ART 2203 - Sculpture

• Understand how to translate a 3D form into a variety of materials.
• Understand the roles form, material, process and viewing location have on the expression of a three-dimensional artwork.
• Understand how to safely setup, operate and maintain woodworking and metalworking tools.
• Apply the Design Thinking process to each project as a professional framework for completing work in an effective and timely manner. 
• Create professional proposals for their projects that reflect material source/cost, fabrication time and installation requirements.
• Understand how to professionally document 3D work. 
• Demonstrate understanding of curating a portfolio of work.
• Demonstrate knowledge of basic aspects of self-promotion.
• Demonstrate effective collaboration with other artists.
• Demonstrate ability in co-curating and exhibiting a group exhibition.

• Students develop higher order thinking skills.
• Students gain greater awareness of cultural perspectives.
• Students develop effective oral communication skills.

• Projects will be based on the use of the art elements (line, shape, value, volume,texture, structure, negative space) to communicate student-generated concepts through a variety of materials which may include clay, wood, plaster, mild steel, aluminum, concrete and found object constructions.
• High-relief sculpture
• Mold-making and Casting
• Wood carving (relief and full-round)
• Functional wood fabrication
• Welded steel fabrication
• Curating artwork and portfolio building
• Writing an artist’s statement
• Documenting artwork 
• The fundamentals of self-promotion
• Co-curating and exhibiting a group exhibition

Learning Activities

• Sketchbook work that includes a semester-long design project, individual project research/design and writing projects as assigned. 
• Create a professional proposal for each class project.
• Experiment with techniques prior to class project fabrication.
• Fabricate class projects using the variety of tools in the IDL shop.
• Critiques and presentations.
• Artist Statement
• Creating a body of works for exhibition and curating it in collaboration with others for a group exhibition
• Photography and written documentation of artwork
• Creating a website for artwork

Assessments

• Sketchbook assignments
• Technical examples of learned processes
• Submitted project proposals
• Completed projects
• Critique participation
• Documentation

Grading guidelines

• A minimum of 70% of this course’s grade should be in-class sculpture projects, the balance of the grade comes from project proposals, technical examples, critique participation and submitted documentation.