Spring 2027

Neon: Light as Sculpture

Intro to light as a sculptural medium, focusing on techniques for creating art with luminous tubes and neon glass.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Thomas Zickuhr

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.85 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.68 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Learn how to safely navigate around and execute basic processes in a Neon Lab.

  • Gain proficiency in basic principles of neon glass bending and blowing.

  • Practice design and fabrication processes to work from a pattern to make a shape in neon glass tubing.

  • Gain literacy in processing a neon unit, including the safety concerns and underlying science of making a plasma discharge tube glow.

  • Apply technical neon skills in the creation of multimedia sculptures and/or installations that emphasize a conceptual framework to further each students' studio practice.

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ART 454

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.85 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.68 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

THOMAS ZICKUHR is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 120
LAB 002Classroom Instruction0 / 120

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.85 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.68 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Light as a sculptural medium
  • Neon glass bending and blowing principles
  • Plasma discharge science and neon unit safety

Skills

  • Neon glass bending and blowing
  • Design and fabrication from patterns
  • Processing neon units and understanding plasma discharge science
  • Creating multimedia sculptures and installations with conceptual frameworks

Grades

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ART 454 · Spring 2027

Neon: Light as Sculpture

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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