Category: Sculpture – DSC

The Special Project class is offered on an,occasional basis, with course content specific to,the area being explored.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites:

This course investigates the interrelationship of,process, creativity and concept through various,casting techniques. Bronze, iron, aluminum,,cement and nontraditional materials are used to,explore casting as a process and as a means to a,product. Open to non-majors with departmental,approval.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFA 130, DFA 233

This course is aimed at expanding the student’s,modeling and casting skills and familiarity with,the figure, while building on conceptual,understanding of the role of the figure in,contemporary sculpture.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFA 130, DFA 230

This course investigates sculpture object making., Students experiment with a wide range of scale,,format, materials and media options, with,emphasis on the creation of meaning in personal,objects. Presentations and readings provide,historical and contemporary context for a deeper,understanding of sculpture as object. Readings,include Queer Phenomenology: Orientations,,Objects, Others by Sara Ahmed,.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFA 230, DFA 231 OR DFA 332

This course will introduce students to bending,birch plywood to create custom curved shapes. ,Students work through the basics of building, and,lamination processes. Paper modeling and other,hands-on processes will be used to inform design,decisions and mimic construction processes. The,plywood bending techniques allow for a wide range,of possibilities ranging from lighting fixtures to,seating and sculpture. Open to non-majors.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: Take DFN-116

This course explores the theory and practice of,creative site activation through material,,technological and performance-based interventions.,Students will have the opportunity to work in,extended relationships to site and space, via,light, sound, time based technologies like video,,and performance. Students will investigate,installation as active experience between artist,and site, and site and the question of audience.,Open to non-majors with departmental approval.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: DFA 105, DFA 130, DFA 253