Sculpture
saic.edu/sculpture
Our distinctive Sculpture program encourages experimentation while giving form to social, environmental, and theoretical concerns. Students are encouraged to embrace a wide variety of approaches—from casting bronze to organizing public spectacles, from growing food to digital fabrication.
Expansive curriculum
The program emphasizes experimentation and engagement with a wide range of contemporary and interdisciplinary processes and skills—from metal casting, mold-making, and figure studies to site-based projects, mixed-media installations, video- and web-based projects, puppetry, 3D digital modeling and fabrication, and more. The curriculum includes research-based and science-related projects, as well as engagement with exhibition and curatorial practices. Graduate sculpture seminars immerse students in critique, writing, and theory, and may include peers from the department of Ceramics.
A collaborative community
The department is committed to a culture of artistic growth through collaboration. Students and faculty forge lasting bonds through shows and critiques in the Sculpture Base Space, work in the Knowledge Lab courtyard gardens and greenhouse, and special events such as off-campus iron pours.
Beyond the studio
The department encourages students to move outside the studio through interdepartmental collaborations, open exhibitions, and interdisciplinary seminars and critiques. Workshops, such as Sculpture Boot Camp, provide specific skills and opportunities for professional practice.
For more information on the program and application requirements, please visit:
Professional preparation
Local and international visiting artists present a range of sculptural perspectives and practices in lectures and critiques throughout the year. Students present their work alongside visiting artists in a public lecture series, offering an opportunity to hone presentation skills.
Facilities
Sculpture students have access to state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, including:
• Comprehensive woodshop with finishing areas
• Metal shop with fabrication capabilities that include gas, MIG, TIG, arc welding, forging, and CNC plasma cutting
• Digital fabrication facilities, including 60 and 150 watt laser cutters, 3 and 6 axis robotic CNC milling capabilities, 3D printers and scanners
• Foundry equipped to pour bronze and aluminum into ceramic shell, sand, and classical investment molds
• Off-campus iron pours
• Mold-making shop with rotocaster, vacuum chamber, and powder-coat kiln
• Industrial sewing machines
• State-of-the-art computer lab with Intuos Cintiq tablets for 3D visualization, GIS, modeling, and animation development
• Indoor and outdoor exhibition spaces
• Organic outdoor garden and greenhouse
• Large individual graduate studios
Faculty
SARA BLACK
MARY JANE JACOB
JEFFERSON PINDER
DAN PRICE
LAN TUAZON
ADRIAN WONG
For complete faculty listing visit: saic.edu/sculpture
Art
ARTHI 5002 Graduate Survey of Modern and Contemporary Art (3) or ARTHI 5120 Survey of Modern and Contemporary Architecture and Design (3)
Participation in ONE of the following as appropriate to artistic practice: Graduate Exhibition, Graduate Performance Event, Graduate Screenings
Application Process
Submit:
› Online application
› Official college transcripts
› Statement of purpose
› Letters of recommendation
› ePortfolio
› Résumé
