Sara Stern is an interdisciplinary artist from New York City. Stern has exhibited and screened her work at venues including SculptureCenter (Long Island City, NY), Anthology Film Archives (New York, NY), the Museum of the Moving Image (New York, NY), The Jewish Museum (New York, NY), Essex Flowers (New York, NY) and the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore. She is the recipient of a Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant, the Fountainhead Fellowship in the Department of Sculpture + Extended Media at Virginia Commonwealth University and several residencies at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA: the Visual Arts Fellowship, an LGBTQ+ Returning Fellows Residency and the Stephen & Palmina Pace Residency. Stern received a BA in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard College and an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University. In recent years, Stern has participated in the Fire Island Artist Residency (Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY), the Oberhausen Seminar, the Art & Law Program, the Artist Residency at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center (West Rutland, VT) and the Object Movement Residency at The Center at West Park (New York, NY).
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
SCULP 4717-01 - SENIOR SCULPTURE: STUDIO I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitSculpture
Subject Sculpture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
SCULP 4717-01
SENIOR SCULPTURE: STUDIO I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitSculpture
Subject Sculpture
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Sara SternLocation(s): Meeting Street Studios, Room 100; Metcalf Refectory, Room 212Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Building upon the independent work accomplished in Junior studio, students are expected to generate self directed work supported by in-process critiques, formal critiques, and individual meetings. Faculty and peer feedback will help students clarify their objectives, fine tune their technical abilities, and develop a strong working practice. Students are expected to hone their creative problem-solving skills and engage in a high level of dialog and work. Throughout the fall, students will practice integrating their source research into their studio practice. An increased and rigorous integration of contemporary art, critical theory, and criticism is expected. The visiting artist lecture series is a vital component of this course.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Senior Sculpture Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Sculpture
SCULP 4787-01 - SENIOR SEMINAR: PRO PRACTICES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitSculpture
Subject Sculpture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatSeminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
SCULP 4787-01
SENIOR SEMINAR: PRO PRACTICES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitSculpture
Subject Sculpture
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatSeminar
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: W | 1:10 PM - 4:10 PMInstructor(s): Sara SternLocation(s): Meeting Street Studios, Room 100; Metcalf Refectory, Room 212Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Building on the methods of research and synthesis learned in Junior Sculpture: Research Studio, this is an intensive semester designed to strengthen students’ knowledge of professional practices for maintaining a creative practice past graduation. Students will develop a packet of materials which include a portfolio of work, artist statement, resume, and artist CV. This course will advance their research into a range of opportunities specific to the discipline of sculpture and their own individuated practices.
Each week students will be introduced to a variety of resources and skills necessary in preparing for upcoming and future opportunities such as residencies, granting organizations, graduate schools and fellowships. Additionally, topics of exhibiting works in various spaces such as galleries (artist-run, for-profit, university, etc.), museums, alternative art organizations and public art venues will be presented. There will also be workshops for preparing project budgets, archival storage of work and formatting for digital organization. This seminar aims to give students a strong foundation for professional practices prior to their final semester at RISD so they can focus on their body of work in Senior Degree Project and feel prepared to graduate.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $300.00
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Senior Sculpture Students.
