UW-Madison Art Department

Art Department. University of Wisconsin-Madison

3d/4d

3d Faculty: Laurie Beth Clark, Kim Cridler, Steve Feren, Aristotle Georgiades , Lisa Gralnick, Stephen Hilyard, Tom Loeser, Truman Lowe, Leslee Nelson, Douglas Rosenberg, Paul Sacaridiz, and Elaine Scheer

ceramics

Faculty: Paul Sacaridiz

The graduate ceramics area is a 3,500 sq. ft. studio with clay mixing equipment and storage, a complete glaze studio and a kiln room containing two forty cubic foot down draft kilns and six electric kilns. Graduate students are provided with individual studio space in this self-contained workshop separate from the undergraduate space. A one hundred cubic foot wood fired kiln, a forty cubic foot salt kiln, and a ten cubic foot raku car kiln are also available.

digital modeling

Faculty: Stephen Hilyard

3-D Digital Studios-Students have access to labs that have high-end graphic computers, software packages, and peripherals to use in producing electronic sculptures, designs, virtual reality programs, and animation. Emphasis in this area of study is placed on the development of technical competence in the medium, professional attainment in the art forms, and the development of individually significan research and fine art directions. Traditional and non-traditional philosophies and presentations are encouraged in the study structure.

The Computer and Visual Arts-The focus of this program is on a broad exploration of the functions and uses of computers in the visual arts. The mastery of technical skills in computer graphics, conceptualization of the medium and an appreciation of the historical development of the computer in art are the major emphasis of these courses. Students work on animation, three-dimensional visualization, image-sound integration and the fusion of the computer with other media such as printmaking, painting and video. Students have access to microcomputers and more sophisticated systems with the support of software, digitizer, color printers and video disc players.

glass and neon

Faculty: Steve Feren

Website: http://glasslab.art.wisc.edu

The glass program started in 1961, as the first university glass program in the country. Courses stress proficiency in the basic manipulations and decorative processes inherent in the glass medium, such as blowing, casting, mold work, fusing, slumping, glass painting, etc. Facilities are available to accomplish most hat and cold working methods. The program also includes a fully equipped neon illumination facility.

jewelry and metalsmithing

Faculty: Kim Cridler and Lisa Gralnick

Program Information: Metals Program(.pdf)

The Metals program at UW-Madison, one of the oldest and most respected Metals programs in the country, challenges students to learn about the making of art through specific materials, techniques, history, and the cultural meaning of metalsmithing and jewelry design.

With approximately 4,500 square feet of instructional and studio space our facilities include acetylene and propane torches, annealing booths, band and jig saws, centrifugal and vacuum casting equipment, digital projectors, enameling and electroforming equipment, flex shafts at every work station, a gas forge, a large selection of anvils, hammers and stakes for raising, forming and forging, lathes, milling machines and drill presses, mold making equipment, a dedicated polishing room, rolling mills, a sand blaster, sheet metal working equipment, shears, spray booths, spray etchers, and a full compliment of hand tools. We also have a library/resource center with a computer for student use.

sculpture

Faculty: Aristotle Georgiades and Truman Lowe

Website: http://www.wisculpture.com

The sculpture program is flexible, varied, and open. Facilities are available for most of the processes needed to produce sculpture: welding, including MIG and TIG; a large glass working studio; a foundry with a large alpine sculpture kiln for foundry molds, or ceramic works; shops for metal and wood construction, casting, paint and other sculptural techniques.

video and performance

Faculty: Laurie Beth Clark and Douglas Rosenberg

Program Information: Video and Performance(.pdf)

Courses in non-static forms include video, performance art, and installation. This area of study is integrative and interdisciplinary. Philosophically, the courses combine both theory and practice. Individual development is encouraged through creative expression, technical proficiency, critical analysis and theoretical discussion. Courses also stress practical aspects including methods of exhibition, documentation, and distribution that are unique to the non-static media. Both individual and collaborative projects are possible and frequent opportunities for students to exhibit or perform are available.

wood/furniture

Faculty: Tom Loeser

Website: http://www.uwwood.com/uw_wood/_program.html

The wood/furniture program stresses the innovative use of wood as a material for the construction of both functional objects and sculpture. Using a project-based curriculum, the design process is emphasized through sketching, technical drawings, model making and computer rendering. Students will develop a high level of proficiency in the various manipulative, construction and finishing processes of woodworking. The projects combine appropriate technical requirements with conceptual challenges that encourage creative problem solving and critical thinking. Both hand-tool and machine techniques are taught.

The wood studio has 5000 square feet of floor space. Graduate students have a private bench room. There are two machine rooms, a classroom, a separate finishing room with several spray systems and an office/library. Each student works at their own bench and has access to a locked personal tool cabinet which contains essential hand-tools. The extensive collection of power equipment is commercial quality with all machines connected to state-of-the-art dust-collection.