AXM-E0005 - Creative Professional Life, Lecture, 22.4.2024-27.5.2024

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Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

In this course, you will gain knowledge and skill for creative professional life across different research and practice focus areas in the domain of Master's Programme in Art & Media. Students will gain gain hands-on knowledge to engage with creative professional life challenges. The course strengthens and consolidates student’s learning from other course and prepares them for professional life as an artist or a media designer.

Credits: 3

Schedule: 22.04.2024 - 27.05.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Pia Euro, Antti Ikonen, Matti Niinimäki, Niko Luoma, Tomi Slotte Dufva, Annakaisa Kultima, Rupesh Vyas

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: Finnish, Swedish, English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    In this course, you will gain knowledge to deal with creative professional life across different research and practice focus areas in the domain of Master's Programme in Art & Media.

    The course content encompasses wast array of theoretical and practical learning, starting from identifying your creative journey with sense of purpose and preparing yourself for emergent situations of creative professional life. This course is taught comprising of lectures, group and individual work, and clinics on practical topics. Finally, you will gain hands-on knowledge to engage with creative professional life challenges.

    This course is offered towards end of the academic year in Period 5. Hence, this course strengthens and consolidates student’s learning from other course and prepares them for professional life as an artist or a media designer.

  • applies in this implementation

    Joint sessions at 9.15 – 12.00

     

    22.4.

    9.15 – 10.00    Introduction

    10.15 – 12.00  Open Culture by Susanna Ånäs, Tove Örsted and Sophea Lerner

    13.15 – 15.00 Groupwork session

     

    6.5.

    9.15 – 12.00    Copyrights and agreements by Maria Rehbinder

     

    13.5.

    9.15 – 12.00    Grantwriting and foundations by Garbutt Gwyndaf and Merja Lipponen     

     

    Clinics at 13.15 – 17.00

     

    6.5. 

    Joonas Laakso (Next Games) & Annakaisa Kultima 

    "Polishing Your Game Portfolio"

    Jukka Hautamäki

    Generative AI mini-workshop

     

    Rita Castro Neves

    “to work as creative professional in roles of: artists, curator, producer, artist recidence host, university teacher from the perspective of Portugal”

     

    13.5. 

    Milla Vaahtera

    How to make actual money by doing that you love?

    Freelancer's guide for creatives: How to balance vulnerabilities of artistic work, handle unpredictability and maintain financial security. 

     

    Jukka Hautamäki

    Generative AI mini-workshop

     

    Satu Alhojärvi

    RETURN OF TAX BEAR - ABC of Artist ’s Taxes and Finances in Finland

     

    Heidy Tiits-Tikkanen 

    Oman osaamisen tunnistaminen & siitä kertominen

     

    20.5. 

    Juuso Noronkoski

    Everyday life after art studies: reflections on exhibitions, grants, residencies and friendship.

     

    Maria Rehbinder

    Workshop on agreements!

     

    Samuli Syvähuoko (Sisu Game Ventures) & Annakaisa Kultima

    "Talking to Game Company Investors"

     

    Satu Alhojärvi

    LUOVAN ALAN TALOUS VEROKARHUN KAINALOSSA

     

     

     

     

     

                


Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Participation in teaching, completed assignments.

    Minimum 80% attendance.

    See MyCourses for more detailed information on evaluations methods and criteria.

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    3 ECTS ≈ 81h

    24h of contact teaching

    Lectures, group and individual work, and clinics on practical topics.

    Participation in the course. Minimum 80% attendance.

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    4 Quality Education

    5 Gender Equality

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    17 Partnerships for the Goals

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language : English

    Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring V
    2023-2024 Spring V

    Enrollment :

    Minimum amount of participants: 8
    Maximum amount of participants varies according to the implementation of the course.

    Registration for Courses: Sisu.

    Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture:
    https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts

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