Course General Description

As a student in the Sculpture Program at the Maine College of Art, you will learn the skills needed to articulate your work both visually and audibly. You will learn new ways of expressing yourself—technically, creatively, and conceptually. An emphasis on critical thinking and writing will help you learn to communicate with confidence, while gaining insight into the discipline of sculpture from a historical and contemporary perspective. This diverse and experienced faculty, who are all practicing and exhibiting artists, will help guide you along as you explore the relationships between material, technique, process, scale, and context.

School General Description

Located in the heart of the Portland Arts District, Maine College of Art offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, a Master of Arts in Teaching, a Salt Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies, as well as Continuing Studies for adults and youths, including a Pre-College intensive for high school students. The College has transformed a former department store into the main campus building with vibrant classrooms and studios that are open 24/7. Also located in the Porteous Building, the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA serves a critical regional role in its commitment to presenting contemporary, provocative work by living artists from Maine and around the globe. The Joanne Waxman Library is one of the largest independent libraries in Northern New England.