faculty

Stacy Latt Savage

Professor

Art & Design

Contact

508-999-8556

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Education

1990

Wells College

1996

Cornell University

MFA

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

ART 510: Selected Topics

Offered as needed to present material in the Graduate MFA program. The specific topic is stated when the course is scheduled. May be repeated with change of content.

AXD 257: Intro to Sclptr: Clay Modeling

The clay figure. Introduction to direct-observation figure modeling in clay and human anatomy. This course will help develop a student¿s understanding of the human form in three-dimensions and inspire serious investigation into this universal subject matter. Mold-making and casting techniques, as well as mixed media approaches to figuration in art and design will be presented.

AXD 356: Installation and Public Sculpt

Ideas and techniques. In-depth design and development of ideas, research methods and communication through 3D form. The interaction of form and content, refining skills, sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction will be the emphasis of the course. Current issues related to public art and contemporary sculpture will be addressed.

AXD 456: Sculpture Senior Project

A continuation of advanced study in personal content, research methods and the development of an individual vocabulary in sculpture. Independent studio work coupled with regular individual critiques will support each student as they prepare a consistent, cohesive, and meaningful body of work for their final senior BFA exhibition. No prerequisites, C.

AXD 495: Independent Study

Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline's course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.

Professor Savage exhibits her sculpture in a variety of venues including museums, university galleries, outdoor public settings and permanent commissions. Selected museums include the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park (Lincoln, MA); the Alternative Museum (New York, NY); the Fuller Museum (Brockton, MA); the Revolving Museum (Lowell, MA), the New Bedford Art Museum (NB, MA). University gallery settings include Brandeis University, Bridgewater State University, Stonehill College, UMass Lowell and Bristol Community College. Recent international exhibitions have included a drawing exhibition in Beijing, China and a travelling sculpture exhibition through Southeast Asia with the University of Hawaii Art Gallery.

Professor Savage recently founded and curated the “River Project: Sculpture at the Slocum’s River Reserve” (Dartmouth, MA) featuring site-specific outdoor sculpture of national and regional artists. She has also exhibited her large-scale public sculpture at the Skokie Sculpture Park (Skokie, IL), Forest Hills Cemetery (Boston, MA), Tarrant College (Fort Worth, TX), Chesterwood Museum (Stockbridge, MA), The Whaling Museum (New Bedford, MA). Professor Savage has been awarded residencies at the Kohler Artist Residency, IL; Yew Tree Farm, England; Franconia Sculpture Park, MN; Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, ME. Selected permanent public commissions include a recent collaborative sculpture for the Dartmouth Community Park (Dartmouth, MA) and the Holocaust Memorial in (New Bedford, MA). Professor Savage has been featured on an arts segment of CBS Sunday Morning and reviewed in a variety of publications.

Stacy’s studio work is inspired by the human figure and the inherent complexity of human emotion.