exhibition, renowned nationally for showcasing some of Western Australia’s best emerging artists and designers.
You will study in our purpose-built art and design facilities and have access to a broad range of industry-standard equipment and materials. North Metropolitan TAFE’s reputation for producing outstanding graduates is built on more than 100 years of high-quality art and design training in Western Australia.
As a visual artist or designer, you may choose to develop your own independent practice, seek employment opportunities within specific creative industries, or explore other opportunities, such as internships or residencies, that will further focus and extend your creative practice. Visual artists and designers possess transferable ‘creative skills’ that can be applied in a variety of professional contexts and support interdisciplinary collaborations across existing and emerging industries. Career opportunities for artists and designers exist across a broad range of arts, government and commercial organisations.
This course is only offered in Semester 1 each year.
Delivery location
This course is not currently available at any private training providers.
With this course, you'll be able to build on your existing technical, creative and conceptual skills in a professional studio environment; in media including drawing, life drawing, painting, digital / photomedia, printmaking, installation art, sculpture, public art, ceramics, digital art, glasswork, jewellery and textiles to enhance your portfolio.
This qualification offers a strong focus on skills development for career opportunities in arts administration, arts organisations and related industries.
Units include art theory and history and arts management; critical thinking and problem solving; and the development of a body of original creative work. You'll be job ready to work 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.
Note: This course is best suited for people who already have some background or experience in this field. If you're unsure, please seek advice from the training provider to see whether this course is the right choice for you.
Completion of this nationally recognised and accredited qualification may provide credit towards a relevant higher level qualification or university degree, should you wish to pursue further study in this field.
Industry area
- Creative Industries
Study area
- Visual Arts
Course ID
- National ID: CUA60725
- WA State ID: BOF3
To find out more about doing this course at a WA TAFE college, select one of the TAFEs listed below to read their course descriptions. You'll also be able to see at which TAFE campus/es the course is delivered.
If you would like further information such as when the course is available and how to enrol, and details of course fees, or if you have questions about how the course is delivered, please follow the Find out more link to go to the TAFE's website where you will find full course details and contact information so that you can speak to the TAFE directly.
Time to get crafty!
This qualification reflects the role of individuals who have para-professional level technical, creative and conceptual skills to originate, realise and exhibit a substantial body of resolved work that expresses their own creative vision. Individuals at this level work within and across many mediums, and their practice may incorporate ceramics, art management, digital art, glasswork, drawing and illustration, jewellery making, painting, photomedia, printmaking, public art, sculpture, textiles or wood design. Practice at this level is underpinned by application of art theory and history, the ability to engage in critical discourse and to debate one’s own work and the work of others.
Visual artists may work in their own practice, or a wide range of contexts across the arts, government or commercial organisations and bring visual arts perspective to areas such as business, community services and science. The job roles that relate to this qualification may include Printmaker, Photographer, Illustrator, Visual Artist, Ceramic Artist, Painter, Public Artist, Sculptor, Textile Designer, Woodwork Designer, Digital Artist, Glasswork Artist, Arts Practitioner, and Visual Arts Professional.
Bring your creative ideas and visions to life in a holistic studio environment
During this course, you'll explore, practise and demonstrate what it means to be a creative practitioner, while gaining the skills and knowledge required to be self-sufficient upon graduation.
This course brings together lecturers and students from the following disciplines:
- visual art
- jewellery
- product design
It is designed for artists and designers who are seeking to refine their skills and knowledge in a holistic studio environment.
You'll develop your own project proposals in one of these three specialisations and work closely with our lecturers and technicians to explore your ideas and bring your visions to life. At the end of the Advanced Diploma of Visual Art, you are invited to participate in a graduation exhibition, renowned nationally for showcasing some of Western Australia’s best emerging artists and designers.
You will study in our purpose-built art and design facilities and have access to a broad range of industry-standard equipment and materials. North Metropolitan TAFE’s reputation for producing outstanding graduates is built on more than 100 years of high-quality art and design training in Western Australia.
As a visual artist or designer, you may choose to develop your own independent practice, seek employment opportunities within specific creative industries, or explore other opportunities, such as internships or residencies, that will further focus and extend your creative practice. Visual artists and designers possess transferable ‘creative skills’ that can be applied in a variety of professional contexts and support interdisciplinary collaborations across existing and emerging industries. Career opportunities for artists and designers exist across a broad range of arts, government and commercial organisations.
This course is only offered in Semester 1 each year.
Delivery location
Time to get crafty!
This qualification reflects the role of individuals who have para-professional level technical, creative and conceptual skills to originate, realise and exhibit a substantial body of resolved work that expresses their own creative vision. Individuals at this level work within and across many mediums, and their practice may incorporate ceramics, art management, digital art, glasswork, drawing and illustration, jewellery making, painting, photomedia, printmaking, public art, sculpture, textiles or wood design. Practice at this level is underpinned by application of art theory and history, the ability to engage in critical discourse and to debate one’s own work and the work of others.
Visual artists may work in their own practice, or a wide range of contexts across the arts, government or commercial organisations and bring visual arts perspective to areas such as business, community services and science. The job roles that relate to this qualification may include Printmaker, Photographer, Illustrator, Visual Artist, Ceramic Artist, Painter, Public Artist, Sculptor, Textile Designer, Woodwork Designer, Digital Artist, Glasswork Artist, Arts Practitioner, and Visual Arts Professional.
Bring your creative ideas and visions to life in a holistic studio environment
During this course, you'll explore, practise and demonstrate what it means to be a creative practitioner, while gaining the skills and knowledge required to be self-sufficient upon graduation.
This course brings together lecturers and students from the following disciplines:
- visual art
- jewellery
- product design
It is designed for artists and designers who are seeking to refine their skills and knowledge in a holistic studio environment.
You'll develop your own project proposals in one of these three specialisations and work closely with our lecturers and technicians to explore your ideas and bring your visions to life. At the end of the Advanced Diploma of Visual Art, you are invited to participate in a graduation exhibition, renowned nationally for showcasing some of Western Australia’s best emerging artists and designers.
You will study in our purpose-built art and design facilities and have access to a broad range of industry-standard equipment and materials. North Metropolitan TAFE’s reputation for producing outstanding graduates is built on more than 100 years of high-quality art and design training in Western Australia.
As a visual artist or designer, you may choose to develop your own independent practice, seek employment opportunities within specific creative industries, or explore other opportunities, such as internships or residencies, that will further focus and extend your creative practice. Visual artists and designers possess transferable ‘creative skills’ that can be applied in a variety of professional contexts and support interdisciplinary collaborations across existing and emerging industries. Career opportunities for artists and designers exist across a broad range of arts, government and commercial organisations.
This course is only offered in Semester 1 each year.
Locations
This course is not currently available at any private training providers.
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