Fall 2013 Course Catalog - School of the Museum of Fine Arts

Fall 2013 Course Catalog
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Guitar and Dulcimer Design
and Construction
SCP 1086 01 (2 Credits)
Walter Stanul
W
6:30 PM - 9:45 PM
A210
This course is designed to develop fine woodworking skills and gives a solid foundation
for building your own stringed musical instrument. You will start by designing and building
a uniquely American instrument: the Appalachian, or mountain, dulcimer. This beautiful
instrument is relatively easy to both build and play. Even those with little or no woodworking
background will be able to complete a dulcimer. Students who finish in time may start a
travel, or “back pack,” guitar. This popular instrument is light and easier to make than a
full-size guitar. Both projects involve shaping, bending and joining wood into delicate yet
amazingly strong structures—skills that can be applied to a wide range of other fabrications
and sculptures. Please note: Completing a dulcimer and a guitar will likely require shop time
outside of class.
Sculptural Fiber
SCP 1140 01 (2 Credits)
Samantha Fields
R
6:30 PM - 9:45 PM
A208
In this course you will learn a different fiber-related technique each week, including knitting,
crocheting, dying, weaving, flexible structures, felting and sewing by hand and machine. We
also will explore the history of these processes and their uses in contemporary art and you
will gain a basic understanding of each technique by focusing on their sculptural capabilities.
There will be demonstrations during each class meeting and time will be provided to work
toward mastering different techniques. This course is structured for beginner as well as
more advanced students.
Digital Modeling I
SCP 2018 01 (2 Credits)
Ken Hruby
M
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A208
Digital Modeling is an essential skill for Sculptors and other artists for developing and
producing their ideas as they move forward in their work. 3-D digital modeling has applications
in all facets of the visual arts: sculptors can create objects and manipulate form and scale,
place digital works in existing public space, explore natural light and shadow over annual
cycles, generate rapid prototypes for further analysis or production, and to generate animated
walk-thrus for proposal presentations; painters and printmakers can explore perspective
imagery; video, film and animation artist can create scenes, objects, and explore both indoor
and natural lighting alternative and generate animations. Possible output options include
laser cutting of a variety of materials, from paper to plastics, rapid prototyping through 3D
printing and the generation of 2-D patterns from unfolded 3D digital objects.
Ephemeral Object
SCP 2024 01 (4 Credits)
Megan McMillan
M
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM /
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A210
The Ephemeral Object is an intermediate-level studio course that examines the impermanent,
the durational and the temporary aspects of sculpture. In this course we’ll explore sculpture
that resists its history as a permanent monument and embraces its fleeting nature, like Janine
Antoni’s chocolate busts or Martin Klimas’ shattering figurines or Berndnaut Smilde’s indoor
clouds. This studio course will employ a wide range of material and media and will consist of
a series of projects, critiques, readings, discussions, field trips and introduction to the work
of contemporary artists in the field. The Ephemeral Object meets for two periods. The first
half of the class is a seminar dedicated to discussions of readings and presentations. The
second half of each class is studio-oriented.
Object a Week
SCP 2036 01 (4 Credits)
Mags Harries
M
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM /
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A212
Each week, students will be given the same object as a catalyst for ideas that can be
translated into any medium. The objects chosen will take the student through a range of
responses and the class will help generate approaches that can expand their art-making
process. Attention in critiques will be given to content, achieving the intention in the work,
choice of materials, manner in which it is expressed, and how to develop these ideas into
the future. Morning class will be critiques based on projects made outside of class. In the
afternoon, a new object will be given and students will be given short response times to
intuitively develop ideas. We will use drawing as a tool to become more intimate with the
object and to generate ideas more physically. We will collectively share information based on
experience and factual information from the library and Internet to broaden our information
base. It is my hope that each student will leave the course filled with ideas and energy to
expand into other areas of the School.