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Sculpture: Open Studio

In this course “Sculpture” will be understood as open to an expansive and changing definition of its limits. Students may draw from its historical traditions or choose more experimental modes of production, in other media or methodologies. The course will be structured as an open studio, where students can bring in works as they progress through each individual’s studio thought and experiment. Students are expected to work independently in initiating their research, concepts, choice of mediums, and the installation/context for their projects. 

Fall 2026, FA-391-1, Sculpture: Open Studio, L Raven

Fall 2026, FA-391-2, Sculpture: Open Studio, f harrington

Fall 2026, FA-391-3, Sculpture: Open Studio, J Magid

Fall 2026, FA-391-4, Sculpture: Open Studio, C Klockner

Fall 2026, FA-391-5, Sculpture: Open Studio, S Kwon

Fall 2026, FA-391-6, Sculpture: Open Studio, I Okariz

Fall 2026, FA-391-7, Sculpture: Open Studio, A Vo: The body will be foregrounded as both material and site of sculptural inquiry, where the corporeal negotiation with space and time becomes integral to the emergence of form. Through attention to the socio-historical conditions of making and aesthetic consumption, students will consider how bodies encounter, resist, and are shaped by the materials and structures around them.

3 credits. May be repeated.

Course Code: FA-391

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