Course Schedule

Course Schedule

Jan 8th

Everyone: Introduction to Course. Shop Demonstration. First Assignments. 

Jan 16th

Everyone: Individual Reviews of Skill Builders. Work Day.

Jan 22nd

Everyone: Skill Builders and Finger-Joint Box Due. Technical Drawings for Base Box Due. Work Day.

Jan 30th

Everyone: All three Skill Builder Exercises and your Base Box Project Due. Critique at start of class.

Materials & Methods: Path of Inquiry Form Due.

Discussion: Attaching things- similar and dissimilar. Presentation of Hybrid Project.

Feb 6th

Sculpture I: Hybrid Sculpture Critique.

Materials & Methods: 15 Unique experiments/studies Due. Work Day.

Discussion: Armatures and structures. Presentation of Linear Sculpture Project.

Feb 13th

Sculpture I:  Linear Sculpture Work Day.

Materials & Methods: Critique of Piece #1- first material choice.

Discussion: Open Questions and Answers. 

Feb 20th

Sculpture I: Linear Sculpture Critique.

Materials & Methods: 15 Unique experiments/studies Due. Work Day.

Discussion: Surfaces, Skins and planar elements. Present Skin Sculpture Project.

Feb 27th

Sculpture I: Skin Sculpture Work Day.

Materials & Methods: Presenting your Material Research. Have presentation on thumb drive saved as pdf.

March 6th 

Sculpture I: Skin Sculpture Critique.

Materials & Methods: Critique of Piece #2- second material choice.


Discussion: Art on the move and in the city. Portable Project Presentation.

Note: This is the last gradable assignment before midterms are due.

March 13th

Sculpture I- Portable Project Work Day.

Materials & Methods: 15 Unique experiments/studies Due. Work Day.

March 20th

Sculpture I: Portable Project Critique.

Materials & Methods: Work Day.

Discussion: The best things in life are free- like art materials. Free Project Presentation.

March 27th

Sculpture I: Free Project Critique.

Materials & Methods: Critique of Piece #3- third material choice.

April 3rd

Sculpture I: Artist Research Projects Due. Have presentation on thumb drive saved as pdf.

Materials & Methods: Order from Chaos Workshop. 

Discussion: Eating your leftovers, or getting the most out of your studio exploration. Presentation of Open Project.

 

April 10th

Sculpture I: Open Project Critique.


Materials & Methods: Order from Chaos Critique.

April 17th

Everyone: Documentation Workshop
Basic photo/video documentation techniques, pdf creation, formatting and optimization. Checklist for Jury Preparation.

April 24th

Studio Clean Up and The Last Brunch (Last day of class) 
Pancake Potluck and Studio Clean out. 

By the end of the week, all work and materials must be removed for summer shut down. 

[Jury Week April 27th - May 4th]

May 1st

Everyone: Final PDF Portfolio Due

You are required to present a final portfolio containing all finished projects as well as documentation of studio exploration and skill development. It will also include a written summary of skills learned this semester (technical and communicative). 

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Notes on Reviews and Critiques

There are two types of evaluative reviews with separate goals: 

15 Experiments/Studies

The propose of these deadlines/reviews are to encourage a large amount of experimentation and exploration of the materials and methods you have selected to focus on this semester. Both quality and quantity of experimentation will be stressed. The goal is to try as many things as you can to become familiar with the materials you have chosen. You will be evaluated on the quantity of experiments/tests/exercises, their thoughtfulness and their breadth. In short, do lots of helpful things that are different from each other. I will use a basic 15/12/10 assessment for quantity of explorations finished. They must all be of adequate quality to count for credit. 

Rubric
A = 15 unique tests/experiments
B = 12 
C = 10
D = less than 10. 


Critiques

The purpose of these deadlines/reviews are to encourage focused efforts towards resolved work. This happens by taking the methods and approaches to the materials you are exploring and intentionally building forms that communicate ideas, both directly and indirectly. The goal here is communicative. You will be evaluated on craftsmanship, conceptual rigor, ambition and presentation. 


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Notes on Required Research Project

 

Materials & Methods

Material Research: 
A 10 - 15 minute multi-media presentation posted to class blog. Presented to class. 
A presentation of one of your select materials through the approach of material culture studies. Material culture studies is an interdisciplinary field telling of relationships between people and their things: the making, history, preservation, and interpretation of objects. Do this for one of the materials you selected to explore at the start of the semester. 

Posted to class blog and presented to class. 


Sculpture I 

Artist Research: 
A 10 - 15 minute multi-media presentation posted to class blog. Presented to class.

Tracing back through the development of an actively working artist who is currently represented by a top global commercial gallery. 

Choose an actively exhibiting living artist by searching the rosters of top producing commercial galleries that show the work of living artists. Find a gallery through the participating galleries list on Art Basel. Your research will be directed at the development of this particular artist's practice with regards to their commercial success. Pay close attention to relationships- collectors, galleries, museums, arts institutions, family/circle of friends, etc. 

Draw a mind map/diagram connecting the artist's professional relationships. 

Introduce Artist's process and output. Give info on latest shows/sales. 

Posted to class blog and presented to class.

Note:  If any changes are made to this schedule, all students will be notified in advance.