2010 Visual Art Academy inspires, educates

June 14, 2010

Marmian Grimes

Dozens of local students spent the first part of June exploring art during the 2010 University of Alaska Fairbanks Visual Art Academy. Pieces from the sculpture and 3-D design class, as well as other works from the academy, will be on display in the Student Art Gallery on the UAF campus starting Wednesday, June 16.

In this slideshow, students Ryan Burke, Corbin Cairn, Daphne Dewey, Ryder Hartley, Jared Post and Yuri Robb work on their projects during Kate Schroeder's sculpture and 3-D design class. Students made life-sized casts of themselves, stuffed them and carved faces to be attached to the forms. Later in the week, students used braided metal to create 3-D wire sculptures. This is the sixth year the UAF art department has conducted the Visual Art Academy. Eighty-five students between the ages of 12 and 18 are part of this year's sessions.