Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
1101 (001) |
Rebecca Keller |
Mon
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course is an introduction to the materials, methods, and concepts of sculpture. We will investigate making in relation to material, time and space. We will consider aspects of sculpture such as meaning, scale, process, social engagement, ephemera and site; and explore the formal properties and expressive potential of materials including mold making and casting, wood, metal and experimental media. We will combine the use of materials and methods with ideas that reflect the history of contemporary sculpture. Demonstrations and authorizations will provide students with experience and technical proficiency in sculptural production while readings and slide lectures venture into the critical discourses of sculpture.
Prerequisites
Open to Freshmen only.
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Class Number
1706
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Public Space, Site, Landscape, Furniture Design
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
1101 (002) |
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Tues
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course is an introduction to the materials, methods, and concepts of sculpture. We will investigate making in relation to material, time and space. We will consider aspects of sculpture such as meaning, scale, process, social engagement, ephemera and site; and explore the formal properties and expressive potential of materials including mold making and casting, wood, metal and experimental media. We will combine the use of materials and methods with ideas that reflect the history of contemporary sculpture. Demonstrations and authorizations will provide students with experience and technical proficiency in sculptural production while readings and slide lectures venture into the critical discourses of sculpture.
Prerequisites
Open to Freshmen only.
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Class Number
1716
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Public Space, Site, Landscape, Furniture Design
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
1101 (004) |
Adrian Wong |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course is an introduction to the materials, methods, and concepts of sculpture. We will investigate making in relation to material, time and space. We will consider aspects of sculpture such as meaning, scale, process, social engagement, ephemera and site; and explore the formal properties and expressive potential of materials including mold making and casting, wood, metal and experimental media. We will combine the use of materials and methods with ideas that reflect the history of contemporary sculpture. Demonstrations and authorizations will provide students with experience and technical proficiency in sculptural production while readings and slide lectures venture into the critical discourses of sculpture.
Prerequisites
Open to Freshmen only.
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Class Number
1723
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Public Space, Site, Landscape, Furniture Design
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
2001 (001) |
Juan Angel Chavez |
Tues
3:30 PM - 9:15 PM
In Person
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Description
This course is an introduction to the materials, methods, and concepts of sculpture. We will investigate making in relation to material, time and space. We will consider aspects of sculpture such as meaning, scale, process, social engagement, ephemera and site; and explore the formal properties and expressive potential of materials including mold making and casting, wood, metal and experimental media. We will combine the use of materials and methods with ideas that reflect the history of contemporary sculpture. Demonstrations and authorizations will provide students with experience and technical proficiency in sculptural production while readings and slide lectures venture into the critical discourses of sculpture.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be a sophomore or above.
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Class Number
1700
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
2001 (002) |
Lindsey Dorr-Niro |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course is an introduction to the materials, methods, and concepts of sculpture. We will investigate making in relation to material, time and space. We will consider aspects of sculpture such as meaning, scale, process, social engagement, ephemera and site; and explore the formal properties and expressive potential of materials including mold making and casting, wood, metal and experimental media. We will combine the use of materials and methods with ideas that reflect the history of contemporary sculpture. Demonstrations and authorizations will provide students with experience and technical proficiency in sculptural production while readings and slide lectures venture into the critical discourses of sculpture.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be a sophomore or above.
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Class Number
1708
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
2001 (003) |
Dan Price |
Mon
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course is an introduction to the materials, methods, and concepts of sculpture. We will investigate making in relation to material, time and space. We will consider aspects of sculpture such as meaning, scale, process, social engagement, ephemera and site; and explore the formal properties and expressive potential of materials including mold making and casting, wood, metal and experimental media. We will combine the use of materials and methods with ideas that reflect the history of contemporary sculpture. Demonstrations and authorizations will provide students with experience and technical proficiency in sculptural production while readings and slide lectures venture into the critical discourses of sculpture.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be a sophomore or above.
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Class Number
1718
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 023
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Mold Making and Casting |
2008 (001) |
Jeffrey Prokash |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course offers instruction in various methods of casting, including simple plaster molds, hydrocal-cement casts, simple body casts, thermal-setting rubber molds, wax, terra cotta, and paper casting. Students are advised to bring objects they desire to cast. (No hot metal casting in this course.)
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Class Number
1703
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 030
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Pattern Making for Sculpture |
2074 (001) |
Daniel Gordon Baird |
Thurs
3:30 PM - 9:15 PM
In Person
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Description
Patternmaking is at the heart of metalworking, woodworking, fashion, architecture and many other disciplines. Why? Because so many materials are available in sheet form. Students in this course will investigate a range of processes by which flat sheet materials like paper, wood, metal, fabric, vinyl, and plastic can be used to make volumetric, three-dimensional forms. Patternmaking for Sculpture will teach the student digital and analogue methods of designing, cutting, and assembling 3D work. Practical strategies as well as contemporary industrial use and the history of patternmaking will be explored to give each student a range of options for making their own work, whether it be art or design.
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Class Number
1714
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Product Design
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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Foundry Basics |
2113 (001) |
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Tues
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course introduces the aesthetic, technical, and historical aspects of the casting process as it relates to sculpture. Students learn basic skills in waxworking, investment applications, furnace and kiln operation, metal finishing and chasing, and patination. Lost wax and ceramic shell will be the primary techniques utilized for pattern generation and molding in this course. Students develop these skills through a series of studies that culminate in a final project.
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Class Number
1701
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 030
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Sophomore Seminar: Interdisciplinary |
2900 (071) |
Nyeema Morgan |
Wed
12:15 PM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
What are the concerns that drive one's creative practice? How does one set the terms for its future development? Sophomore Seminar offers strategies for students to explore, reflect upon, and connect common themes and interests in the development of an emerging creative practice that will serve as the basis of their ongoing studies at SAIC and beyond. Students will examine historical and contemporary influences and contextualize their work in relation to the diverse art-worlds of the 21st Century. Readings, screenings, and field trips will vary each semester. Presentations by visiting artists and guest speakers will provide the opportunity for students to hear unique perspectives on sustaining a creative practice. One-on-one meetings with faculty will provide students with individualized mentorship throughout the semester. During interdisciplinary critiques, students will explore a variety of formats and tools to analyze work and provide peer feedback. The class mid-term project asks students to imagine a plan for their creative life and devise a self-directed course of study for their time at school. The course concludes with an assignment asking students to develop and document a project or body of work demonstrating how the interplay of ideas, technical skills, and formal concerns evolve through iteration, experimentation and revision.
Prerequisite: Must be a sophomore to enroll.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Must be a sophomore to enroll.
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Class Number
2100
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 032
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Installation Art |
3030 (001) |
Juan Angel Chavez |
Mon
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course is a structural and poststructural investigation of sculptural site activation. The students explore the theory and practice of how work gets contextualized and redefined through its placement within a larger social, political, and economic sphere of meaning. Students investigate options and determinants operative in both indoor and outdoor sites, installations, and environments. Although the focus of the class is contemporary, topics of discussion range from Rodin's Burghers of Calais to the public projections of Krzysztof Wodiczko. An indoor space is available for student use and cooperative interaction is encouraged. Prerequisite: intermediate level work in any media or consent of instructor.
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Class Number
1709
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Community and Social Practice, Interaction and Participation, Public Space, Site, Landscape, Public Space, Site, Landscape
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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Performing Objects |
3039 (001) |
Jefferson Pinder |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This studio course explores the 'performing object' in contemporary, avant-garde, and traditional sculpture, installation, performance, and theater. Through experimentation and critical discussion, issues specific to performance art, puppetry, mask and street theater are probed, including: material, movement, sound, text, spectacle, scale, environment, and relationships among performer, puppet, and audience. In addition to in-class exercises, students build and perform a newly conceived, object-based performance piece.
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Class Number
1712
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Animation
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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Figure It Out: Sculpture and Bodies |
3056 (001) |
Mindy Rose Schwartz |
Tues
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
The figure in contemporary art has long been debated, but just as painting never died as forecasted so, too, the figure. It has morphed, become cyber, stayed representational, been found in the world and fashioned of any medium, while dissolving the line between it and abstraction, making it permeable and evocative. In this course students will be challenged to redefine the boundaries of traditional sculptural representation using the figure as a catalyst for evoking a range of content. We will consider human and animal bodies broadly, as cultural, historical, and constantly changing entities. Through an examination of diverse approaches related to figurative sculpture, students will be encouraged to engage with a variety of sculptural processes and media (such as assemblage, mold making, modeling, carving, welding, mixed media, fund object) to configure forms, as well as and conceptual frameworks in order to articulate personal and social narratives, and cultural critiques. Addressing a range of cultures and historical periods, our inquiry will focus on: To what ends has the figure been employed (portraiture, faith, identity, gesture, embodiment, fragment, ritual, allegory, affect)? How does a work refer to without fully representing the figure? Why has it been an enduring subject/form? What are challenges and opportunities does it offer us today? Our inquiry will be guided by readings (Gordon Hall, Elizabeth Grosz, Katarzyna Trzeciak, Elaine Scarry, Sara Ahmed, and others) and viewing/museum visits of such artists as Jaime Isenstein, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Simone Fattal, Sarah Peters, Hew Locke, Rachel Harrison, Nicole Eisenman, Anna Mendieta, Yinka Shonibare, Simone Leigh, Kiki Smith, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Wangechi Mutu, Louise Bourgeois, Thomas Houseago, Kimsooja, David Altmejd, Lee Bul and Cajsa von Zeipel. Course work includes assignments, readings and in class activities that support the development of three finished projects for critique.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: SCULP 1101 or SCULP 2001
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Class Number
2101
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality
Location
280 Building Rm 023
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Moldmaking: Replication and Translation |
3057 (001) |
Stephen Reber |
Mon
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course is designed for students who have prior moldmaking and casting experience. Students investigate in-depth project development, implementing and articulating ideas through class discussions and proposals. This course also aims to offer a deeper understanding of the social, historical, and aesthetic implications of replication. Such subjects as the instability and significance of object/material relationships, and the complex and expansive nature between the authentic, the surrogate, and the copy are explored.
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Class Number
1713
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 030
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Metalsmithing: From Alloy to Adornment |
3059 (001) |
Jakki Servidio |
Thurs
3:30 PM - 9:15 PM
In Person
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Description
In this course, students will explore the art and craft of working with various soft metals, such as brass, bronze, copper, and silver. The curriculum covers a wide range of techniques such as soldering, forming, and centrifugal casting, enabling students to manipulate and shape metal into intricate forms. Utilizing a combination of hand tools and specialized equipment, students will learn to transform raw metal materials into functional and decorative objects. Emphasis will be placed on artistry and craftsmanship, with students developing their unique designs. This course bridges traditional practices with modern innovations, offering a comprehensive understanding of this ancient yet continually evolving art form. Readings will explore topics of the historic metal eras including the Bronze and Iron Age, The Forge and the Crucible by Mircea Eliade, Metalworking Through History: A Modern Encyclopedia by Ana M. Lopez, Alchemy + Mysticism by Alexander Roob, A History Of Metallography: The Development Of Ideas On The Structure Of Metals Before 1890 by Cyril Stanley Smith, and The Secrets of Metals by Wilhelm Pelikan. Some contemporary metalsmith artists will be studied such as Michele Oka Doner. This class will also include a variety of handouts from the Metal Smith Society to demonstrate specific metal smithing techniques and tools. We will have a midterm critique to review progress and then students should expect to produce a body of work consisting of 3-5 finished pieces during the semester.
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Class Number
2397
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Costume Design, Product Design, Furniture Design
Location
280 Building Rm 028
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Twist and Rout |
3060 (001) |
Paul Martin |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
The history and techniques of bending and shaping wood are explored, from the stage coach wheel to the sculptures of Martin Puryear, from the cambered truss to the violin. Projects include a variety of practices such as laminate bending, form fashioning, steam bending, and vacuum pressing.
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Class Number
1705
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Furniture Design
Location
280 Building Rm 023
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Metalworks |
3063 (001) |
Dan Price |
Tues
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Metalworks is a let¿s-get-to-basics class for working with steel. Join the class to learn basic metal fabrication, including: cutting, forming, forging, welding and finishing. This class will guide you as you build your projects in steel. You¿ll learn about structural systems and histories relevant to art and design with an emphasis on techniques and methodologies relevant to metalwork. You will integrate your learning to produce a set of finished works using historic and contemporary technologies. If it¿s metal, It¿s here. Designing, Fabricating, Forging, Finishing. Make it in metal.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: SCULP 1101 or SCULP 2001
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Class Number
1722
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Digital Fabrication
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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Permanence and Ephemerality |
3076 (001) |
Stephanie Brooks |
Fri
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This studio course explores the multiplicity of meanings inherent in the objectness of sculpture practices. Our weekly classes address such issues as monuments, earthworks, and performance; history and temporality; materiality and dematerialization; research, manufacturing, and consumption; tensions and connections between sculpture, architecture, and designed objects; and the ways new media, especially the internet and other virtual sites, alter our notions of the permanent and the ephemeral. Each week we'll discuss readings from contemporary and art historical texts and critique student work. Students will be given assignments and projects to be completed and critiqued throughout the semester.
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Class Number
1724
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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Sculpture: Multi-Level Projects |
3085 (001) |
Lan Tuazon |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course provides students with a semester-long concentration on a sculptural project of their own choosing. Students are encouraged to focus on a cohesive body of work that shares a material or conceptual framework. Multiple individual critiques will enhance their ability to identify, develop and clearly express their artistic intentions. Image and video presentations will expand students' familiarity with a range of sculpture practices. Individual research methodologies are emphasized and structured to take advantage of the institution's resources. Class discussion of contemporary sculpture and theory will underscore students? understanding of the social production of meaning and help them to contextualize their work.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: SCULP 1101 or SCULP 2001
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Class Number
1715
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 023
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Hybrid Objects |
3113 (001) |
Andrew Hunter |
Tues, Tues
3:30 PM - 9:15 PM, 3:30 PM - 9:15 PM
In Person
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Description
This studio course explores the interconnected nature of our physical and digital realities and their implications as technical, physical, and conceptual tools for understanding and presenting spatial ideas. This course teaches students to integrate the digital and the analog through process demonstrations including 3D modeling, 3D scanning, digital visualization, 3D printing, CNC output, mold making, pattern making, as well as metal and wood fabrication. This course covers planar and spatial construction methodologies.
This course engages themes of identity and place in sculpture and presents the idea that these concepts are expressed uniquely via this hybrid process. However, students in this course are free to choose the content of their own work. Practical application of technical demonstrations build on lectures and discussions considering works by Tauba Auerbach, Macarthur Freeman, The Long Now Foundation, Charles Ray, Spurse, Rokudenashiko (Megumi Igarashi), Amanda Williams, and Wim Delvoye among others. Students will work individually to create 3 artworks to be presented in a final critique. Students will share these artworks in-process in 2 or 3 informal critiques. Each student will also complete a short written research project.
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Class Number
1710
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 127, 280 Building Rm 127A
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Foundry: Industrial Morphologies |
3115 (001) |
Elizabeth Cote |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Advances in metallurgy and foundry practices provided the spark for the Industrial Revolution that transformed the world. In this intermediate level metal casting course, students explore how technological developments, material innovations, principles of mass production and distribution, and the mechanization of work have influenced the shape of contemporary social, economic, and political structures. While emphasis is placed on foundry techniques in this course, a variety of industrial materials and processes are explored including computer scanning, data manipulation and rapid-prototyping technologies. Students learn to access industrial services via the internet and off-campus field trips.
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Class Number
1707
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Product Design
Location
280 Building Rm 030
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Advanced Sculpture: Interdisciplinary Projects |
4002 (001) |
Nyeema Morgan |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This advanced, interdisciplinary course provides a generative space for developing and understanding creative projects through the discourse of the field of Sculpture. Students in this course come together from various departments to enrich the content of their work through critique and conversation with Sculpture faculty and other advanced level students from across the school. Weekly readings inform the development of self-directed creative projects which form the basis for discussion and may form the basis for a thesis body of work.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: 3 credits SCULP 2000 or SCULP 3000-level; open to Juniors and Seniors only.
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Class Number
1721
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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Knowledge Lab:Entanglements |
4018 (001) |
Sara Black |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Using the Columbus building?s living laboratory as a classroom and research site, students will consider ways that humans, fungi, plants, insects, animals, microorganisms, objects and architecture are enmeshed in complex ecological systems together. We will use literal explorations of decomposition and material transformation through the practices of vermiculture (worm composting) and myco-remediation (mushroom remediation) and with a metaphoric sensibility, consider the promise of cohabitation, cooperation and survival on a damaged planet. The Nonhuman Turn, a cross-disciplinary movement within the arts, humanities, and social sciences, will inform our research. Students can expect to engage in: readings, field trips, presentations, the collaborative production of artworks, the design and development of habitat for worms, microorganisms and reishi mushrooms, and a good amount of growing, eating and composting of plants.
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Class Number
1704
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Community & Social Engagement, Art and Science, Sustainable Design
Location
280 Building Rm 010
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Advanced Sculptural Practices Studio |
4020 (001) |
Stephen Reber, Kelly F. Kaczynski |
Tues, Mon
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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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.
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Class Number
1702
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Credits
6
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 032, 280 Building Rm 032
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Advanced Sculptural Practices Studio |
4020 (001) |
Stephen Reber, Kelly F. Kaczynski |
Tues, Mon
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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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.
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Class Number
1702
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Credits
6
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 032, 280 Building Rm 032
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The Future of Making |
4060 (001) |
Cody Norman |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Industrial robots and digital fabrication processes are more accessible to artists and designers than ever before. Students will learn to create and simulate complex tool paths for programming a Kuka industrial robot using Rhino, Grasshopper, and Kuka PRC. In-class projects will include scaffolding exercises to develop skills with software and hardware with an eye towards learning skills appropriate for additive manufacturing processes. Readings will focus on the ¿why¿ of using industrial robots in an art or design practice, featuring Joris Laarman, Madeline Gannon, Wendell Castle, Dirk Vander Kooij, and other contemporary creatives engaging in robotic fabrication.
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Class Number
1720
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Furniture Design
Location
280 Building Rm 127A
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Foundry: Advanced Projects |
4113 (001) |
Marshall Svendsen |
Fri
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Advanced students pursue individual casting projects while continuing to develop and refine casting skills. Alternative investment techniques are explored. Emphasis is placed on individual experimentation and development.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: SCULP 2113 or SCULP 3113
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Class Number
2382
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 030
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Design for Nonhuman Kinds: Elephants |
4931 (001) |
Sara Black |
Fri
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Design for Nonhuman Kinds is a course series that asks students to think outside the human, by decentering human perception and subjectivity in favor of animal thinking. Design for Nonhuman Kinds: Elephants challenges students to design and build cognitive tools, that enrich the lives of elephants in captivity by engaging their behaviors, cognitive thought processes and perceptions. In an era of climate change and mass extinction we are beginning to recognize the limitations of anthropocentric thinking and making. This interdisciplinary course encourages design inclusivity and speculative thinking. Students will work with scientists, sanctuary staff, as well as contemporary theorists to study elephant subjectivity; travel to The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, the home of African and Asian elephant herds; and design and build functional tools for these elephants' enrichment.
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Class Number
2103
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Product Design, Art/Design and Politics, Sustainable Design
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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