Art and Design (BFA) (Sculpture)

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Department of Art and Design provides an excellent studio art program for its majors, minors and postgraduate students in recently built and renovated facilities utilizing state-of-the-art technology. While students are encouraged to develop their creative, intellectual and technical potential in the visual arts, they also have the opportunity to pursue minors in diverse areas such as anthropology, business, geography, history and more.The sculpture studio is generously equipped. It features a Pillar solid-state induction melter that is capable of melting aluminum, bronze and iron. The welding area features stick-arc, oxy-acetylene, MIG, TIG and a plasma arc cutter. The fabrication area has two anvils, an 80 German-made air hammer and a power roller. The mold-making and investment area has two sand mixers, a ceramic shell mixer as well as standard investment capabilities. These facilities are rounded out with three outside iron melters, a plaster room, wax working area (including a 40-quart wax melter) and a well-equipped woodworking shop (housing a wood lathe, bandsaws, drill press, scroll saw, table saw, panel saw, miter saw, etc.). In addition, a two-ton overhead-motorized bridge crane, as well as a motorized forklift, serve the entire foundry area.

College of Arts and Sciences