SCULPTURE

Pima Community College

 

Course Registration info at:

www.pima.edu

Pima Visual Arts info:

http://www.pima.edu/programs-courses/credit-programs-degrees/arts-humanities/the-arts/afa-visual.html

Pima Student Services info:

http://www.pima.edu/current-students/index.html

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Instructional Faculty:

Joe Dal Pra
Visual Arts Department
Pima Community College
2202 W. Anklam Road
Tucson, Arizona 85709
Phone: (520) 206-3072

jdalpra@pima.edu

Spring 2013 Schedule:

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THIURSDAY

OFFICE HOURS Room L202/108 9am-10:30am

ART120
Room L108
8:10am-10:25am

OFFICE HOURS Room L202/108 9am-10:30am

ART120
Room L108
8:10am-10:25am

ART120
Room L108
10:40am-12:55pm

OFFICE HOURS
Room L202
11am-3pm

ART120
Room L108
10:40am-12:55pm

OFFICE HOURS
Room L202
11am-3pm

ART100 Room L113 1:10pm-3:25pm

 

ART100 Room L113 1:10pm-3:25pm


 

 

 

 

ART123/220
 Room L108
5:30pm-7:45pm

 

ART123/220
Room L108
5:30pm-7:45pm




where to find my work online:

artistsspace

perpetual art machine

installation/performance videos

Joe's blog______________________________________

Art Links:

Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery

U of A Art Museum

MOCA Tucson

Tucson Museum of Art

Dinnerware

Tucson Pima Arts Council

Central Tucson Gallery Assoc.

UA Visiting Artists

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Syllabi:

 

ART123 Lost Wax Sculptural Casting

 

 

 

SCULPTURE COURSES

Spring 2013

ART123 Lost Wax Sculpture Casting
Metal casting for sculpture using the lost wax ceramic shell process. Students develop individualized projects for casting

Techniques Include:

  • wax working
  • mold making
  • metal pouring
  • tig welding
  • metal finishing

Concept Possibilities:

  • representational
  • non-representational
  • abstraction
  • mixed media
  • interactive/kinetic
  • site installation

 

ART220 Sculpture
An exploration of sculptural issues including object, interactive/kinetic and installation/site based work. Students explore individual creative direction.

Techniques Include:

  • casting/mold making
  • metal fabrication/welding
  • wood fabrication/carving
  • mixed media assemblage

Concept Possibilities:

  • representational
  • non-representational
  • abstraction
  • mixed media
  • interactive/kinetic
  • site installation

 

ART120 Sculptural Design
An introduction to 3-D design, techniques and an exploration of concept development and expression in sculpture. The study of volume and spatial relationships through modeling, casting, carving, and construction using three- dimensional concepts and media.

Includes visual literacy and critical analysis, art elements explored through creative problems, range of media, approaches to three- dimensional design, verbalization of visual perceptions, basic sculptural design lab procedures, and content.

Techniques Include:

  • wood assemblage
  • metal assemblage
  • mixed media assemblage
  • plaster mold making/casting

Concepts Explored:

  • non-representational /non-objective content
  • abstraction content exploration
  • readymade/ object exploration
  • materials exploration
  • interactive/site installation exploration

 

 

ART 296I7 - Independent Study: Sculpture

Advanced projects in sculpture. Content to be determined by conference between student and instructor.