A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.

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Kelly F. Kaczynski

Professor, Adjunct

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Bio

Lecturer, Sculpture, Fibers and Materials (2014). BA, 1995, The Evergreen State College, WA; MFA, 2004, Bard College, NY. Exhibitions: Suburban, Milwaukee; Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles; Peregrineprogram, Chicago; Songs for Presidents, Brooklyn; Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn; Soap Factory, Minneapolis; The University of Western Ontario, Canada; Eastern Washington University and Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane; threewalls, Chicago. Curatorial: Roving Room, Habersham Mills, GA; Virtually Physically Speaking, Columbia College, Chicago; Mouthing (a sentient limb), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago. Publications: Shifter 20: What We Can Knot; One Picture, One Paragraph, saint-lucy.com. Bibliography: Chicago Artist Writers, June 2015; ArtSlant Worldwide, 2015; Temporary Art Review, 2014; Marcel Duchamp; Etant Donnes, 2009. Collections: Masi Kolb Collection, Los Angeles. Awards: 2015 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.

Current Interests

Sculpture and its languages; the amalgamation of physical and virtual (as physical); the awkward body; twinning, bifurcation, birthings; generative failure; things and sentience

 

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

This studio course investigates issues of size and scale through lectures and discussions, outside readings, and the studio work of the participants. Its aim is to pursue our attraction to the gargantuan and the miniature. The course examines not only the formal factors which effect our perceptions, but, more importantly, the social, political, and psychological implications of such works. Issues of public and private space are addressed by comparing the monumental and the propagandistic elements of spectacle, as well as the enchanted, intimate, and fetish qualities of the small. Topics discussed range from Mt. Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty to David Hammons's Bliz-aard Ball Sale. Student projects are generated from their own related interests and concerns with interdisciplinary work encouraged.

Class Number

2018

Credits

3

Description

This course provides a forum for in depth critiques and exploration of students' individual directions within the context of sculptural practice. Both technical and conceptual input will be given on a tutorial basis. Group discussions, readings, slide/video presentations, field trips and visiting lecturers may augment this class. Enrolled students will be assigned a studio space in the Columbus building. A maximum of 15 students will be admitted per semester. Enrollment is by application only.

Class Number

1702

Credits

6

Description

This seminar consists of weekly lectures, colloquia, and studio visits. Students are expected to arrive with completed and semi-completed works and be prepared to make and re-make new works throughout the summer sessions. A wide variety of readings chosen by faculty will guide discussions that concentrate on problems concerning methods of artmaking, distribution, and interpretation. Readings will include examples drawn from the emerging category of conceptual writing as well as crucial art historical texts, literature, and poetry.

Class Number

1208

Credits

4.5

Description

Many of the most essential discourses of what we think of as contemporary art are rooted in an expanded concept of sculpture. This exit-seminar will encourage graduating students to contextualize their work within these discourses as they produce their MFA thesis projects. Professional-practice strategies are modeled, discussed and practiced in preparation for establishing a post-master?s career. This course is aimed at fourth-semester graduate students in Sculpture but will be of relevance for all graduate students in any department. Subjects are developed through conversation with visiting arts professionals, theoretical and practical readings, discussions and critiques of students work.

Class Number

1938

Credits

3

Description

Taken every semester, the Graduate Projects courses allow students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work. Students register for 6 hours of Graduate Project credit in each semester of study.

Class Number

2341

Credits

3

Description

The Graduate Projects course allows students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work and research from their home studio or mobile platforms. The continued development of ideas and approaches initiated during the summer Graduate Studio Seminar will be supported through in-person and online conversation with SAIC Program Mentors. These liaisons are intended to support the off-campus development of work while also providing personal connections to SAIC's vast global network of distinguished alumni. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.

Class Number

2463

Credits

3

Description

The Graduate Projects course allows students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work and research from their home studio or mobile platforms. The continued development of ideas and approaches initiated during the summer Graduate Studio Seminar will be supported through in-person and online conversation with SAIC Program Mentors. These liaisons are intended to support the off-campus development of work while also providing personal connections to SAIC's vast global network of distinguished alumni. Open to Low Residency MFA students only.

Class Number

2360

Credits

3