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Challenge paradigms and explore diverse perspectives
The Sculpture area at YSU is part of the B.F.A. in Studio Art – Interdisciplinary Studio Art degree. The program emphasizes a broad foundation of technical, critical, and professional skills. You’ll grow as an artist by focusing on the development of strong conceptual ideas and personal approaches linked with the informed use of media and technique. The Sculpture curriculum places strong emphasis on understanding context—cultural, historical, political, and personal —and encourages experimentation, conceptual rigor, and interdisciplinary risk taking. By offering a rich mix of concept, material, and process, you’ll gain a thorough knowledge and understanding of a full range of contemporary art practices and critical theory in sculpture.
You’ll be exposed to traditional materials and processes, including carving, clay modeling, welding fabrication, assemblage, mold making, and bronze casting, as well as new technologies, such as 3D digital production, rapid-prototyping, video, and new media. You’ll be encouraged to further explore content in installation, performance, time-based art, 3D computing, ecological or science-based work, and other new genres.
Discover more about our B.F.A. in Studio Art - Interdisciplinary Studio Art Degree
Details about the Interdisciplinary Studio Art major, including a degree overview, classes, in which you’ll enroll, and sequence of your coursework.
Facilities
YSU’s Ceramics area offers one of the largest facilities in the state, with open studio hours seven days a week. With over 6,000 square feet of studio space spanning two floors, the facilities include separate and completely equipped areas for wheel throwing, hand building, glaze mixing, mold making and slip casting, clay mixing, plaster work, and documenting artwork.
Various firing possibilities are available, with two internal kiln rooms and a gated and covered external kiln area. The ceramic studio also includes the following vented labs: a spray room, a fully stocked glaze lab, a clay mixing lab, and three kiln rooms that include computer controlled electric kilns, gas and atmospheric kilns with a pit firing area. Additional industry-standard technologies and equipment include 3D digital printing, laser cutters, and CNC mills.
- Apple iMac computers with software (18 stations)
- Epson LCD Projector
- HP 2100n laser printer
- HP Color Printer
- Cannon 84 10 x 17 inch Scanner
- Epson LCD Projector
- HP 2100n laser printer
- LulzBot TAZ 23D printers (4)
- Universal ILS 12 Platform 75 Watt Laser Cutter with Honey Comb Cut Table
- 2-ton full span bridge crane
- 1-ton jib crane
- Scotchman 5014 CM 50-ton ironworker
- Roper Whitney Pexto 16 gage x 36-inch bench metal roller
- Bending Brake 16-12 gage steel x 48 inch wide
- Miller Syncrowave 250 TIG welder
- Millermatic 250 MIG welder with aluminum spool gun (2)
- Lincoln Powermatic 255 MIG welder
- Lincoln SP 175 MIG welder (2)
- Thermal Dynamics PakMaster 100XL plasma cutter
- Thermal Dynamics Cutmaster 82 plasma cutter
- Hypertherm 40 plasma cutter
- Kalamazoo 14-inch cut-off saw
- Wellsaw V-20 inch vertical band saw
- Wellsaw Horizontal 10” x 16” band saw
- Delta 14-inch band saw
- Hossfeld Bender # 2 with hydraulic power attachment
- Baldor 8-inch industrial grinder
- Baldor 10-inch buffer
- Oxygen acetylene welding-cutting rig
- Ajax Tocco Magnathermic 250lb capacity non-ferrous induction furnace
- Ajax Tocco Magnathermic 250lb capacity ferrous induction tilt furnace
- MIFCO F-826 extra width, gas-fired flat hearth forge
- MIFCO Swif-Mul ML-125 mixer
- Saunders 4ft x4ft x 4ft burn out furnace
- Saunders #36S 36″x36″ fluidizing tanks (2)
- Saunders – #TM-30 gal. slurry-mixing tanks (2)
- Silica dust collection system
- Soldner clay mixer
- Ritehete VRS 60 qt. wax melting pot
- Paasche 60-inch x 36-inch spray booth
- TP Tools 3” x 3’ x 5’ sandblasting cabinet
- JET 6000 lb pallet jack
- SawStop 5 hp industrial table saw
- Delta 16-inch radial arm saw
- Powermatic 24-inch band saw Delta 24-inch 5 hp planer
- Powermatic 24-inch variable speed wood lathe
- Safety Speed Cut 48-inch panel saw
- Delta 6-inch belt/12-inch disk sander
- Powermatic 6-inch belt/12-inch disk sander
- Powermatic 20-inch disc sander
- State B-4 spindle sander
- Bosch 12-inch slide miter saw
- Jet 16-inch wood band saw
- Delta 14-inch band saw (5)
- Powermatic 14-inch band saw (2)
- Dewalt 20-inch scroll saw (4)
- Craftsman 20-inch scroll saw
- Delta Model 17-inch drill press (2)
- Delta 10-inch tool grinder
- Delta table saw stock feeder
- Bel-O-Vac 24” x 48” vacuum former
- Integrated woodshop dust collection system
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Exhibition Spaces
When the time comes for you to display your work, you’ll have the opportunity to exhibit solo, group, or experimental work in the McDonough Museum of Art, Solomon Gallery, or our Student Project Gallery.
Meet our world-class Sculpture faculty
Our dedicated and professionally involved faculty are actively engaged in helping Interdisciplinary Studio Art students successfully transition into positions with national and regional creative industries or graduate programs.
Want to learn more?
We’re here to answer your questions and help you find your best path to your creative
future. To explore your options, contact Stephanie Waltman, Cliffe College Coordinator
of Admissions and Recruitment at 330-941-2346 or [email protected]
