Contemporary sculpture is a broad and diverse field that includes object making, large-scale architectural installation, performance-based work, time-based work, and time-based media.
BFA in Sculpture Key Learning Outcomes
Mastery of the craft of drawing and painting, knowledge and experience of the full range of possibilities of the various materials and methods both traditional and newly developed.
Ability to analyze works of art, to evaluate them critically and to understand the context in which work is made and viewed.
Ability to understand the formal aspects of painting and drawing and apply them to a specific aesthetic intention.
Understanding the conventions of the discipline.
Understanding the issues of representation and abstraction.
Understanding how meaning is created by the integration of formal, technical and conceptual decisions.
Exploration of the expressive possibilities if the discipline with the knowledge of the full range of conceptual modes and material manipulations possible.
Understanding how innovations in the field are the outcome of first acknowledging and then questioning existing boundaries and conventions.
Ability to articulate ideas in written and oral formats. Development of artist statements and grant proposals.
Ability to work independently, identify areas of research towards the development of a focused and personal direction.
Understanding the discipline of painting as it relates to other forms of cultural production in a contemporary, multicultural and international field
MFA in Sculpture Key Learning Outcomes
Mastery of the craft of drawing and sculpture, knowledge and experience of the full range of possibilities of the various materials and methods both traditional and newly developed.
Ability to work independently, identify areas of research towards the development of a focused and individual direction.
Understanding the discipline as it relates to other forms of cultural production in contemporary, multicultural and international fields, Ability to analyze works of art. To evaluate them critically and to understand the context in which work is made and viewed.
Ability to understand the formal aspects of the field and apply them to a specific aesthetic intention.
Exploration of the expressive possibilities with the knowledge of the full range of conceptual modes and material manipulations possible.
Understanding how innovations in the field are the outcome of first acknowledging and then questioning existing boundaries and conventions.
Knowledge of historical precedents in the field.
Knowledge of theories within the discipline, including Modern and Postmodern critical theory.
Awareness of the most critical developments in the discipline.
Ability to articulate ideas in written and oral formats. Development of thesis statements, grant proposals and scholarly papers.