Participation in Kandinäyttely – BFA exhibition
What do I need to take into account when participating in the BFA exhibition. The BFA exhibition is a part the BFA seminar ensemble, which support student in making of the BFA thesis.
The BFA exhibition is a part the BFA seminar ensemble, which support student in making od the BFA thesis. Seminar includes a joint final review of the BFA exhibition. Lecturers Stig Baumgartner (thesis seminar and examinations) and Marika Orenius (exhibition and presentation practices & exhibition planning) are responsible for the BFA seminar.
Supervising teachers of study areas this year are:
Painting: Päivi Takala, Hannele Kumpulainen ja Harri Monni
Sculpture: Lotta Mattila
Time & Space: Tanja Kiiveri
Print making: Tatu Tuominen
Inspectors are chosen by the supervising teachers.
Participation process to the BFA exhibition
In the BFA exhibition artistic parts of your BFA thesis are presented publicly in a group show. Artistic part of the thesis can also be other public presentation of the work. Taking part and making the exhibition is a part of the seminar, in which you will also learn exhibition and presentation practices (starting from 26th August) and you will learn to produce writing of your own artistic way of working and artworks.
Joint meeting
The BFA seminar begins with a joint meeting on 31.01. where we will go through the seminar stages and schedule of making the thesis.
First studio visit
Book a studio visit with the lecturer of the seminar (Stig Baumgartner) and prepare to tell about your plans.
Thesis plan and thesis grant
Making of the artistic part of your thesis work is supported with a thesis grant. In order to receive the grant your thesis plan has to be accepted by your supervising teacher of your study area. Deadline for handing out your thesis plan is 28.03. Producer will send a link to a separate form via e-mail for applying the thesis grant. Deadline for grant application is 14.04. The thesis grants will be paid out to student’s account on 30.04.
Second joint meeting
Second joint meeting will be held 23.05. in order to go through each students’ plans for their artistic works. Each student will present shortly in oral and with possible images their upcoming work/project and the presentation form of it. Think ahead for any specific wishes or needs for placing your artwork to the exhibition spaces. Oral presentations will be simultaneously translated to English.
Second studio visit
You will meet with the lecturer responsible for the exhibition (Marika Orenius) in the end of May (schedule coming soon). In this stage you should also make plans for technical execution of your work and if needed consult exhibition Main Technician (Olli Karttunen) regarding the installation of your work. After the second studio visit round the Exhibition Lecturer will begin to draft the exhibition architecture.
Work on your artwork
You will receive guidance from the supervising teachers of your study area, your responsible teacher and other teachers.
Info materials of the exhibition
Artwork text
Artwork texts will be proofread and translated by outsider freelancers. If you translate the text yourself the text will only be proofread by the translator. Producer will send forms for submitting the materials via e-mail. After translations you will receive the texts for checking, and after that changes aren’t possible anymore, since we need time to do the layout and printing before the opening. The artwork texts will be available as prints and also on the exhibition website.
The teachers responsible for the seminar and the exhibition will also hold a writing workshop for the entire group on 22.08. Artwork texts will be written and handed out during the workshop. The artwork text can be a continuation of the thesis plan written earlier in the spring. The finished artwork texts are also sent to the inspectors.
Submitting artwork infos
For providing artwork infos (artwork name, size, technique) there will also be a separate form that the producer will send via e-mail. Deadline for artwork info is 08.09.
Website
The BFA exhibition website will have a individual page for each participant, where the will be the artwork text and short bio of the artist. The page will also contain artwork image, which is optional. If the artwork image isn’t provided by the participant a placeholder photo of the visual appearance of the exhibition will be used instead.
CV
Artistic CV (curriculum vitae) will be gathered to the exhibition into a separate folder for audience to browse. Providing CV is optional. Producer will send an example form CV, which you may use.
Exhibition installation
Building the exhibition starts on 26.08. During the building of the exhibition there will be held different workshops of artistic presentation 27.–28.08., where we will go through typical hanging and installing situations and resolving typical technical issues. Taking part in the sessions is mandatory.
Exhibition opening
Exhibition opening will be held 12.09. from 5 to 7 pm.
During the exhibition
Prepare to invigilate the exhibition
The exhibition is open 13.09–06.10 Tue-Sun 11am to 6pm. The invigilating shifts will be distributed between the participants, each will have 2–3 shifts to invigilate. The shifts will be booked via separate form and sent to you closer to the exhibition. Link for reserving the shifts will be sent by the producer.
Document your work for your thesis
The Academy of Fine Arts documents all its’ shows only for communication and teaching needs. For your thesis you must document your artwork yourself. Please note that the written component of the thesis project must include sufficient visual documentation of the artistic component. A camera set will be organized for you to loan to document your work. The equipment can’t be taken out school premises and the files must be moved to your own device immediately, so other students may use the camera set as well.
Examination event
Prepare to present the artistic component of your thesis project at two-day examination event that is organised in conjunction with the BFA Exhibition on 18.–19.09. In the event the examiners will give their comments in 15 minutes time, after which some time is allotted for the discussion of the works. The examiners have reviewed your work before and have read the artistic text you’ve written in August. All students will take part in both examination days. The examinations will be held in Finnish or in English, and Finnish speeches will be simultaneously translated to English.
Finish your written part of your thesis and return it to be examined within three weeks from the examination event. The examiners will assess your thesis project, consisting of both the artistic and written components, as a whole after you have submitted the written component.
De-installation
Dismantling the exhibition begins Monday 07.10. at 9 am. You are responsible for the de-installing, packing and removing of your own artwork and delivering the possible sold works to the customers. Any distmantling work regarding use of lifts and other technical help will be done only when the technical staff is present.