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Sculpture

Sculpture by Amber Daum and Ringo Lisko installed at Monnish Park.
Undergraduates Amber Daum’s and Ringo Lisko’s 12-foot tall aluminum and steel “Amaryllis” in Monnish Park in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Overview

The sculpture program is designed to provide for creative exploration into the aesthetics and philosophies of working and building in three dimensions. Through the examination of material and process, we discover and consider our curiosities and observations of the world around us. We are an evolving and diversified media area whose approach to creative solutions is founded in both traditional and contemporary sculptural investigation. Focusing on the creation of tangible objects and the importance of craftsmanship, planning, and presentation, we prepare our students to be productive professionals and responsible community citizens.

Undergraduate Program

As sculptors, we ask and offer answers to questions that stem from our own personal aesthetic perspectives based on unique and individual approaches to three-dimensional problem-solving. Entry-level coursework is designed to introduce students to the foundations of material and process as applied to the making of tangible objects. Intermediate courses build upon student experience with a variety of mediums and techniques and explore conceptual evolution. Advanced students focus on developing a coherent body of work that demonstrates confidence and clarity in craftsmanship and content and prepare them for successful completion of the senior thesis exhibition.

Undergraduate Catalog
BFA 4-year Plan

Student Work Showcase

Jamey Grimes, "Roil," Harrison Galleries installation, 2013
bronze sculpture of a typewriter
bronze sculpture of a camellia
Craig Wedderspoon, "Oval," in the 2018 exhibition "Art in the Garden: The Inaugural Sculpture Garden Installation" at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Ala.
Paget Kern working on her sculpture, "Mobius and Borromean Rings," welded steel, now in the Woods Quad Sculpture Garden
Hannah Lincoln's bronze sculpture of a mockingbird commemorates author Harper Lee in Monroeville's Literary Capital Sculpture Trail.
“Frank the Frog” a bronze sculpture by UA art alumnus Frank Fleming, in Child Development Research Center sculpture garden.
interior of Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
Craig Wedderspoon helps Alli Sloan put finishing touches on her steel sculpture for Nucor Children's of Alabama charity auction.

Career Opportunities

Joe McCreary and others pour molten metal at the UA art department foundry
Joe McCreary (MFA 2011) and others pour molten metal at the UA art foundry.
  • Sculptor
  • Studio Assistant
  • Studio/Shop Technician
  • Foundry Specialist
  • Fabrication Specialist
  • Furniture Designer
  • Patina Specialist
  • Arts Educator: K-12 & College/University
  • Education Administration
  • Gallery/Museums Exhibition Coordinator
  • Gallery/Museum Preparator
  • Gallery/Museum/ Theatre Set Design
  • Carpentry Specialist
  • Welding Specialist
  • Digital 3D Modeling & Design
  • Architecture
  • Interior & Spatial Design
  • Landscape Design
  • Blacksmith
  • Millwright/Machinist
  • Jeweler/Stone Setter
  • Art Therapist
  • Construction & Renovation
  • Entrepreneur

Facilities

Our metal fabrication shop, foundry, and woodshop are staffed by highly qualified arts technicians with studio degrees from UA and extensive experience in a variety of skills.

The sculpture facilities, classrooms, and work areas are centrally located on the main UA campus in four separate buildings: Woods Hall, the Bureau of Mines 4 & 5 (BOM), and the Art Graduate Studio Building. The sculpture facilities encompass both interior and exterior work areas which total 16,445 square feet. Learn more on our facilities page.

CONNECT. CREATE. CULTIVATE.

For more information, visit our main department office or call us at (205) 348-5967.
CONTACT SCULPTURE FACULTY

Sculpture Alumni

  • Molly Lay, MFA 2023
  • Hannah Warner, BFA 2022, Burning Man exhibitor, scholarship winner
  • Katie Adams, MFA 2020, owner KMA Studio LLC
  • Ringo Lisko, BFA 2020
  • Jonathan Lanier, BFA 2019, UA foundry assistant
  • Sam Joslin, BFA 2019
  • Brandt Deeds BA 2017
  • Jamie Reschke, BFA 2017
  • Kelly Shannon, MFA 2016, art education coordinator, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
  • Meredith Knight, MFA 2015, assistant professor of sculpture, Alabama State University
  • Ali Jackson, BFA 2015, art teacher, Storm Grove Middle School, Vero Beach, Fla.
  • Amber Jones Triggs, BFA 2015, artist, art business owner, Humble House Studios, Memphis, Tenn.
  • Adam Hill, BFA 2012, owner/founder of Ferrea Iron and Design, Atlanta, Ga.
  • Chelsea Lloyd, BFA 2008, volunteer coordinator, Knoxville Museum of Art, Tenn.
  • Brittany Armistead, BFA 2007, assistant director, Creative Services, Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, Ala.
  • Barbara Kilgore, MFA 2005, art instructor, Northeast Alabama Community College, Rainsville, Ala.
  • Paul Outlaw, BFA 2004, artist, co-founder and co-owner, The Factory NYC, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Mario Gallardo, MFA 2003, chair of fine arts division, Gadsden State Community College, executive director, Walnut Gallery
  • Michael Dudley, BFA 2002 (Yale, MA, architecture 2005) art teacher, Mountain Brook High School, Mountain Brook, Ala.

Read what our alumni say about our program here.

Sculpture News

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