help with sculpture school.

[tina1423]

I am looking to study sculpture in california. I am going to visit Berkeley and several other schools. I am in need of ideas about sculpture school. I love working in clay. any ideas?

[evaldart]

Visit some facilities, let that guide your decision. And don't base your decision on what you're interested in now...that could and probably will change once you have access to a wide range of tools, equipment and processes. Any of the major Cal universities will have pretty good facilities. Check them out.

[Alfred]

It would help to know what type of sculpture you'd like to study. Different schools have different curicullums and some more suited to your needs. I'll talk about the one I know. The Laguna College of Art and Design in Laguna Beach, Ca.. That's my Alma Matter, I graduated about 10 years ago. I learned almost everything I know about sculpture from my proffesor (and good friend) Raymond Persinger. The school is small, but they have a small foundry and (in my opinion) the best figurative sculpture curicullum on the west coast. Sadly however, sculpture is only a minor there. It has never become a major. I've tried many times, talking to different presidents of the school, to make the sculpture department into a major, but I have not been succesful. However, if your just interested in getting a great education in sculpture, and being around a very creative environment, I would highly suggest that school. It is strickly figurative in the Fine Art Major (no abstract works). They also have Design, Video Game, Illustration, and Animation Majors.

Good Luck finding a school.

Alfred

[Liebekatze27]

Hi,
check out the living artists that do work that is like what you would like to see happening with your art in 5 years - see which schools they attended to come up with a list you can trim down by doing in depth research...

just a thought since I'm wondering about the same things myself..

good luck!
~~~J