Foundational – Exploring the Legacies and Impacts of Foundation Art & Design Education
The symposium will take place over three days each taking a different approach to exploring the legacies and impacts of Foundation art and design courses and their equivalents.
Foundational Symposium
Within art schools and beyond it is common to hear Foundation art and design courses described as a key moment in people’s lives. Foundational sets out to explore how this is so: to ask in what ways Foundation courses, and their equivalents both internationally and at other levels of education have been foundational; what experiences have stayed with people and continue to shape their personal, professional, and creative selves? What aspects of foundation teaching have been adopted and adapted by other levels of education and why does this seem to be increasingly common? How can we begin to archive these experiences and how can we explore them creatively using modes of artistic research? How can we ensure that future generations can continue to benefit from the experiences of these pedagogies?
Foundational is the third INFE (International Network of Foundation Educators) symposium organised in collaboration with The Royal College of Art, London, and The University of the Arts Helsinki. It will take place over three days each taking a different approach to exploring the legacies and impacts of Foundation art and design courses and their equivalents including ground courses, basic courses, preparation courses, and the (post-) graduate diploma.
Call for papers for the symposium
Please read more about the call for papers in the Foundational CFP document
The deadline for submissions is 30th April 2024.
Key dates
- 30th April: deadline for submissions
- 17th May: results of call announced and ticketing released
- 18th June: Day One (online)
- 31st July: Deadline for finalised presentation materials and workshop plans
- 29th August: Day Two: Presentations and Papers delivered at the RCA
- 30th August: Day Three: Workshops delivered at the RCA
Foundational Symposium
Within art schools and beyond it is common to hear Foundation art and design courses described as a key moment in people’s lives. Foundational sets out to explore how this is so: to ask in what ways Foundation courses, and their equivalents both internationally and at other levels of education have been foundational; what experiences have stayed with people and continue to shape their personal, professional, and creative selves? What aspects of foundation teaching have been adopted and adapted by other levels of education and why does this seem to be increasingly common? How can we begin to archive these experiences and how can we explore them creatively using modes of artistic research? How can we ensure that future generations can continue to benefit from the experiences of these pedagogies?
Foundational is the third INFE (International Network of Foundation Educators) symposium organised in collaboration with The Royal College of Art, London, and The University of the Arts Helsinki. It will take place over three days each taking a different approach to exploring the legacies and impacts of Foundation art and design courses and their equivalents including ground courses, basic courses, preparation courses, and the (post-) graduate diploma.
Call for papers for the symposium
Please read more about the call for papers in the Foundational CFP document
The deadline for submissions is 30th April 2024.
Key dates
- 30th April: deadline for submissions
- 17th May: results of call announced and ticketing released
- 18th June: Day One (online)
- 31st July: Deadline for finalised presentation materials and workshop plans
- 29th August: Day Two: Presentations and Papers delivered at the RCA
- 30th August: Day Three: Workshops delivered at the RCA