Studio Management and Client Services

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. acquire managerial techniques as professionals; 2. understand the dynamics of the relationship between the client and service provider; and 3. master pricing and persuasive skill premised on offering convincing services

The course serves as a forum to discuss and prepare the recipient for professional practice. Emphasis is placed on the portfolio enhancements, necessary studio apparatuses, ordering the studio space, studio shelf location and display techniques, the implications of professional practice, resources management, studio hands and assistance, equipment management, off-site production, and related issues, costing, client relations’ services and ethics of relationships. costing and client relations’ services Minimum Academic Standards Equipment Painting Option Modelling Thrones, Drawing Donkeys, Painting easels, brushes, Drawing Boards, Sets of Carpentry tool, Carpentry working bench, Frame construction equipment, Frame stretching equipment, Staple guns bowls, painting knives and brushes, Aprons, and other handy equipment Sculpture Option Modelling stands, Modelling Thrones, Drawing Boards, Chain Saws, Sets of Carpentry tool, Carpentry working bench, bowls, Pugmills, Arc welding machine, Electric hand Drills, Electic Angle Ginders, Hammers, Pliers, Oxy-acetylene welding cylinders and kits, compressor spraying machine and guns, Hydraulic rollers, Carving tools (stone and wood), repoussé punching tools and hammers, Anvils, Vices, Furnace, Bronze and metal casting equipment and crucibles, Aprons, and other handy equipment. Media Art Option Cameras (ten) and accessories, Video cameras (ten), Darkroom and darkroom enlargers and accessories Multimedia interactive platform such as Digital Laboratory (with twenty computers and editing software), Television sets, Projectors and screens (three) storage and memory devises among others. Art History Option Projectors and screens, Cameras, Scanners, storage and memory devises, Video and slide storage shelves, a gallery space. Visual Communications Design Option: Computer sets, Graphic design applications, Graphics tablet and stylus, Digital Camera, Direct Image Printers, Large format printer, Lithographic printing machine, Etching Bed Lino and Wood block press, Etching plates, needles and styluses, Printmaking drying frames, 3D Printer, Monitor calibrators, External hard drives, Projectors and Projector Screens, Drawing materials, Donkeys, Working table, Stools and Studio Design Tables and other essential equipment. Textile and Fashion Design Option: Equipment required include Design Tables, Stools, Sewing Machines and Accessories, Looms and Accessories, Large Printing and drafting tables, pattern making tools, Dress Forms, Sewing machines, sewing accessories, pattern design tools, pattern making tools, dress making dummies, pairs of scissors, draping tools, pressing board, pressing iron, drafting tables, fabrics, computer- assisted design tools, Projectors and Projector Screens, and other equipment, cupboards, Computer Assisted Design (CAD) tools, computer sets and other essential equipment, digital embroidery machine, Ceramic Design Option: Throwing wheels (manual and electric), Firing Kilns (Electric, Gas, Wood), Test Kilns, Clay Mixers, Pugmills, Ball Mill, Jar Mill, Blunger, Weighing Scales, Jiggering and Jolleying Machines, Glaze Sprayer and Booth, Dryers, Modelling Stands, Extruders, Brick Making Machine, Slab rollers, Shelves, Heat-transfer machine, 3D Printers, computer sets and other essential equipment. Metal and Jewellery Design Option: Jewellery Pliers & Side Cutters, Anvil & Bench Peg, Jewellers Saw Frame & Blades, Jewellers Cutters, Soldering Block, Gas Torch, Tweezers, Triblet, Rawhide Mallet, Files & Sanding Sheets, moulds, core and sand, Furnaces, Polishing Papers, Crucibles, Furnaces, Bandsaw, Rammers, Bellows, Gaggers, shovel, computer sets and other essential equipment. Staffing Resource Requirement for Teaching and Learning Academic Staff This should be in the ratio of one academic staff to eight students, where a department has up to eight areas of specialization each area should have at least four lecturers at the senior category. This number should be increased where there are postgraduate programmes. In order to prevent the practice of indigenous arts and crafts from becoming extinct; traditional craftsmen should be invited to the university for short periods as Artist-in-Residence. It is expected that his will enable them to transfer their skills to younger generation. Library Each Faculty/School should be provided with fully equipped library and information technology centre with computers and Internet connectivity and quick reference books, periodicals, journals and audio-visual materials. Such library and information resources will be additional to the University central library facilities. Classrooms, Laboratories, Clinics, Workshops and Offices Space Use Minimum (m²) 1. Professors Office Academic 24 2. Head of Department Administration 24 3. Senior Lecturer Academic 20 4. Lecturer Academic 16 5. Assistant Lecturer Academic 12 6. Senior Technical Staff Technical 12 7. Senior Administrative Staff Administration 12 8. Junior Technical Staff Technical 10 9. Junior Administrative Staff Administration 10 10. Studio Space Students 30 11. Lecture Space Students 75 12. Seminar Space Students 30 13. Laboratory Space Students 30 14. Library Students 35 15. Social Space Students 40 16. Storage Space Students 30 Studio/Workshop/Laboratory Spacing and Facilities Painting/Sculpture/Workshops Carpentry workshop, Welding workshop, Wood carving workshop, Foundry and metal forging workshop, Studios, Lecture rooms and galleries Visual Communications Design/Media Art/workshop/Laboratory: Printmaking studio, photography / darkroom studio, printing studio, Editing studio, Lithography workshop, Etching and block printing studio Digital Laboratory and media workshops, TV production studio, Lecture Room, gallery Textile & Fashion studio/workshop/Laboratory: Screen printing room, dyeing workshop, sewing room, embroidery and knitting studio, Fashion studio, wood workshop, weaving studio, Lecture Room, gallery Ceramic studio/workshop/Laboratory: Hand building workshop, slip casting workshop, press casting workshop, throwing workshop, plaster workshop, Electric kilns room, Kiln shed, Glaze laboratory, spraying booth, Screen printing room, 3D printing room, Fabrication workshop, Lecture Room, gallery. Jewellery/Metal studio/workshop/Laboratory: Enamelling laboratory, casting workshop, hammering and machining workshop, welding, brazing, cutting and grinding workshop, chemical room for etching, anodising and patterning, finishing workshop, , Lecture Room, gallery