Rachel Berwick’s work has been shown internationally in such venues as the Serpentine Gallery in London, the 26th Bienal de Sao Paolo, the seventh International Istanbul Bienal and Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. In the US she has exhibited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Mass MoCA, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, among others. She has received numerous grants including fellowships from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation and the Ingram Merrill Foundation, a Smithsonian Artists’ Research Fellowship and The Robert Rauschenberg Residency.
Berwick received her MFA from Yale University School of Art and her BFA from RISD. She was a member of the faculty at the Yale School of Art Sculpture Department from 1991–99 and has since taught at RISD.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
GLASS 4301-01 - GLASS IIA STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGlass
Subject Glass
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
GLASS 4301-01
GLASS IIA STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGlass
Subject Glass
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Rachel BerwickLocation(s): Metcalf Building, Room 416; Metcalf Building, Room 401Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Glass IIA is an intermediate studio course in which students continue their ongoing investigation of material processes. Emphasis is on developing personal concepts and imagery and visual research skills through investigations of regularly assigned topics. Students develop a substantial idea sketchbook, participate in scheduled class activities, and group critique.
Estimated Materials Cost: $200.00
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Junior Glass Students.
This first semester of graduate study emphasizes varied experimentation, extensive visual source research, maximum productivity and conceptual growth. Students are expected to develop professional associations with artists outside the glass department in addition to the department's faculty and its scheduled roster of Visiting Artists and critics.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $500.00
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Glass Students.
The student is expected to begin refining a personal viewpoint that incorporates glass in preparation for the graduate degree project. Studio work continues to include consultation and group critique with department faculty, its visiting artists, critics, and the student's own outside advisors.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $500.00
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Glass Students.
This is a semester long research study group focused on Alchemy and Glass. As a discipline and a material, Glass is inherently connected to Alchemy. Their combined histories have shaped our understanding of the relationship between material and meaning, the role of process in art and science and, ultimately, the ways in which making shapes knowledge. One of the goals of this research group is to explore the conceptual and material potential of Alchemy through Glass. Our research will combine the examination of practical, theoretical and historical texts along with hands-on experiments in Glass Department Shops. The group will meet weekly for discussions, research presentations, lectures and working/lab sessions. As the semester progresses the direction of our research will be determined by the materials brought forth by the group.
