In year two, students continue to develop ideas and skills, form and content within a framework of experimentation and self-directed projects, supported by courses designed to further their skills in theory and history as well as a university elective, to broaden the scope of their ideas as it relates to studio practice.

We recognise that ideas can come from diverse disciplinary fields and personal experiences in and of the world. We encourage each student to think critically about what they want to make art about (content). Why they want to make art about certain ideas (rationale). How they will go about developing their ideas into artworks (processes, materials, methods, forms). 

In Enrolment Online, you will need to enrol into: Fine Art Studio 3 (VART 3696), Workshop 3 (VART 3690) and University Elective (HUSO 2302). 

You will need to preferencing your classes on Fine Art Studio 3 (VART 3696) and Workshop 3 (VART 3690). The preferencing process will be taking place in November/December, and will be communicated to you by Hong Kong Art School in due course.   

Information about class options on Fine Art Studio 3 (VART 3696) and Workshop 3 (VART 3690) are available on the links below. 

NOTE: You do not need to preference your University Elective course; the School will allocate you to your class. You will be informed of your class schedule through email by Hong Kong Art School in due course. 

Fine Art Studio 3 (VART 3696)
In second year, semester one, you will apply specialised art making knowledge and skills across a range of media and concepts to broaden the scope of your emerging individual studio practice. You will explore how artists initiate work through a range of starting points, trials and experiments. You will build on past experience and synthesise and apply new information to develop appropriate ways of selecting materials to enable the evolution of art works. You will examine relations between new and existing bodies of work with a focus on developing a body of experimental and resolved art works. 

You will select one studio course (vertical course co-taught with Fine Art Studio 5) from the offerings. You can select a course from your specialisation or from another specialisation. However, it is important to seek academic advice from your specialisation coordinator prior to deciding. 

Workshop 3 (VART 3690)
 In this course, you will explore how studio-based practice functions as research and as a way of generating and extending ideas. A series of projects will assist you to refine and consolidate the conceptual, perceptual, formal and aesthetic concerns of the craft of your studio discipline. You will learn to develop creative solutions to constraints and challenges using practice-led methods of production leading to an individualised art practice. 

You will select one workshop course (vertical course co-taught with Workshop 5) from the offerings. You can select a course from your specialisation or from another specialisation. However, it is important to seek academic advice from your specialisation coordinator prior to deciding.   

University Elective (HUSO 2302) – Talking Art: Inside the Artists Practice
This course offers the opportunity for you to engage with local art practitioners, either through studio visits and/or sites of public works. Through a schedule of lectures, discussions, site visits, the idea and function of the artist’s studio and / or public art sites will be explored as a location of production, distribution, display, promotion and cultural engagement. The intention is to offer you a diverse experience of what contemporary art practice is like through site and location visits, galleries, museums and public art spaces.  Through the process of discussion, lectures and critiques, some of the key issues for artists engaging in contemporary, practice, both locally and globally, will be explored. 

The aim of this course is designed to provide fine art students with an overview of the role of the artist in society. It examines the tangible and practical requirements commensurate with the role of the professional artist. With an emphasis on research, enquiry and awareness of the arts community, the course is designed to assist student artists to understand the current cultural community in which they are planning to contribute to. 

This course is lecture based and will cover practical, theoretical and critical issues involved in a variety of contemporary professional practices. The course may include guest industry lectures where speakers will be invited to provide an insight into the role of the artist from a professional perspective and to integrate wider discussion and a broader sense of awareness of historical and social movements. The course will also present teaching lessons that aim to unify the groups understanding of practical issues, directly relating to exhibiting works in a public context. 

In Enrolment Online, you will need to enrol into: Fine Art Studio 4 (VART 3697), Workshop 4 (VART 3691) and Art 3: History+Theory+Cultures (HUSO 2424). 

You will need to preferencing your classes on Fine Art Studio 4 (VART 3697) and Workshop 4 (VART 3691). The preferencing process will be taking place in June, and will be communicated to you by Hong Kong Art School in due course.   

Information about class options on Fine Art Studio 4 (VART 3697), Workshop 4 (VART 3691) and Art 3: History+Theory+Cultures (HUSO 2424) are available on the links below. 

Fine Art Studio 4 (VART 3697)
In second year, semester two, you will establish a more substantial, independent studio practice and diversify your options. You will experiment with forms and processes to explore the language of materials in ways that expand, transform and deepen your personal approach to making art. You will build on past experience by synthesising and applying new information to develop appropriate ways of selecting concepts, materials and/or processes for making works. The objectives of this course are to produce a resolved body of work including appropriate support materials and research that establishes the social and cultural framework for an individual and contemporary art practice.   

This course includes a work integrated learning (WIL) experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience. 

You will select one studio course (vertical course co-taught with Fine Art Studio 2) from the offerings. You can select a course from your specialisation or from another specialisation. However, it is important to seek academic advice from your specialisation coordinator prior to deciding. Please note the offering you select must be different to the one you selected in Fine Art Studio 2. 

Workshop 4 (VART 3691) 
In this course you will focus on transforming materials and production processes to create artworks relating to your studio discipline with an emphasis on experimentation, conceptual development and practice-led research. You will further develop knowledge and experience in the range of specialised methods of production and craft of your studio discipline to make informed choices about the appropriate technologies for your individualised art practice. 

You will select one workshop course (vertical course co-taught with Workshop 2) from the offerings. You can select a course from your specialisation or from another specialisation. However, it is important to seek academic advice from your specialisation coordinator prior to deciding. Please note the offering you select must be different to the one you selected in Workshop 2. 

Art 3: History+Theory+Cultures (HUSO 2424) 
ART3 provides an advanced conceptual, historical and theoretical framework for the study of art. It builds on previous knowledge and skills and applies it to a specialised topic/theme to help you critically analyse, contextualise, research, communicate and consolidate your knowledge of art. 

In this course you will identify and critically analyse a range of artists, ideas, practices, theoretical texts, and historical precedents relevant to contemporary art. In ART3 you will have opportunities to develop specialised knowledge about particular cultural, theoretical and historical contexts that have given rise to and influenced art.