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Studio Art: The Sculpture Garden ART 233.01 Spring 2013, MW 2:00-4:30 am Professor Lisa Scheer Office:
Montgomery 146 Email:
lnscheer@smcm.edu Office hours:
T 1-3 pm and by appointment Class meets:
MH 135 Required Materials: $65 Materials Fee Course
Description This introductory level
sculpture course focuses on creating landscape inspired sculptural artworks
for outdoor installation culminating in the creation of a small sculpture
garden in a space adjacent to Montgomery Hall. Students will learn how to
respond to specific site conditions and understand how sculpture and
landscape components can be coordinated to create a holistic, integrated
garden experience. Class activities focusing on design development,
presentation practices, and audience directed exhibition strategies will
include creating scale models, digital mockups, written proposals, and the
development of interpretive materials. Talks on historical garden design and
field trips to area gardens will provide context for the project. Basic wood and metal fabrication
techniques will be taught. No pre-requisite. Course
Objectives
á
Learn how to analyze the specific conditions of a
selected outdoor site as a way to generate an integrated art and garden
design. á
Learn how to create a complete design proposal
including visual and written materials á
Learn how to fabricate all aspects of the garden
including sculpture fabrication and site preparation. Requirements
and Course Evaluations Class
Activities / Assignments Class sessions will include a mixture of activities
including AV presentations, critiques, technical instruction, and work time
sessions. All class activities and assignment details (descriptions and due
dates) can be found on the class schedule. Be
aware that assignments will require a significant amount of work outside of
class time. Over half of the class assignments are completed in groups.
Anyone found to not be contributing effectively to group work might be
removed from that group and receive failing grades. Late Work
Policy Because one task leads to the next in this class, it is
crucial that all assignments are completed on time. Any work turned in up to 3 days late will be lowered one
half a letter grade (5 pts) and any assignment turned in over 3 days late
will be lowered by a full letter grade (10 pts). I will check assignments for
on-time completion when they are due. The work should then be submitted as
described on the assignment
summary page. If any assignment is late it is your responsibility to call
my attention to it when you do submitted (otherwise I will assume it is
incomplete.) Attendance
Attendance in this group effort class is crucial! Please
be aware of my attendance policy: You are allowed 3 absences that you can use for any purpose (illness,
sports, medical appointments, day off, etc). Each additional absence will lower your final grade by one quarter of
a letter (2.5 points) You must arrive on time and stay in class for the full
session to be counted as present. There is no such thing as an excused
absence so there is no need to bring notes, send emails, or notify me of
reasons. If circumstances
outside of your control lead to chronic absenteeism you must come and speak
with me about it as it is happening (not long after the fact) for me
to consider any modification of this policy. Grading The semester is divided into 3 grading periods that
correspond to phases of our garden project: research and development phase,
the design phase, and the production phase. Each of the three phases will be
counted as roughly a third of the final grade. Which assignments fall under which
phase and the grade weight breakdowns for each are available on the assignment
summary page. Students are required to complete a self-assessment for
each grading period and I will consider these self-grading exercises when I
assign grades. Grades will be based on a 100 point scale with the following
grade equivalencies: A 94-100, A- 90-93, B+ 87-89, B 84-86, B- 80 to 83, C+
77-79,C 74-76, C- 70-73, D+ 66-69, D 64-66, D- 60-63, F 0-59). All
missing/incomplete assignments will receive a score of 50. Materials
and Shop Use The art department provides certain expendable tools,
general supplies and construction materials. Each student is also supplied a
personal sketchbook. An $65 materials fee is charged to each enrolled student
to help cover these costs. The sculpture studio may be used at any time during
regular building hours up to 12pm (excluding other class meeting times.)
Tabletops must always be cleared after use and work stored in designated
areas. You must clean up after yourself. Any work or materials left out will
be collected and disposed. You can have access to power tools and other
restricted facilities during shop monitor hours (T/TH 7-10 pm and Sunday 1-4
pm unless otherwise posted). The shop supervisor, Tara Hutton will be present
to assist and monitor your use of power tools, and help you complete
technical practice assignments. You will not be able to use power tools
yourself unless you have been trained and OkÕed by Tara or I. You must read
and sign a Studio Use Rules contract
to use the studio. |