Sculpture

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Aerial photo of a field of grass with the word "grounded" spelled out. Human figures lay on the ground, interacting with the letters.

The Sculpture department emphasizes spaces of communal sharing where all members are encouraged to engage intersectional and relational thought and action. As a department we value the expanding field of sculpture as interdisciplinary in nature, enabling collaborative, performative, ephemeral, digital and research-based practices to emerge. We place importance on the context around work and how it exists in the world. Students feel emboldened to not only study and critique dominant systems and structures but to establish new possibilities and perspectives. RISD sculptors destabilize the normative to reorient new spaces and new research and material modalities, living consciously and responsibility in the present.

EVENTS

Painting/Sculpture Joint Exhibition
Friday 10/7, 3:30–5:30pm
Saturday 10/8, 10–4pm
Memorial Hall, 2nd floor lobby & 3rd floor gallery


Junior and Senior Installation
Friday 10/7, 3:30–5:30pm
Saturday 10/8, 10–4pm
Metcalf Building, rooms 320 & 301


“Grounded” screening
Friday 10/7, 3:30–5:30pm
Saturday 10/8, 10–4pm
Metcalf Building, 3rd floor

Video by Sculpture MFA students.


Sophomore Open Studios
Friday 10/7, 3:30–5:30pm
Saturday 10/8, 10–4pm
Metcalf Building, 4th floor


Open Shop
Friday 10/7, 3–5pm
Saturday 10/8, 1–4pm
Metcalf Building, 1st floor alley


Open Studio events do not require pre-registration.


MAP

14
Memorial Hall
226 Benefit Street

  • Painting/Sculpture Joint Exhibition
  • 2nd floor lobby & 3rd floor gallery
  • Friday 10/7, 3:30–5:30pm
  • Saturday 10/8, 10am–4pm

15
Metcalf Building
14 N Main Street

  • Junior and Senior installation
  • Rooms 320 and 301
  • Friday 10/7, 3:30–5:30pm
  • Saturday 10/8, 10am–4pm
  • “Grounded” screening
  • 3rd floor
  • Friday 10/7, 3:30–5:30pm
  • Saturday 10/8, 10am–4pm
  • Sophomore open studios
  • 4th floor
  • Friday 10/7, 3:30–5:30pm
  • Saturday 10/8, 10am–4pm
  • Open shop
  • 1st floor alley
  • Friday 10/7, 3–5pm
  • Saturday 10/8, 1am–4pm

ABOUT

At RISD, Sculpture is about the growth of the individual as part of a larger community. The department ethos emphasizes visual and critical literacy and intensive skill acquisition in support of conceptually strong creative practices. Encouraged to experiment and push beyond obvious solutions, students learn to think holistically and understand the importance of the work they make as it relates to the world. Ultimately, they’re able to produce meaningful work through a fluent command of process and the informed use of materials.

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