Course Description
Students will be encouraged to expand their studio practice to
encompass sculptural object-making, installation art,
environmental art, and performance. Instruction includes studio
work, lectures, and discussions on topics in contemporary art.
Athena Title
Sculpture in Spatial Context I
Prerequisite
Any 2000-level course
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will develop an understanding of issues in contemporary sculptural practice through lectures, discussions, presentations, and in-class work.
- Students will expand their studio practice through assignments that encourage them to experiment with installation, performance art, and new genre sculptural object-making.
- Students will develop new skill building in sculptural tools and techniques through hands-on demonstrations and in-studio and in-shop experience.
Topical Outline
- Week 1: Introduction to Class
Presentation of first project: Construction of 20 works on suggested themes in contemporary art
- Week 2: Lectures: History of Post-modern Sculptural Practice
- Week 3: Demonstration: Woodshop Techniques
- Week 4: Work Week
- Week 5: Critiques of Project 1
- Week 6: Lectures: Time as an Element in Contemporary Art
Introduction to Project 2: Focus after 20: One work is selected for further development
- Week 7: Demonstration: Welding Techniques
- Week 8: Demonstration: Moldmaking and Casting
- Week 9: Demonstration: Non-traditional Construction Techniques
- Week 10: Critiques of Project 2
- Week 11: Lecture: Art Outside the Gallery
Introduction to Project 3: Extended Focus Project
- Week 12: Student Presentations
- Week 13: Student Presentations
- Week 14: Work Week
- Week 15: Critiques of Project 3
