This studio course presents a variety of approaches to contemporary sculpture practices and is intended for students who want to pursue projects using textiles, fabric, leather or other flexible materials. Students will receive basic instruction on the use of sewing machinery and other processes relevant to the production of three dimensional forms that may include a combination of sculpture materials. Students will apply skills in the production of both assigned and independent projects.

This course is intended for students who wish to deepen their investigations of concepts, methods, and materials in contemporary sculpture practice. Students will complete projects in response to a range of current issues and concerns within the field, which may include: memory and (counter) monuments; site-specificity and locational practice; collecting and repurposing materials and objects; material vitality and thing theory; kinetic objects; sustainability; and media/time-based approaches. Students will be assessed in the development of ideas and contextual research, as well as in technical processes and related materials. Students will be introduced to the Metal Shop, Wood Shop, Flexible Materials/Mold-making Shop, Soft Shop, and/or the Digital Fabrication lab. Through selected demonstrations, students will have the chance to deepen their engagement with technical and material processes related to these Shops, which may include mold-making and casting a range of materials and forms, experimenting with surface applications for built forms, sandcasting metal in the Foundry, working with textiles, and/or developing 3-d work through digital output such as the CNC. Students will continue to refine their critical vocabulary through presentations, readings, group discussions, and critiques.

This course is subject to priority rules; see here.

This third year course offers the opportunity for students to develop their practice within the discourse of contemporary and historical art discourse. Students will acquire a critical vocabulary for understanding their own trajectories in dialogue with the context and history of art, through group critiques, discussions of pertinent writings, and individual and group presentations of research on a variety of subjects related to their area of practice. A Dialogues course is an investigation of artistic practice premised on a student’s own interest to situate their work in a broader discourse and professional realm. They will learn skills related to completing projects, making presentations, speaking in public, leading discussions, writing, and integrating research and knowledge within their creative practice. Weekly meetings will allow for critiques of self-directed studio projects, discussion of assigned readings, and presentations of research projects.

This course is subject to priority rules; see here.

Digital applications are increasingly used in the production of models and sculptural forms in contemporary sculpture practice. This course will introduce students to the digital technologies currently used by artists while examining the new directions that emerge with these tools. Students will have an opportunity to investigate formal, conceptual and technical issues specific to sculpture. Students will be introduced to 3D related technologies which may include use of the CNC, 3D printers, and laser cutters in combination with materials such as wood, metal, clay, plastics, textiles, or flexible materials, as well as methods such as casting, assembling, and constructing. Assigned and self-directed projects, research, presentations, discussions and critiques are an integral part of the course.