SDSU School of Art, Design, and Art History

Graduate Sculpture Studies

General Overview

The School's Sculpture program is designed to provide training for students to become professional artists and or prepare them for further study at the graduate level. The program has the objective of providing students a program which is designed to develop their perceptual sensitivity, aesthetic judgment, creative resourcefulness, and provides the skills necessary to express themselves. The area seeks to train artists who specialize in three-dimensional expression and sensory kinesthetics.

Coursework Overview

The graduate programs in sculpture include a 30 unit MA and a 60 unit MFA. Both programs are designed for the serious student and require self-motivation and a willingness to commit to a high level of production and intellectual dialog. As in the undergraduate program we consider sculpture an area encompassing both traditional media and experimental, conceptual work in new media, installation and performance; cross-disciplinary and collaborative work is welcome and encouraged. The program is set up for students to work individually with faculty of their choice with regularly scheduled group critiques attended by sculpture area faculty and invited faculty from other emphasis areas within the school. A formal review is required upon completion of 30 units to be advanced to candidacy for the MFA and 21 for the MA student. A thesis exhibition, paper and oral defense is required of all students for completion of the MA and MFA degrees (please see graduate bulletin for complete program requirements).

Graduate students have private studios and 24-hour access to wood shop, metal shop and foundry. Qualified students are eligible to apply for out of state tuition waivers, and graduate teaching associate positions. Additionally the sculpture area honors outstanding graduate students with yearly awards from the Isabel Kraft and John Rogers scholarship funds.

Please visit our graduate admission page specific to the Master of Fine Arts for additional degree process information. You can also refer to an advisor for specific questions.

Admissions and Financial Assistance

You can learn more detailed information about the admissions process on the Graduate Admissions page. For more information on financial assistance, please visit our Financial Aid page or our student scholarships page to find scholarships available through the School of Art, Design, and Art History.

Facilities

Read detailed information on our facilities on the Sculpture Facilities page, where you can also link to other interdisciplinary facilities within the School of Art, Design, and Art History.

You can also read more about local art material supplier resources on our Art Supplies page, as well as learn more about our library research facilities by visiting SDSU's Love Library website(external link).

The Faculty

To contact or learn more about individual faculty in this department, please click on their names below:

• Richard Keely, M.F.A.

This page was last updated at 3:45PM on October 15, 2008