In the Place unit, students in the Sculpture studio experimented with making site-specific installation artwork. They began by working locally around the Oxbow campus, altering small, easily-overlooked spaces, then broadened their scope by exploring downtown Napa.
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| Found/made moment by Maddie B. |
Students were instructed to take slow walks around town and observe their surroundings with fresh eyes. By looking carefully and shifting perspective, they found and created moments of art in public places.
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| Found/made moment by Ser |
Throughout the project, students tested materials, locations, and documentation techniques in order to grasp the depth of what place-based work can be about, and discovered that with deliberate looking, art is everywhere.
