18 courses with the subject SC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
SC 200Sculpture I: Materials and Processes3
Students are introduced to basic techniques and practices of sculpture using materials such as wood, plaster, cold metal and found objects. Projects involve objects, constructions, and assemblage culminating in comprehensive final works. Group critiques, discussions and slide lectures complement the in-class working sessions. Fulfills: Sculpture I Requirement (Sculpture students) or Studio Elective
Building on the knowledge of tools, materials, and processes of Sculpture 1, students investigate approaches to contemporary sculpture practice. A series of conceptually driven projects introduce core modes of creating meaning through object making. Projects will consider materiality, process, and site as core issues of contemporary sculpture practice. Written reflection, reading, discussion, presentation and critique balance in-class work time. Fulfills: Sculpture II Requirement (Sculpture students) or Studio Elective
This course covers basic methods of hand-building and investigates experimental use of clay as a sculptural medium. Students gain an understanding of the transformative nature of clay from a plastic to rigid state. Basic techniques include pinching, slab forming, coil building, carving and press forming to create freestanding and relief forms. More experimental uses of clay introduce cross-disciplinary and larger scale options. Slide and video presentations referencing historical and contemporary work will supplement the studio work. Fulfills: Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students) or Studio Elective
This course introduces students to a wide range of mold-making processes with which to create sculptural work. Students investigate the application of multiples in relief structures, free-standing forms and installation. Contemporary and more traditional techniques are explored using plaster, clay, wax, latex and paper pulp. Students work on a series of conceptually related projects providing the opportunity to explore personal aesthetic in depth. Slides, readings and documentation drawn from contemporary and historical sources supplement the course. Fulfills: Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students) or Studio Elective
Students learn the material characteristics of wood as both an additive and subtractive medium. This includes studying the nature of wood and its manipulation by both common hand and common machine tools. Safe use of tools is prioritized and competency is achieved through demonstrations and project based learning. A more involved final project develops skills and will emphasize planning and include more advanced woodworking techniques. The course is beneficial to both those acquiring woodworking skills for the first time and those wishing to further their existing knowledge and experience. Fulfills: Fabrication Methods Requirement Elective (Printmaking and Sculpture students) or Studio Elective Page 84 of 91
Students learn technical and practical methods used to manipulate metals into objects of their own design. The course is designed to familiarize students with the campus facilities for metal working including oxy-acetylene bending, mig welding, and plasma cutting, brazing, and stick welding. The course is beneficial both to those wishing to acquire skill in this area for the first time and those who are already familiar with the basics and who want to gain greater proficiency. Students will then expand upon this to include basic blacksmithing. This practice will stress fabrication methods in mechanics and structure of metal sculpture while students gain familiarity with historical and contemporary applications of metal in sculpture in order to design and create their own pieces. Fulfills: Fabrication Methods Requirement Elective (Printmaking and Sculpture students) or Studio Elective
In this course, students explore the relationship of the internal structure of form and its surface through the manipulation of flexible materials and texture. Working primarily with paper and cloth, along with wood, wire and stiffening agents, students devise a variety of methods to create structure. Emphasis is placed on expressive use of material and investigation of the interdependence of material and form. Slides, readings and documentation drawn from contemporary, as well as other sources supplement the course. Fulfills: Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students) or Studio Elective
Digital fabrication is the fulcrum between the digital and physical worlds. Students in this course will use laser cutters, 3D printers, vinyl cutters/plotters, and various CAD/CAM softwares to explore the interplay between the digital and physical. Projects and class discussions will cover topics such as the role that digital fabrication can play within more traditional processes such as casting and woodworking, multiples, open-source designs, rapid prototyping, and customization. Through a series of lectures, demos, and assignments, students will learn to design for (or against) the strengths of digital tools in order to leverage them in their own practice Fulfills: Games Toys Play Requirement (GTP students) or Fabrication Methods Requirement Elective (Printmaking and Sculpture students) or Studio Elective
FN130 Form and Space and FN140 Time-Based Practices or Permission of Instructor
SC 220Interior/Exterior Installation3
In this course, students explore a variety of materials and approaches to sculpture in relation to specific in-door and out-door sites (chosen by instructor and students). Students look at how the evolution of a sculpture, sculptural activity and personal voice are affected by external considerations such as: location, physical conditions, usage and viewer response. Within this context the course will also touch upon contemporary issues surrounding Public Art. Students will be given the opportunity to execute a work of "public art" during the semester. Fulfills: Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students) or Studio Elective
SC212, SC213, SC219 Fabrication Methods or SC200 Sculpture I
SC 225Warm Glass Methods3
This course is designed to teach the basic skills for working with kiln formed glass: fusing, inclusion, slumping (thermoforming), frit casting, kiln casting, pate de verre, and using molds and drop rings to produce forms. Each student designs a project in each area, while learning how to operate a kiln, glass grinder, and glass cutter. We will look at contemporary sculpture in glass, and how it can be incorporated into sculptural practice. Fulfills: 200-Level Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students) or Studio Elective Page 85 of 91
Building on Observation 1 & 2, this course investigates the skills and concepts of modeling from the human figure and objects in environments. Using a variety of materials, students work in class from live models and still life setups on a series of studies that stress form, structure, gesture, and spatial relationships. Historic and contemporary use of observation in three dimensions will be considered through research and discussion. Fulfills: 200-Level Sculpture Elective or Studio Elective
FN100 Perceptual Drawing and FN130 Form and Space or Permission of Instructor
SC 295299 Topics in Sculpture3
This course provides an in-depth study of a topic in Sculpture. The topic may be selected to take advantage of special events, to allow further exploration of a subject covered in a preliminary way in other courses, or to explore areas not sufficiently covered by the regular class rotation. Fulfills: 200-Level Sculpture Course (Sculpture students) or Studio Elective
Prerequisites will be developed in conjunction with the course description for each topic.
SC 305Sculpture Workshop3
Students define and intensify individual approaches to art making, by proposing and completing a series of related works in chosen materials, forms, and themes. Individual research of critical issues, group discussions of writings about sculpture, and writing by artists are important aspects of the course. There is an additional emphasis on planning, documentation, exhibition, and public presentation of work as students develop their proposal for application to Senior Fine Arts Seminar. Fulfills: Sculpture Workshop Requirement (Sculpture students) or 300-Level Studio Elective or Studio Elective
This course provides technical skills and an aesthetic vocabulary for students using kinetic and robotic devices in their work. Following a rudimentary introduction to electronics, students build simple kinetic devices that explore issues of gesture, initiation, duration, delay and action/reaction. Initial projects will involve connecting motors, gears, sound, lights, and other devices to sensors (motion, light, sound, pressure) in response to viewer presence. In the second half of the semester students integrate computer control into the creative process, beginning with a history of automatons, robotics and interactive artworks. Using programming, students alter the behavior of devices they have constructed using software timers, counters, and sensitivity control. Fulfills: 300-Level Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students) or 300-Level Studio Elective or Studio Elective
SC200 Sculpture I for Sculpture concentrators; ID200 Sophomore Studio for non-Sculpture concentrators
SC 330Drawing in Space3
Drawing is a vital tool to all artists for visual communication. Our understanding of drawing is often limited to specific materials used within a two dimensional frame. This course challenges students to bring what they know about line, pattern, shape, mark-making, shadow, surface, texture, etc. to a three dimensional space. Students will explore how working in literal space can change our perception of drawing and how drawing can expand our perception of sculpture, through exploration with material and technique, drawing, installation and object making. Fulfills: 300-Level Sculpture Elective or 300-Level Studio Elective or Studio Elective Page 86 of 91
SC200 Sculpture I and DR204 Life Drawing I or Permission of Instructor
SC 335Innovations in Stone and Wood3
This course is designed to investigate and challenge traditional approaches to the carving of wood and stone. As such, after basic techniques of carving are addressed for materials, other issues pertaining to subtractive and additive methods for creating sculpture will be explored. Studio time will be engaged with the consideration of mixed media and multiple forms within which the carved form will become a part of the composition. Assigned and student driven projects will be undertaken throughout the term. An on-going dialogue discussing contemporary sculptors¹ work in these mediums as well as group and individual critiques of individual projects will augment the studio work. A field trip will be undertaken during the semester if time permits. Fulfills: 300-Level Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students) or 300-Level Studio Elective or Studio Elective
This course provides an in-depth study of a topic in Sculpture. The topic may be selected to take advantage of special events, to allow further exploration of a subject covered in a preliminary way in other courses, or to explore areas not sufficiently covered by the regular class rotation. Fulfills: 300-Level Sculpture Elective (Sculpture students) or 300-Level Studio Elective or Studio Elective
