4B025E - Live Art in the Public Realm 01 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2032 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | 4B025E | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Live Art in the Public Realm | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
| Faculty Group: | Psychology and Therapeutic Interventions | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Therapeutic Studies | ||
| Module Leader: | Becky Davies | ||
| Module Team: | Emily Bull, Heloise Godfrey-Talbot | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2026 | Final Year of Intake: | 2031 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 30 | Credit Level: | 4 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100476 - health and social care | 100493 - applied psychology | 101361 - creative arts and design |
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 30 | 30 | 40 |
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2026 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2032 |
Module Aims
The main aims of the module are:
To develop skills in planning and delivering socially engaged participatory arts events, equipping students with knowledge of historical and contemporary collaborative practices and wellbeing approaches.
To foster values of empathy, inclusivity, and ethical responsibility in participatory arts practice, enabling students to work compassionately and flexibly with diverse communities and partners, including those in the adult mental health sector.
To build confidence in creative collaboration and co-production, supporting students to explore artistic identity while applying transferable creative skills to design purposeful, socially responsive arts experiences in public spaces.
Content Summary
In this module you’ll be introduced to the principles and practices of socially engaged and participatory arts within public spaces. You will learn about the provocative art historical movements that have informed our current field and explore how your own art might act as a transformative or activist tool. Working as a group you will identify a cause that matters to you all which you will ultimately express as a Live Art event. To support your understanding of wellbeing, inclusion, and social justice through collaborative and community-based approaches you will work alongside Wellbeing professionals at USW. Alongside your own research this will support you to understand the grand societal challenge within adult mental health in the UK generally but also the particular wellbeing challenges for adult student populations.
The module combines practical art making with critical theory, including the ethics and dynamics of participation, and the role of art in shaping positive social change. By developing skills in collaboration and engagement, this module prepares you to contribute meaningfully to creative and therapeutic arts practice and lays the foundation for future work in community and socially responsive contexts.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Guided Study | 10.5 |
| Independent self-directed learning | 173.5 |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 56 |
| Summative Assessment and preparation | 60 |
| Total Hours Selected | 116 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Develop and facilitate safe and inclusive socially engaged participatory arts events in public spaces that respond to adult mental health and wellbeing. |
| LO2 | Apply and refine artistic techniques to co-produce a Live Art experience that reflects individual artistic identity and conveys a clear transformative message. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synchronous Onsite Practical Assessment | Practical Coursework (Onsite) | This practical assessment provides students with the opportunity for collaboration, working in small groups, to create and facilitate a Live Art Event. A Live Art Event can take a range of forms (e.g. a performance, protest, parade, participatory artwork, celebration, or socially engaged artwork etc.). Students will work collaboratively to come up with the theme and ideas for their event, to identify something that is relevant and important to them all, as well as considering what might be relevant and important to their likely participants. | 0 | N/A | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Practical Coursework (Onsite) | ✔ | ✔ | |