The projects made by individual students, over this yearlong course, add up to create each student’s “Total Work of Art.” <br>Another way to think of this end goal is an artist solo show, where different kinds of artwork juxtapose with each other and create something larger than the individual parts. <br><br>A Total Work of Art is not conceived as a sculpture, painting or any single object, but is a combination of different forms. <br>This might include architecture, works that appear on walls, sculpture or light, it can include almost anything. <br>Site-Specific Installation and Gesamtkunstwerk (the German word for Total Work of Art) are good terms to look up in order to understand the references for this course.<br><br>Our first project is a life-size figurative sculpture made by each student. With this project alone, students learn to work with ceramics, woodworking, <br> armatures, bricolage, paper mâché, soft sculpture, mold making and plaster casts.<br><br>This course is designed to help students develop an independent art practice, the kind that forms outside an academic structure. <br> Students are asked to explore ideas and materials just as any artist, designer or architect would in their own studio. <br> Beyond the sculpture projects we make over the school year, students keep a sketchbook where they draw ideas and plans. <br> This course includes lectures, discussions and writing, but our focus is hands-on sculpture making.</br></br><b><a href="https://www.rollinghillsprep.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1175054&type=d&pREC_ID=2170010">Click here to return to the Visual Arts Show 2021 Homepage</a></b>
