Fall 2025 - STUDIO 276
In Person Mondays and Wednesdays 1:00-3:30 PM
Office hours by appointment
Email: richard.saxton@colorado.edu
Course Texts:
Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord
A Sculptural Reader by Harper and Moyer
Passages in Modern Sculpture by Krauss
The Elements of Sculpture by George (optional)
Negative Space: Trajectories in Sculpture by Peter Weibel (optional)
Required Materials:
Sketchbook
Camera, phone-cam, drawing materials you like
Large spiral drawing pad of paper (white)
Materials for your projects
Tools for your projects are not in the tool crib or tool box
COURSE DESCRIPTION
ADVANCED SCULPTURE is designed as a forum for individualized studies in sculpture and post-studio practice at the highest undergraduate level. Students explore what it means to practice sculpture today by creating new art projects, readings, class discussions, and critiques. This course is for students to create new work, learn about current and past work in the field, discuss their methods and philosophies, and ultimately continue establishing their creative visions.
COURSE SCHEDULE
WEEK ONE
Aug 25 Course Introduction
Create Bio and Image holders for the outside studio door
Order texts if desired
Create Studio work schedule in your calendar
10 hrs per week minimum.
Aug 27 Student Presentations
Prepare a minimum 10-minute presentation on your work:
1. Where you’re from or feel most at home geographically or spiritually - origins
2. Your artistic process (past and current)
3. Artists, examples of work you are inspired by
4. Your finished artwork (what you’ve made)
5. A few goals for the semester
Readings Due: Blockbusters by Dave Hickey
WEEK TWO
Sept. 1 No Class. Labor Day
Sept. 3 Library Research Session
Book Crate Design Session
Studio Set for Semester
WEEK THREE
Sept. 08 Studio Work Session
Sept. 10 Book Crates Due by end of class
20 + art research books Due to your workstation by end of class
Profiles Due to image holders outside the studio door by end of class
CRIT 0: 1-hour sculptures 2:30 start time: 10 min crit each artist
WEEK FOUR
Sept 15 Due: 1-page Artist Statements
Reading Due: Passages in Modern Sculpture Chapter 3
Lecture/Discussion: Brancusi, Rodin, Duchamp to Antoni + Pre-Minimalism
Studio Work Session
Sept 17 Project 1
sketchbook prompt: Edge
Studio Work Day
WEEK FIVE -
Sept 22 Project 1
sketchbook prompt: Installation - Scale
Studio Work Day
Sept 24 Project 1
Presentations: A Sculptural Reader by Harper and Moyer + 2
Discussion
WEEK SIX
Sept 29 Studio Work Day
Oct. 1 Critique Project 1
Artist Statements + Label, Approx. 200 Words
WEEK SEVEN
Oct 6 Project 2
Studio Work Day
sketchbook prompt: Drafts
Oct 8 Studio Work Day
WEEK EIGHT
Oct 13 Project 2
sketchbook prompt: Material Weight
Studio Work Day
Oct 15 Project 2
Studio Work Day
WEEK NINE
Oct 20 Project 2
Studio Work Day
Oct 22 Critique Project 2
Artist Statements + Label, Approx. 50 Words
WEEK TEN
Oct 27 Presentations Due: A Sculptural Reader by Harper and Moyer + 2
Oct 29 Studio Work Day
WEEK ELEVEN
Nov 3 Project 3
sketchbook prompt: Material Weight
Studio Work Day
Nov 5 Field Trip: Arvada Arts Center Sculpture Field / Graveyard
WEEK TWELVE
Nov 10 Project 3
sketchbook prompt: Lighting
Studio Work Day
Nov 12 Project 3
Presentations Due: A Sculptural Reader by Harper and Moyer + 2
WEEK THIRTEEN
WEEK
Nov 17 Project 3
Studio Work Day
Nov 19 Project 3
Studio Work Day
WEEK FOURTEEN
Nov 24 NO CLASS - FALL BREAK
Nov 26 NO CLASS - FALL BREAK
WEEK FIFTEEN
Dec 1 Final Critique - Project 3
Artist Statements + Label, Approx. 200 Words
Dec 3 Final Critique - Project 3
Artist Statements + Label, Approx. 200 Words
WEEK SIXTEEN
Dec 8 Final Portfolios Due by 5PM