Students prepare for Sculpture on Campus
Rosie Githinji
Issue date: 7/1/09 Section: A&E
Junior art major Emily Dunlap of Waterloo is spending her third summer in a row working on a sculpture that will be displayed on the SIUE campus.
"I'm doing it for the competition, and also to build another large scale sculpture," Dunlap said.
Dunlap's sculpture won honorable mention at the Sculpture Walk last October. Her sculpture was a pairing of steel armature, which resembled interwoven seed pods, with honeysuckle. Dunlap said she made the sculpture as a reference to new life.
The sculpture is more ambiguous and an indirect representation, according to Dunlap.
"We spend our entire summers doing these," Dunlap said. "Working on the sculpture is ongoing, usually up until the fall. It's not something that is easily done."
Each artist receives a stipend to work on their pieces. Students who are selected write proposals and cover letters, make a budget and build a scaled model of their sculpture, according to Dunlap.
Many of the students have taken the sculpture class offered by the art department, but anyone is welcome to turn in a proposal, according to Dunlap.
Graduate student Jennifer Flores of Baltimore, Md., received second place for her sculpture in last year's competition
Flores said each student has a formula for what he or she plans on building. The original idea is explained in a proposal approximately five pages long. Scale models also help illustrate the project.
"I knew to make my sculpture, it was going to be 24 feet long," Flores said.
Students are selected by Thad Duhigg and one other instructor from the art department, according to Flores. The stipend money is split among the students. After the projects are finished, there is a "Sculpture on Campus" weekend and a guest juror is invited.
The sculpture Flores made for last year's competition is part of her overall art thesis. On one side of Flores' sculpture is a painting of a sunset over St. Louis. The other side featured a similar painting, but of the view from St. Louis.
"I'm doing it for the competition, and also to build another large scale sculpture," Dunlap said.
Dunlap's sculpture won honorable mention at the Sculpture Walk last October. Her sculpture was a pairing of steel armature, which resembled interwoven seed pods, with honeysuckle. Dunlap said she made the sculpture as a reference to new life.
The sculpture is more ambiguous and an indirect representation, according to Dunlap.
"We spend our entire summers doing these," Dunlap said. "Working on the sculpture is ongoing, usually up until the fall. It's not something that is easily done."
Each artist receives a stipend to work on their pieces. Students who are selected write proposals and cover letters, make a budget and build a scaled model of their sculpture, according to Dunlap.
Many of the students have taken the sculpture class offered by the art department, but anyone is welcome to turn in a proposal, according to Dunlap.
Graduate student Jennifer Flores of Baltimore, Md., received second place for her sculpture in last year's competition
Flores said each student has a formula for what he or she plans on building. The original idea is explained in a proposal approximately five pages long. Scale models also help illustrate the project.
"I knew to make my sculpture, it was going to be 24 feet long," Flores said.
Students are selected by Thad Duhigg and one other instructor from the art department, according to Flores. The stipend money is split among the students. After the projects are finished, there is a "Sculpture on Campus" weekend and a guest juror is invited.
The sculpture Flores made for last year's competition is part of her overall art thesis. On one side of Flores' sculpture is a painting of a sunset over St. Louis. The other side featured a similar painting, but of the view from St. Louis.
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