Savannah Knoop is a NYC-based multidisciplinary artist and writer. They received their BA at CUNY under the mentorship of Vito Acconci and their MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University in Sculpture+Ex- tended Media. They have exhibited and performed at the Whitney Museum, MoMA, the ICA Philadelphia, the Leslie Lohman Museum, David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, Nina Johnson Gallery in Miami and Nicelle Beauchene in New York. In 2001, Savannah Knoop founded the clothing line Tinc, which ran until 2009. From 2009–16 Knoop co-hosted the monthly queer audio-visual party WOAHMONE. In 2007 they published their memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy (Seven Stories Press) and adapted it into a screenplay, coproducing the resulting feature-length film JT Leroy (Universal Pictures, 2019) directed by Justin Kelly and starring Kristen Stewart as Knoop. Alongside Brontez Purnell, Knoop is working to adapt his novel, Since I Laid My Burden Down, into a feature film of the same title. Knoop has written essays for the LA Review of Books, 032C, Dazed, Critical Correspondence and Cultured Magazine.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
SCULP 4721-02 - JUNIOR SCULPTURE: STUDIO I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitSculpture
Subject Sculpture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
SCULP 4721-02
JUNIOR SCULPTURE: STUDIO I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitSculpture
Subject Sculpture
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Savannah KnoopLocation(s): Metcalf Building, Room 302; Metcalf Building, Room 206; College Building, Room 424Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course marks a crucial fulcrum in the pathway out of the sophomore experience and into independent work in sculpture. Thematically driven prompts will provide the scaffolding of three major work sessions that direct the conversation in the studio. These studio conversations will take the form of in-process critiques, formal group critiques, and scheduled individual meetings. Students may also expect intersecting projects with shorter timeframes when appropriate. There will be demos in advanced methods and techniques when appropriate. 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 Junior Sculpture Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Sculpture
SCULP 4785-02 - RESEARCH STUDIO II: COMMUNITY, SITE, AND ETHICS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitSculpture
Subject Sculpture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
SCULP 4785-02
RESEARCH STUDIO II: COMMUNITY, SITE, AND ETHICS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitSculpture
Subject Sculpture
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: W | 11:20 AM - 4:20 PMInstructor(s): Savannah KnoopLocation(s): Memorial Hall, Room 401Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In Junior Research Studio students will be guided through a series of experiences and encounters in the community, at large that help them understand the local manifestations of larger systems. Along the way, we will ask questions and learn inquiry methods that enable an understanding of how these encounters, the conversations they spawn, and assigned readings we take on help anchor, shape, and guide the aesthetic, material, and media choices we make in our artwork. A continuation of the use of research methods in the context of a studio setting is exercised individually and in groups. Reflection is used as a tool for development. Students are challenged to explore relationships between chosen materials, subject matter, processes, and display in order to establish research practices that help them make the work they want to make.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $200.00
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Junior Sculpture Students.
