This studio course will examine the expansive nature of installation and its prominent place in contemporary art discourse, both within and outside of institutional settings. The emphasis will not be on making what is termed 'Installation Art' but engaging with strategies and situations where artistic action/production can take place. We will examine the historical lineages surrounding installation, while considering its critical capacities in relation to site, intervention, bodies, public vs. private, the archive, and representation. Assignments allow for students to work in various media and to focus on the process and methodology for developing ambitious ideas, both materially and conceptually. We will deconstruct the ways in which the subject can offer multiple viewpoints and allow for the spectator to take on active and engaged roles. This class is not defined by or limited to a specific technical or artistic discipline. Students should be prepared to challenge the boundaries and limitations of materials, media, and space. The assignments and readings are designed to act as instigators for each student's studio and intellectual work. Experimentation and improvisation will be strongly encouraged, if not expected. The intention is to maintain, advance and expand robust artmaking processes within the mode of installation-based work. There will be group critiques of developed work throughout the semester in addition to lectures, screenings and discussions.

Open to Junior, Senior or Graduate Students.

Elective

This seminar connects sophomore Sculpture majors to significant parts of the ever-expanding discipline of contemporary sculpture. Over the semester the class will explore how methods of artistic production, materials of artistic transformation, and practices of makers participating in various artistic movements have created and sustained the conversations so integral to contemporary sculptural practice. Through a series of film screenings, assigned readings, slide talks, and discussions, students will gain a familiarity with the historic events and trajectories that continue to produce associative canons and relational movements, forming the foundation of their chosen discipline. The course trajectory is coordinated with topics covered in Sculptural Practices I and II and Sophomore Sculpture: Studio I.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00

Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Sculpture Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Sculpture

This course is a continuation of the vital pathway into independent work in Sculpture. Thematically driven prompts will provide the scaffolding of three major work sessions that direct the conversation in the studio. These studio conversations will take the form of in-process critiques, formal group critiques, and scheduled individual meetings. Students may also expect intersecting projects with shorter timeframes when appropriate. The visiting artist lecture series is a vital component of this course.

Majors are pre-registered by the department. This course is a requirement for Junior Sculpture Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Sculpture

Junior Seminar: Critical Issues is an intermediary level course designed to facilitate and support an intense study of themes relevant to art practices and conversations today. Through a series of readings, films, classroom discussion, group, and independent work, students learn to contextualize myriad discourses using the frames of art history, critical theory, philosophy, ethics, and politics. In this studio-centered seminar, students will develop a critical literacy that is applicable to their working practices and the attendant process of using materials to make meaning. This course supports discourse around the formation of the artist in an effort to figure out meaningful strategies for the development and maintenance of sustainable artistic and intellectual practices.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00

Majors are pre-registered by the department. Enrollment is limited to Sculpture Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Sculpture