Spring 2027

Sculpture II

Sculpture II continues investigation in sculpture studio practices, emphasizing concepts and technique. Students apply advanced woodworking, metalworking, casting, and textile techniques to create refined sculptural works.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sarah Fitzsimons3.7/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2007: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply advanced techniques in woodworking, metalworking, casting, and textiles to develop complex and refined sculptural works, demonstrating a deeper understanding of material properties and fabrication processes.

  • Critically evaluate creative projects through in-depth conversations, group critiques, and written reflections, articulating constructive feedback and integrating diverse perspectives into artistic practice.

  • Conduct comprehensive research on themes and subjects that are personally meaningful, synthesizing research into class projects to create conceptually rich and contextually relvent sculptures.

  • Demonstrate an ability to connect theoretical concepts with practical applications.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ART 214 or declared in an Art graduate program

    • ART 214
    • declared in an Art graduate program
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ART 314 used by

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  • Any of
    • ART 214
    • declared in an Art graduate program

Professors

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

SARAH FITZSIMONS is recorded teaching in Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 120

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2007: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Sculpture studio practices, concepts, and technique
  • Woodworking, metalworking, casting, textiles, material properties, and fabrication processes
  • Comprehensive research on personal themes and subjects for conceptually rich sculptures

Skills

  • Apply advanced techniques in woodworking, metalworking, casting, and textiles to develop complex and refined sculptural works.
  • Critically evaluate creative projects through in-depth conversations, group critiques, and written reflections.
  • Conduct comprehensive research on themes and subjects, synthesizing research into class projects to create conceptually rich sculptures.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2022— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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ART 314 · Spring 2027

Sculpture II

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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