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Access to the Sculpture Center outside of class hours is available for students enrolled in sculpture courses, unless otherwise indicated. Please see individual course descriptions for specifics. The Sculpture Department has an onsite store where students can purchase materials, including wood, plaster, metal and glazes.
Exploring Multimedia
- Course Number FIC-2248-A
- Day(s) T
- Dates Jun 04 - Aug 06
- Hours 06:00PM - 09:30PM
- Ceus 3.50
- Cost 395.00
- Additional Fees 0.00
- Status Open
- Location 133/141 West 21st Street
Description
NOTE: Please bring notepaper and five objects selected at random to the first session. Access to the SVA Sculpture Center is not included.
Instructor
Shirley Irons
Fine artist
Education:
BFA, Parsons School of Design
One-person exhibitions include:
Queens Museum of Art; Luisotti Gallery, Santa Monica; Temple University, Philadelphia; White Columns; Postmasters Gallery; Staniar Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
Group exhibitions include:
B 4 A Gallery; Richard Anderson Gallery; Thread Waxing Space; Hunter College; Patrick Callery; The Clocktower; Simon Watson Gallery; Murray Guy; Four Walls; McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, OH; Islip Art Museum, NY; Caren Golden Fine Art; MoMA PS1
Publications include:
Bomb, Acme, Blast, The New Yorker, Art Monthly, Time Out New York, Flash Art, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Village Voice
Sculpture
- Course Number FSC-1050-CE
- Day(s) T
- Dates Jun 04 - Aug 13
- Hours 06:00PM - 09:45PM
- Ceus 4.50
- Cost 470.00
- Additional Fees 200.00
- Status Open
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: In addition to the 11 in-class sessions, a field trip will be scheduled at the beginning of the semester. The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools, drill bits, saw blades, abrasives, compressed air, lubricants, wood glue and access to the wood, plaster, ceramic and metal workshops outside of class time, based on facility availability. All other materials must be purchased by the student. This course may be taken for undergraduate credit. Please refer to FSD-1050-CE in the credit courses section of this website for details.
Instructor
Nicolas Touron
Sculptor, ceramist
Education:
BA, Gerrit Rietveld Academie; MFA, School of Visual Arts
One-person exhibitions include:
Virgil de Voldère Gallery; Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf
Group exhibitions include:
Josée Bienvenu Gallery; Galleria Rizziero Arte, Pescara, Italy; Tropen Museum, Amsterdam; NADA Miami Art Fair; Kunstraume auf Zeit, Linz; Kunsthal, Rotterdam
Publications include:
The New York Times, New York magazine
Award:
Fulbright Fellowship
Ceramics
- Course Number FSC-2046-A
- Day(s) TH
- Dates Jun 06 - Aug 15
- Hours 06:30PM - 09:30PM
- Ceus 3.00
- Cost 395.00
- Additional Fees 200.00
- Status Canceled
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools,kiln use and access to the ceramics workshop outside of class time, based on facility availability. All other materials must be purchased by the student.
Instructor
Yuko Suzuki
Fine artist; sculptor; assistant director, ISE Cultural Foundation
Education:
BFA, School of Visual Arts
Exhibitions include:
The Phatory LLC; Lumenhouse; Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; Marvelli Gallery; The Body Archive Gallery; Goliath Visual Space
Publications include:
The New York Times, Ceramics Monthly, bushwickbk.com, designboom.com
Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture
- Course Number FSC-2107-A
- Day(s) W
- Dates Jun 05 - Aug 14
- Hours 06:00PM - 09:30PM
- Ceus 3.50
- Cost 470.00
- Additional Fees 200.00
- Status Closed
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools, kiln use and access to the ceramics workshop outside of class time, based on facility availability. All other materials must be purchased by the student.
Instructor
Nicolas Touron
Sculptor, ceramist
Education:
BA, Gerrit Rietveld Academie; MFA, School of Visual Arts
One-person exhibitions include:
Virgil de Voldère Gallery; Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf
Group exhibitions include:
Josée Bienvenu Gallery; Galleria Rizziero Arte, Pescara, Italy; Tropen Museum, Amsterdam; NADA Miami Art Fair; Kunstraume auf Zeit, Linz; Kunsthal, Rotterdam
Publications include:
The New York Times, New York magazine
Award:
Fulbright Fellowship
Figurative Sculpture
- Course Number FSC-2112-A
- Day(s) T
- Dates Jun 04 - Jul 30
- Hours 01:00PM - 05:00PM
- Ceus 3.50
- Cost 470.00
- Additional Fees 200.00
- Status Canceled
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools and access to the ceramics workshop outside of class time, based on facility availability. Please bring a figure armature (24"), a bag of grey water-based clay (25 lb.), wooden clay modeling tools (bring what you have, some tools will be available in class for you to try out), a spackle knife (3"), a plastic bag from a dry cleaner and a hand-held mirror (approximately 4x6", optional) to the first session. Other materials needed will be discussed in class.
Instructor
Lori Shorin
Sculptor
Education:
BFA, SUNY Binghamton; MFA, University of Pennsylvania; Certificate, Florence Academy of Art
Represented by:
M Gallery of Fine Art, Charleston, SC; Galerie Michael, Beverly Hills, CA
One-person exhibitions include:
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA; Mariposa Museum, Peterborough, NH; Vault Gallery, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester
Group exhibitions include:
Royal Gallery, Providence, RI; Florence Academy of Art, Italy; Villa Palmerino, Florence; Islip Art Museum, NY; Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
Metal Sculpture
- Course Number FSC-2274-A
- Day(s) M
- Dates Jun 03 - Aug 05
- Hours 06:00PM - 09:30PM
- Ceus 3.50
- Cost 470.00
- Additional Fees 200.00
- Status Wait List
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools, welding gases, welding rods, drill bits, saw blades, abrasives, compressed air, lubricants, wood glue and access to the metal workshop outside of class time, based on facility availability. All other materials must be purchased by the student.
Instructor
Marsha Trattner
Sculptor
Education:
BA, Colgate University; MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
One-person exhibitions include:
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY; A.I.R. Gallery
Group exhibitions include:
Pelham Art Center, NY; J. Lucas Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Artists Space; Exit Art; Sculpture Center; Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Public sculpture installations include:
Socrates Sculpture Park; Crames Square, Hunts Point; Franconia Sculpture Park, MN; Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT; Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
Publications include:
The New York Times, New York Post, Provincetown Arts, Home Fashion, Veranda, Metropolitan Home
Awards include:
eBay Foundation, Empire State Crafts Alliance, Sculpture Space
Transmedia
- Course Number FSC-2279-A
- Day(s) T
- Dates Jun 04 - Jul 30
- Hours 06:30PM - 09:30PM
- Ceus 2.50
- Cost 335.00
- Additional Fees 200.00
- Status Canceled
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools, welding gases, welding rods, drill bits, saw blades, abrasives, compressed air, lubricants, wood glue and access to the plaster, wood and metal workshops outside of class time, based on facility availability. All other materials must be purchased by the student.
Instructor
Andrew Ginzel
Sculptor, visual artist
Education:
Bennington College, SUNY
One-person exhibitions include:
List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT; New Museum of Contemporary Art; Kunsthalle, Basel; Frederieke Taylor Gallery; Artists Space; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Art Galaxy; Damon Brandt Gallery
Commissions include:
Public Art Fund; Creative Time; Merce Cunningham Dance Company; Brooklyn Academy of Music; Kansas City Airport; Tampa Airport; Olympic Arts Festival; Battery Park City Authority; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Prato; City of Chicago, General Services Administration; Metro, St. Louis; University of Colorado, Boulder; MTA; New Jersey Transit
Awards and fellowships include:
Pollock-Krasner Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; New York Foundation for the Arts; Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation; Indo-American Fellowship; New York State Council on the Arts; Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome; Rockefeller Foundation; MacDowell Colony; Yaddo Residency; Ucross Foundation; Dejerassi Foundation
Creative Blacksmithing
- Course Number FSC-2281-A
- Day(s) TH
- Dates Jun 06 - Aug 15
- Hours 06:00PM - 09:00PM
- Ceus 3.00
- Cost 395.00
- Additional Fees 195.00
- Status Open
- Location Studio
Description
NOTE: A release will be provided for each student registering for this course. The release must be signed by the student at the beginning of the first session.
This course will be held at 106 Ferris Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. Access to the SVA Sculpture Center is not included.
Instructor
Marsha Trattner
Sculptor
Education:
BA, Colgate University; MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
One-person exhibitions include:
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY; A.I.R. Gallery
Group exhibitions include:
Pelham Art Center, NY; J. Lucas Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Artists Space; Exit Art; Sculpture Center; Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Public sculpture installations include:
Socrates Sculpture Park; Crames Square, Hunts Point; Franconia Sculpture Park, MN; Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT; Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
Publications include:
The New York Times, New York Post, Provincetown Arts, Home Fashion, Veranda, Metropolitan Home
Awards include:
eBay Foundation, Empire State Crafts Alliance, Sculpture Space
Creative Blacksmithing II
- Course Number FSC-2282-A
- Day(s) T
- Dates Jun 04 - Aug 06
- Hours 06:00PM - 09:00PM
- Ceus 3.00
- Cost 395.00
- Additional Fees 195.00
- Status Open
- Location Studio
Description
PREREQUISITE: FSC-2274, Metal Sculpture, or FSC-2281, Creative Blacksmithing, or equivalent.
NOTE: A release will be provided for each student registering for this course. The release must be signed by the student at the beginning of the first session.
This course will be held at 106 Ferris Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. Access to the SVA Sculpture Center is not included.
Instructor
Marsha Trattner
Sculptor
Education:
BA, Colgate University; MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
One-person exhibitions include:
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY; A.I.R. Gallery
Group exhibitions include:
Pelham Art Center, NY; J. Lucas Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Artists Space; Exit Art; Sculpture Center; Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Public sculpture installations include:
Socrates Sculpture Park; Crames Square, Hunts Point; Franconia Sculpture Park, MN; Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT; Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
Publications include:
The New York Times, New York Post, Provincetown Arts, Home Fashion, Veranda, Metropolitan Home
Awards include:
eBay Foundation, Empire State Crafts Alliance, Sculpture Space
Basic Woodworking
- Course Number FSC-2320-A
- Day(s) W
- Dates Jun 05 - Aug 14
- Hours 06:00PM - 09:30PM
- Ceus 3.50
- Cost 470.00
- Additional Fees 200.00
- Status Open
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools, drill bits, saw blades, abrasives, compressed air, lubricants, wood glue and access to the wood workshop outside of class time, based on facility availability. All other materials must be purchased by the student.
Instructor
James Murphy
Furniture designer, sculptor
Education:
BFA, SUNY Purchase
Clients include:
Kerf Furniture, M3 Films, The Small Furniture Store, Quinto + Co., 181 Productions Inc., Alice Austen House Museum, Quanteq Engineering, Paris Express Café
Publications include:
Elle Decor, Robb Report, Contract, Elements of Living, Furniture Style, Le Journal de la Maison
Honor:
Interior Design
Metal Furniture Fabrication
- Course Number FSC-2336-A
- Day(s) W
- Dates Jun 05 - Aug 14
- Hours 06:00PM - 09:30PM
- Ceus 3.50
- Cost 470.00
- Additional Fees 200.00
- Status Wait List
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools, welding gases, welding rods, drill bits, saw blades, abrasives, compressed air, lubricants and access to the metal workshop outside of class time, based on facility availability. All other materials must be purchased by the student.
Instructor
Marsha Trattner
Sculptor
Education:
BA, Colgate University; MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
One-person exhibitions include:
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY; A.I.R. Gallery
Group exhibitions include:
Pelham Art Center, NY; J. Lucas Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Artists Space; Exit Art; Sculpture Center; Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Public sculpture installations include:
Socrates Sculpture Park; Crames Square, Hunts Point; Franconia Sculpture Park, MN; Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT; Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
Publications include:
The New York Times, New York Post, Provincetown Arts, Home Fashion, Veranda, Metropolitan Home
Awards include:
eBay Foundation, Empire State Crafts Alliance, Sculpture Space
Electro-Mechanical Sculpture
- Course Number FSC-2429-A
- Day(s) T
- Dates Jun 04 - Aug 06
- Hours 06:30PM - 09:30PM
- Ceus 3.00
- Cost 395.00
- Additional Fees 200.00
- Status Canceled
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools, welding gases, welding rods, drill bits, saw blades, abrasives, compressed air, lubricants and wood glue, as well as access to electronic media workstations and the wood and metal workshops outside of class time, based on facility availability. All other materials must be purchased by the student.
Instructor
Daniel Wapner
Sculptor
Education:
BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts
Group exhibitions include:
DUMBO Art Festival, ISE Cultural Foundation, Goliath Visual Space, Visual Arts Gallery
Metalworks Without Welding
- Course Number FSC-2516-A
- Day(s) W
- Dates Jun 12 - Jul 24
- Hours 02:00PM - 05:00PM
- Ceus 1.50
- Cost 270.00
- Additional Fees 165.00
- Status Canceled
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools, drill bits, saw blades, abrasives, compressed air, lubricants and access to the metal workshop outside of class time, based on facility availability. All other materials must be purchased by the student.
Instructor
Marsha Trattner
Sculptor
Education:
BA, Colgate University; MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
One-person exhibitions include:
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY; A.I.R. Gallery
Group exhibitions include:
Pelham Art Center, NY; J. Lucas Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Artists Space; Exit Art; Sculpture Center; Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica, NY
Public sculpture installations include:
Socrates Sculpture Park; Crames Square, Hunts Point; Franconia Sculpture Park, MN; Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT; Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
Publications include:
The New York Times, New York Post, Provincetown Arts, Home Fashion, Veranda, Metropolitan Home
Awards include:
eBay Foundation, Empire State Crafts Alliance, Sculpture Space
Classical Portrait Sculpture
- Course Number FSC-2546-A
- Day(s) T
- Dates Jun 04 - Jul 30
- Hours 06:00PM - 09:00PM
- Ceus 2.50
- Cost 335.00
- Additional Fees 200.00
- Status Canceled
- Location 335 West 16th Street
Description
NOTE: The studio fee includes safety equipment, hand tools and access to the ceramics workshop outside of class time, based on facility availability. Please bring a portrait armature, a bag of waterbased clay (25 lb.), wooden clay modeling tools, a plastic bag from a dry cleaner and a hand-held mirror (approximately 4x6", optional) to the first session. Other materials needed will be discussed in class.
Instructor
Lori Shorin
Sculptor
Education:
BFA, SUNY Binghamton; MFA, University of Pennsylvania; Certificate, Florence Academy of Art
Represented by:
M Gallery of Fine Art, Charleston, SC; Galerie Michael, Beverly Hills, CA
One-person exhibitions include:
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA; Mariposa Museum, Peterborough, NH; Vault Gallery, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester
Group exhibitions include:
Royal Gallery, Providence, RI; Florence Academy of Art, Italy; Villa Palmerino, Florence; Islip Art Museum, NY; Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
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