BFA in Sculpture

Boston University

The BFA in Sculpture program provides a sequenced studio approach to three-dimensional creation in a variety of materials and techniques that prepare students for lifelong learning as a professional artist. Students begin with AR 121 Foundation Sculpture, the prerequisite for all other sculpture courses, followed by 200-level courses in various areas of interest, such as Materials & Methods, Installation, and New Genres in Sculpture. These are followed by required Junior and Senior Studios and a Senior Seminar, culminating with their thesis exhibition.Electives are offered so that students can focus on specific mediums and areas of interest. Faculty work with each student to strengthen their technical expertise, facilitate a mature sense of studio activity, and help them to pursue personal ideas and themes. Sculpture majors develop a personal working process and critical thinking skills, as well as a broad 3-D technical skill-set. Majors begin to answer questions concerning conceptual content while utilizing all the resources of the School of Visual Arts and Boston University.Learning OutcomesAll students graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from the Boston University School of Visual Arts are expected to:Develop a body of work that exhibits creativity, ambition, and clarity of thinking and specificity with regard to material and spatial outcomes.Have opportunities to share their sculptural works through exhibitions.Demonstrate proficiency in studio process, including materials, tools, perceptual acuity, and techniques appropriate to the practice.Realize their ideas within the development of a subjective visual vocabulary, while recognizing the physical, temporal, and contextual characteristics of sculpture.Demonstrate spoken and written critical thinking and communication skills, specific to the field of sculpture, through oral and written presentations, as well as through one-on-one and group critiques.

College of Fine Arts