Dates: Tuesdays, Ten-week session, April 2- June 11 (no class April 16)

Course Description: Explore fundamental concepts such as composition, volume, proportion, balance and dynamics. Learn different sculpture techniques using materials, such as clay, wood, wire, found objects and more.  Develop and expand your ideas, work in the medium of choice and with technical guidance create original sculptural works.

Instructor: Renato Riccioni

Renato A. D. Riccioni is a recognized abstract painter and sculptor in the Italian contemporary arts community. He works with oil, acrylic, terracotta, stone, metal, concrete, paper, and plastic in an abstract and minimalist style. He spent over 20 years as an award-winning director of experimental theater in Rome, where he realized over eighty full-scale theatrical productions. Renato also conducts group and individual sessions on art as therapy. He is the Principal Teacher for the Boston Public School/Museum of Fine Arts Scholarship Program.