Everything on the schedule is subject to change.
*WEEK 1*
DAY 1 – Tue, Jan 10
IN CLASS:
– Intro Syllabus – everyone needs a sketchbook/notebook
– Discuss all field trips (optional/required) and required gallery events
– assign cubbies/lockers/work stations
– Review Components of an Artwork (Subject/Form/Content/Context)
– Explain SketchUp quizzes and go over intro Presentation (reminder to take notes during video so you know what to cover in your SketchUp assignments where you demonstrate skills)
– Sketch Up: Getting Started 1
– Intro everyone to each other via this activity (lost childhood object)
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– Reading Quiz 1 – online
– complete Syllabus Contract online
DAY 2 – Thur, Jan 12
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Liz Magor Art21
– Sketch Up: Drawing Shapes, Push Pull, Create a chair, Missing Faces
– privilege presentation and exercises
– Introduce Moldmaking assignment project & intro brainstorming/research
– intro 3D printing assignment
– walk around and help people with SketchUp – goal: partially finish SU01 in class
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– Reading Quiz 2
– SU01 online
– research/brainstorming step is due for Moldmaking assignment
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*WEEK 2*
DAY 3 – Tue, Jan 17
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Do-Ho Suh Art21
– Sketch Up: Selections, Components, Paint Bucket, Eraser
– discuss research/brainstorming
– casting push molds
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– Reading Quiz 3
– SU02
DAY 4 – Thu, Jan 19
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Katharina Grosse Art21
– Sketch Up: Getting Started 2
– work on multi-part molds (demo)
– Sketchbook work will also be graded at this time.
– make sure everyone knows how a discussion board online works
– discuss SketchUp small order (must be ordered by Friday, Jan 27)
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– Reading Quiz 4
– Bring your sketching/research images for your 3D printed project – some of you may also have started your small item on SketchUp for inside your reliquary
REQUIRED EVENT: Get a sticker at the Sleeth Gallery Reception, Thursday, Jan 19, 4:30-6pm
REQUIRED FIELD TRIP: Friday, Jan 20, leaving at 9am from the parking lot behind McCuskey. We’ll ride in a van to ExOne 3D printing facility.
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*WEEK 3*
DAY 5 – Tue, Jan 24
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Thomas Hirschhorn Art21
– SketchUp: Copies & Arrays, Mirroring Objects, Scale, Navigation,
– In-process crit of 3 research/sketches/mock-ups of Reliquary project
– work on your molding/casting, and/or SketchUp order
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– Reading Quiz 5 (online discussion) – [start early because it takes time to complete – complete all 4 required elements]
– SU03
DAY 6 – Thu, Jan 26
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Leonardo Drew Art21
– SketchUp: Rectangle, Lines, Circle, Arc
– working on molding/casting – peer crits in class
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– SU04
– SketchUp Small order (email receipt must be forwarded to me by Friday, Jan 27th at 5pm)
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*WEEK 4*
DAY 7 – Tue, Jan 31
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Damián Ortega Art21
– Sketch Up: Getting Started 3
– working on molding/casting – peer crits in class
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– Reading Quiz 6
– Submit Project Explanation of Skills used for Shapeways Small Order (online)
DAY 8 – Thu, Feb 2
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Pedro Reyes Art21
– Sketch Up: Freehand, Rotate, Edges Won’t Sink in, Intersect with Models
– work on completing Molding/Casting projects (peer crits)
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– SU05
– Final Crit of Molding/Casting
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*WEEK 5*
DAY 9 – Tue, Feb 7
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Minerva Cuevas Art21
– Final Crit of Molding/Casting
– remind everyone to bring a CLEAN bottle cap to class for pin-cushions
– reminder about documentation
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION
– Reading Quiz 7
– Submit Project Self-Reflection for molding/casting project (online)
– bring a CLEAN bottle cap (like from a bottle of soda)
DAY 10 – Thu, Feb 9
IN CLASS
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Nick Cave Art21
– Sketch Up: Getting Started 4 , Follow Me, Autofold,
– Intro to Hard/Soft project – demo wood tools, and everyone make a pin cushion from bottle cap
DUE NEXT CLASS SESSION:
– Reading Quiz 8
– SU06
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*WEEK 6* – No Class (Ellen at CAA conference – field trip makes up for these 2 days)
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*Week 7*
DAY 13 – Tue, Feb 21
IN CLASS
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Brian Jungen Art21
– Sketch Up: Accuracy ,Dimensions, Protractor, 19 Text & 3D Text
– demo sewing skills
– work on projects
DUE NEXT CLASS
– SU07
– Reading Quiz 9
– Research/Brainstorming step is due
DAY 14 – Thu, Feb 23
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Theaster Gates Art21
– Sketch Up: Sections, Axes, Offset, Tape Measure
– in-process crit
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– SU08
– Reading Quiz 10
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*Week 8*
DAY 15 – Tue, Feb 28
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Liz Larner Art21
– put all the 3D printed items in the hallway
– Sketch Up: View Inside My Model
– Andy Thorne Demo
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– SU09
– Please fill out the midterm course evaluation
DAY 16 – Thu, Mar 2 – FREE WORK DAY
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*Week 9* SPRING BREAK (March 4-12)
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*Week 10*
REQUIRED EXHIBIT RECEPTION: Tue, Mar 14, 4:30-6pm (come get a sticker)
DAY 19 – Tue, Mar 14
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Ai WeiWei (Art21, season 6)
– last day to work on your hard/soft sculptures
– reminder about documentation & do demo on 3-point lighting
– SketchUp: 2D View, Grouping Things, Putting It All Together
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– finished hard/soft sculptures
– SU11
DAY 20 – Thu, Mar 16
IN CLASS:
– review results of midterm course evaluation
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Sarah Sze (Art21, season 6)
– critique of hard/soft sculptures
– Begin time to focus on 3D Modeling/Printing assignment (the reliquary for the relic)
– SketchUp: Outer Shell/ Shell Extension, Layers
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– SU12
– Bring your textbook to critique
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*Week 11*
DAY 21 – Tue, Mar 21
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: David Altmejd (Art21, season 6)
– Working in SketchUp
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– Hard/Soft Project self-reflection online
DAY 22 – Thu, Mar 23
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Lynda Benglis (Art21, season 6)
– Working in SketchUp
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– finished drawing in SketchUp must be ready for peer review looking for possible printing errors
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*Week 12*
DAY 23 – Tue, Mar 28
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Doris Salcedo (Art21, season 5)
– peer review looking for possible printing errors in SketchUp drawings
– demo how to create an album on Flickr
– introduce the Inflatables Project and do brainstorming
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– must order your item from SketchUp and forward the email receipt by 5pm on Friday (forward your email receipt to me, and attach your SKP file)
– must have 10 thumbnails for your inflatable project planning
DAY 24 – Thu, Mar 30
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Measuring Histories with Sonya Clark
– critique 10 thumbnails
– working on inflatables Platonic Solids
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– 3 developed sketches/mock-ups
– must order your item from SketchUp and forward the email receipt by 5pm on Friday (forward your email receipt to me, and attach your SKP file)
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*Week 13*
DAY 25 – Tue, Apr 4
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Edgar Arceneaux Art21
– Crit of sketches/mock-ups
– Sketchbook work will also be graded at this time.
– continue working on project
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– inflatables Platonic Solids
DAY 26 – Thu, Apr 6 – NO CLASS (Ellen at FATE conference – this day counts towards field trip)
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*Week 14*
DAY 27 – Tue, Apr 11
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Object Empathy with Diana Shpungin
– critique of inflatables Platonic Solids
– work on inflatables
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– be ready for in-process critique
DAY 28 – Thu, Apr 13 – NO CLASS (Easter Break)
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*Week 15*
DAY 29 – Tue, Apr 18
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Embarrassing Object with Geof Oppenheimer
– in-process critique
– working on inflatables
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– Finished SketchUp Projects
– bing computer to class to do course eval
DAY 29 – Tue, Apr 20
IN CLASS:
– Sculpture You Will Not Make: Artistic Alchemy with Brandon Odums
– Critique of SketchUp Projects
– reminder about donating any unwanted supplies
– complete course evaluations in class for a grade
DUE NEXT CLASS:
– Final Inflatable project
– bring in any unwanted supplies for donation to the Art Department
– bring event stickers & be prepared to clean
– have notebook for SYWNM
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DAY 29 – Tue, Apr 25
IN CLASS:
– reminder of 2 reflections and documentation due
– check notebook for SYWNM
– critique of inflatables projects
– Checking event stickers
– Studio Cleaning
FINAL:
– reflection on inflatables project – 5pm on Thurs, Apr 27
– reflection on SketchUp project – 5pm on Thurs, Apr 27
– documentation posted to Flickr by 5pm on Thurs, Apr 27