Sculpture

Sculpture occupies three lab areas; the main studio, the wood shop, and the welding area. The main studio is a spacious room with huge windows that give students a lot of natural light, storage lockers and big tables. The main studio features a mini-woodshop with band saw, miter saw and drill press. Off the main studio is an outdoor terrace workspace where students can carve stone using chisels, rasps or pneumatic and electric power tools. The building has a freight elevator linking the sculpture studios with the ground floor. A separate room houses a full wood shop with a radial arm saw, compound miter saw, 8” joiner, 10” table saw, stationary belt sander, scroll saw, and router table. In addition students have access to a large tool cabinet with dozens of small power tools and hand tools. This includes, grinders, drills, a biscuit joiner, jig-saws, planners, and power as well as hand carving tools. The metal area is located on street level in a enclosed studio space. Available to all sculpture students is a gas welder, arc welder, two wire-feed Mig Welder and a plasma cutter. Students can fabricate from new or salvaged metal. All facilities are available to students for creating multi-media components as well and stretcher frames and finishing frames.

Courses

271 Sculpture I
Problems dealing with concepts in 3-D space and form, and the introduction to the use of basic tools and techniques with wood, stone, metal and mixed media. Prerequisite: Art 121 or permission of instructor.

371 Sculpture II
Individually arranged problems in advanced sculptural concepts and techniques. Prerequisite: Art 271.

372 Sculpture III
Continuation of Visual Art 371. Prerequisite: Art 371.

373 Sculpture Workshop I
Individually arranged exploration and development of specific sculptural directions. A more intense involvement in the visual and philosophical implications of a body of work is emphasized. Prerequisite: Art 372.

374 Sculpture Workshop II
Continuation of Sculpture Workshop I. Prerequisite: Art 373.

375 Sculpture Workshop III
Continuation of Sculpture Workshop I, II. A written statement discussing visual and philosophical aspects of a body of work with accompanying slides will be presented to the art faculty for review. Prerequisite: Art 374.