Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
1101 (001) |
Juan Angel Chavez |
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
2006
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Furniture Design, Public Space, Site, Landscape
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
1101 (003) |
Elena Ailes |
Fri
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
2002
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Furniture Design, Public Space, Site, Landscape
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
1101 (004) |
Nyeema Morgan |
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
Open to Freshmen only.
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Class Number
2007
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Furniture Design, Public Space, Site, Landscape
Location
280 Building Rm 023
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
1101 (005) |
Daniel Gordon Baird |
Fri
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
2009
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Furniture Design, Public Space, Site, Landscape
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
1101 (006) |
Lindsey Dorr-Niro |
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
2020
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Furniture Design, Public Space, Site, Landscape
Location
280 Building Rm 023
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
1101 (007) |
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
Open to Freshmen only.
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Class Number
2023
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Furniture Design, Public Space, Site, Landscape
Location
280 Building Rm 023
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
2001 (001) |
Nyeema Morgan |
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
1995
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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Introduction to Sculptural Practices |
2001 (002) |
Adrian Wong |
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
Prerequisite: Must be a sophomore or above.
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Class Number
2024
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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Woodworking |
2005 (001) |
Paul Martin |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Students are introduced to the fundamental principles and practices of woodworking through lectures, demonstrations, and projects.
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Class Number
2011
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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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Mold Making and Casting |
2008 (001) |
Stephen Reber |
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
1998
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 030
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Carving |
2009 (001) |
Paul Martin |
Fri
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic techniques of subtractive sculpture. Students will be encouraged to develop an innovative body of work within a material based format. A wide range of carving techniques and materials will be introduced. Historical models will provide vocabulary for understanding methodology and ideas. In class presentations will also acquaint students with artists who approach carving within postmodern ideologies. New technologies such as laser cutting will be introduced. A directed and productive approach to studio practice will be cultivated.
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Class Number
1999
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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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Art of Crossing the Street |
2027 (001) |
Andres Luis Hernandez |
Thurs
12:15 PM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course asks the question, `How can artists cross the street without leaving their art behind?? This class hopes to raise issues of citizenship, creativity, collaboration, community, environment, and the changing roles of artists at the end of the twentieth century and the start of the twenty-first. Students study historical and contemporary examples of how artists have found the time, space, and resources to do and present their work, and how they make alliances with other artists and other communities to achieve professional, cultural, and political goals. Students help plan curricular innovations at SAIC and participate in related activities such as visiting artists programming. They explore the possibility, in part through on-site visits, of establishing or strengthening ties between SAIC and various communities throughout Chicago. Students further develop course themes through substantial written assignments and through applications of these ideas in their studio practice. The goal of the course is to give students the motivation, knowledge, and tools to take an active role as citizens in a multicultural democratic society.
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Class Number
2022
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Art/Design and Politics, Community & Social Engagement, Public Space, Site, Landscape
Location
Sharp 403
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Extreme Craft |
2036 (001) |
Mindy Rose Schwartz |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Now, more than ever, sculpture is the most inclusive category of artmaking. Yet even at the height of this expanded field, a residual hierarchy remains when it comes to means associated with craft. In this course students examine traditional sculpture and craft processes in relation to notions of taste, class, gender, age. Students consider skill or craftsmanship; utility and decoration; commercial pressures vs. aesthetics standards and are encouraged to examine their own relationship to specific materials, processes, and techniques as a source of meaning and foundation for sculptural practice.
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Class Number
2000
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Class, Race, Ethnicity
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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Pattern Making for Sculpture |
2074 (001) |
Juan Angel Chavez |
Tues, Tues
3:30 PM - 9:15 PM, 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
2014
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Product Design
Location
280 Building Rm 127, 280 Building Rm 127A
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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
2010
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 030
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Intermediate Sculpture |
3000 (001) |
Jefferson Pinder |
Wed
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Students in this course pursue assignment-based explorations in sculpture. Technical demonstrations help students develop material interests and studio skills, including innovative uses of both traditional and digital processes. Within the semester students will produce (three) projects with a focus on the artistic and social contextualization of their work. Multiple individual critiques help students analyze their work and articulate their intentions. Student presentations and readings deepen the student?s theoretical groundings in the discipline. Class critiques are a workshop forum for application of the knowledge and verbal skills that define an artistic and aesthetic position.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: SCULP 1101 or SCULP 2001
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Class Number
2001
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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The Colossal & The Small |
3013 (001) |
Kelly F. Kaczynski |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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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.
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Class Number
2018
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 127
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Digital Projects |
3049 (001) |
Cody Norman |
Tues
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Digital Projects is an experimental sculpture studio with an emphasis on CNC (computer numerical controlled) milling, routing and surfacing. Students will be introduced to Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Machining (CAM) to produce finished works in a range of materials including wood, foam, wax, aluminum and plastic. Experience with Rhino, Fusion360, Maya, Blender or another CAD package is useful but not necessary. Students will use a range of CNC output options in the Columbus Digital Fabrication Studio, the Materials Lab and elsewhere on and off the SAIC campus. Digital Projects will give students ample time to learn new digital subtractive techniques and experiment with how to integrate them into their own critical and conceptual framework.
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Class Number
2003
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 127A
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Knowledge Lab: Raw & Cooked Materials |
3050 (001) |
Lan Tuazon |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
Materials Lab: Raw & Cooked Materials will explore five techniques of material reuse and invention: densify, reconfigure, transform, design and cultivate. Dispensing with the notion of nature as raw material, standing supply, this course begins with surplus, waste and by-products as an earlier beginning point of meaning and making. This class will look at vernacular architecture, secondary use design and current industrial models of material manufacture to understand both the physical properties of materials and their interconnected social, political and ethical meaning.
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Class Number
2016
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Collaboration, Politics and Activisms, Public Space, Site, Landscape, Art and Science, Public Space, Site, Landscape, Sustainable Design
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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A Primer on Socially Engaged Art |
3072 (001) |
Sara Black |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
In the last generation, art has claimed new territory. This expanded field involves not only art viewing contexts, but spaces of daily life and practice, socio-political spheres, and draws regularly from non-art disciplines. The motivations and methods utilized in this work are diverse yet highly contested. In this studio seminar course we will pack our proverbial bags and take a trip into the grossly expanded field of socially engaged art and social practice.
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Class Number
2176
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Community & Social Engagement
Location
280 Building Rm 032
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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
2012
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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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Plans, Proposals, Provocation |
3900 (071) |
Jordan Martins |
Tues
6:45 PM - 9:30 PM
In Person
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Description
How can artists use professional tools to connect with the art world while engaging with communities, institutions and organizations? In what ways can artists stimulate the public's imagination? Speculative proposals can communicate radical and provocative possibilities to inspire change. In this class students will explore the fantastic, utopic and dystopic that can be made possible within the limits of a hypothetical proposal. During the semester, students will use models, plans, diagrams and sculptural forms to create speculative proposals as standalone 'finished' pieces that imagine realities beyond current financial, physical, legal or practical constraints. The semester will culminate in the presentation of student projects. The class will organize, plan and promote the dissemination of the finished proposals, focusing on unique forms of distribution, presentation and public engagement.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: 2900 course
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Class Number
1858
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Community & Social Engagement
Location
280 Building Rm 032
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Advanced Sculpture: Interdisciplinary Projects |
4002 (001) |
Lan Tuazon |
Tues
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
2005
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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Knowledge Lab: Naming Nature |
4018 (001) |
Rebecca Keller |
Tues
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
What do we mean when we say “nature?” The word is a large container. According to the NY times, “Natural’ doesn’t mean anything anymore. Like any container, the language we use frames our understandings. Famously, the ‘natural world’ was organized into a naming system designed by Carl Linneaus in 1758. But things have changed. DNA has shaken the categories; First Nations scholars restore indigeneous names to taxonomy; new ideas about relationships between the human and non-human world are evolving, and approaches—both visual and verbal-- of organizing, depicting and describing the ‘natural’ world are shifting. There is science, there is theory, there is common usage, there is policy, poetry, art. This class will touch upon all. Texts include Braiding Sweetgrass, The Language Of Landscape, A Darker Wilderness/Black Nature Writing, essay collections on science and nature, poems by Mary Oliver, explorations of alternative naming systems, legal doctrine/ laws governing usage, investigations of how nature is described, organized for study, depicted and codified. The class will use the 280 building interior courtyard/ garden and adjacent classroom as a studio/laboratory/gallery/exploratorium. Assignments will engage ephemeral ‘natural’ materials, co-creation with natural forces, and projects that incorporate or examine systems of display, description and study. We will learn about current initiatives around contemporary sustainability/ ecological/diversity/ educational and art practices. Collaboration and iteration will be encouraged.
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Class Number
2013
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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) |
Adrian Wong, Jefferson Pinder |
Mon, Tues
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
1997
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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) |
Adrian Wong, Jefferson Pinder |
Mon, Tues
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
1997
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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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Architectural Exploration: Form, Concept, and |
4110 (001) |
Danny Floyd |
Wed
8:30 AM - 11:15 AM
In Person
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Description
This course critically examines architecture and the built environment through three expanding lenses: first through form; second through concepts; and finally though politics and civic engagement. Through reading, discussion, and experiential research, students will gain a thorough understanding of the socio-cultural role of the built environment. Students will engage the systems of the built environment to come to an understanding of how social, formal, and methodological aspects of architecture can be deployed, deconstructed and reformulated through critical production. Readings in the first unit will include spatial theory by authors like Zoe Sofia, Elizabeth Grosz, Michelle Addington, and Georg Simmel and material explorations by authors like Pauline von Bonsdorff, WJT Mitchell, and Peter Schjehldahl. Readings in the second unit explore concepts through Michel Foucault, Mark Wigley, and Roland Barthes. The third unit explores the political work of the Forensic Architecture think tank, as well as texts on gentrification, erasure urbanism, and institutional access. Each unit will end with a short research paper, or the opportunity to present in-progress work for a longer semester-length research project. The option for a studio project will be presented with specific guidelines for preparing for critique.
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Class Number
2177
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
MacLean 816
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Woodworking in the 21st Century |
4500 (001) |
Jeffrey James Matthew Prokash |
Thurs
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This course explores how contemporary artists, architects, and designers are sourcing and utilizing wood in a world of disappearing resources. Architects and designers are returning to the use of timber in their work, claiming it to be a bold 21st century material due to the emergence of sustainable, engineered wood products. Demonstrations, slide lectures, discussions, readings and field trips will engage: urban logging practices, arboretums, recycled construction materials, sustainable practices, ecologies, economics, veneers, and faux wood. Students will advance their knowledge of wood selection and fabrication while producing art and design work in a variety of wood products.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: SCULP 1101 or SCULP 2001 or SCULP 2005 or SCULP 3060
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Class Number
2004
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Area of Study
Public Space, Site, Landscape, Sustainable Design
Location
280 Building Rm 023
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Sculpture: Into the Field |
4900 (001) |
Lan Tuazon |
Wed
12:15 PM - 3:00 PM
In Person
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Description
This interdisciplinary studio seminar provides a grounding in concepts, histories, practices, and potentialities of the field as reflected in the department's four curricular themes: Permanence and Ephemerality, Public Practice, Space and Place, and Systems. It is designed to help students develop, document and position a body of focused, self-initiated work that demonstrates conceptual understanding and technical ability in relation to the evolving field of contemporary sculpture. In-depth faculty mentoring and peer discussion supports students as they prepare a public presentation or exhibition of their work. In addition to addressing specific themes identified by individual faculty, the class examines tensions and connections between sculpture, architecture, designed objects and new media as they extend and complicate our notions of an expanded sculptural field.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: 3900 course
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Class Number
2178
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 032
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Sculpture Skill-Based Bootcamp |
4901 (001) |
Jeffrey James Matthew Prokash |
Tues
3:30 PM - 9:15 PM
In Person
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Description
This course introduces students to the basics of sculpture fabrication and production. Students of this course will become authorized to use the department's facilities through a series of material projects and assignments that enable safe and competent work in three areas: Moldmaking, Metal Fabrication and Woodworking. The class will design and make molds suitable for casting models from simple and complex patterns in the mold-making studio. The class will use cutting, bending, rolling, welding and finishing techniques in the Metal Fabrication Studio to produce a project in steel. In the Woodshop, the class will learn to design a project in wood using the following machine tools: table saw, dado blades, jointer, planer, band saw, router, pneumatic brad nailer, and sanders. Upon completing Sculpture Bootcamp, students will have the authorizations and experience they need to take full advantage of the sculpture department open shop facilities.
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Class Number
2015
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Credits
3
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Department
Sculpture
Location
280 Building Rm 015
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