The Graduate Sculpture Program at VCU is a major force in the School of the Arts and beyond. This is best measured by the fact that we attract challenging, talented and curious students from around the globe. In addition to that, US News and World Report ranks our Sculpture MFA program first in the United States. Our students are drawn by the ever-increasing visibility of the department's alumni and the reputation of a highly diversified and talented faculty.
The department's 8 full-time faculty and active visiting artist program present a variety of directions and philosophical attitudes. Our visiting artist program brings significant artists, critics, curators and culture-makers to our campus on a regular basis. Through a broad range of solutions, students are encouraged and expected to develop their potential, challenge accepted notions of contemporary art and enter the evolving cultural conversation of our time. All of this takes place in an environment charged with high expectation regarding self-motivation, intellectual capacity and responsibility.
Through studio reviews, seminars, critiques and research, students build a complex awareness of the contemporary and historical definitions of art that influence their creative work. In addition to their own investigations, graduate students participate in and contribute to the undergraduate program through teaching assistantships, critiques, etc.
Graduate students are provided with generous studio spaces, state-of-the-art equipment and the time, support, and encouragement to pursue their independently determined goals.
Prospective graduate students are welcome to visit VCU's Sculpture Department to tour our facilities, meet faculty and graduate students, and get a general sense of the place at NOON on the following Fridays. Please call to make a reservation so we know to expect you (804-828-1511).*
November 7, 2008
November 14, 2008
November 21, 2008
December 5, 2008
January 16, 2009
January 23, 2009
*If you are unable to visit us on one of these dates, please call and we will try to make other arrangements.