KBAI: Sculpture & Expanded Media
Metal Casting in Bronze and Aluminum
June 5-18, 2026
Resident Faculty: Professor Isabel Farnsworth
Visiting Artists: Dylan Ethan Collins and Ellie Krakow
In addition to working in the sculpture studios at the Center for Visual Arts on self-directed works, students in this course will have the opportunity to create patterns and cast in various metals at KSU’s foundry in the Aeronautics and Engineering building. Students will get a metal casting demonstration by Trent True on the first day of the Kent Blossom Art Intensives and will then spend a few days creating patterns to cast at the foundry (foundry dates are June 8-12). Students will also work closely with the two visiting artist, and .
Non-credit Tuition Option - $1,250
Undergraduate and Graduate Credit: Undergraduate (3 credits); Graduate (3-4 credits). Standard tuition rates apply. More info available on admissions page.
Resident Faculty: Isabel Farnsworth
Isabel Farnsworth, associate professor (sculpture) received her B.F.A. in painting from Tyler School of Art in 1989 and her M.F.A. in sculpture from Stanford University in 1995. She attended Skowhegan School of Art in 1988 and has been an artist-in-residence at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (the Core Program at The Glassell School) 1989-91, the Rijksacademie Von Beelden Kuntz in Amsterdam in 1990 and the Cite’ International des Arts in Paris in 1995. She is the recipient of an individual Artist Fellowship grant from the Ohio Arts Council in 1999.
Visiting Artist: Dylan Ethan Collins
Dylan Collins is a mixed media artist whose research focuses on exploring the intersection of traditional and digital artmaking methods to reinterpret common, everyday things. Utilizing processes such as drawing, steel fabrication, blacksmithing, 3D printing, CNC cutting, mold making, metal casting and found object assemblage, he imbues the familiar with fantastical dimensions, unexpected distortions and surreal, dreamlike qualities to emphasize the mutable nature of reality. Collins lives and works in Morgantown, West Virginia, where he is associate professor, 3D studio & public art program coordinator and sculpture area head in the West Virginia University School of Art and Design.
Visiting Artist: Ellie Krakow
Ellie Krakow is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans sculpture, drawing and photography. Seeking to claim a place for the sick body in the lineage of figurative sculpture, her work combines bodily representation with forms inspired by the architectures of medical intervention. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Underdonk, Marinaro, Below Grand, Goodyear Gallery at Dickinson College, NURTUREart, and Cuchifritos and in group shows at Foyer-LA, Simone Subal Gallery, 1/9unosunove, Field Projects, Thierry Goldberg, Kingston Sculpture Biennial and the Pula Film Festival. She has participated in residencies at Sharpe-Walentas, Skowhegan, Yaddo, Abrons Arts Center, Shandaken: Stormking, and The Swimming Hole Foundation. Parallel to her studio practice, Krakow’s text-based works have been published in Precog, VECTOR, Lookie-Lookie, and Drain Journal and her curatorial projects have been shown at The Whitney Museum of American Art, NURTUREart and Mazmanian Gallery at Framingham State University. Krakow earned her M.F.A. from Hunter College and her B.A. through study at Yale University and the Rhode Island School of Design. She is currently an associate professor of art and director of Mazmanian Gallery at Framingham State University.
Image:
Left: "Declining Nude (with Basin, Prop, and Handle)," Ellie Krakow, aquaresin, fiberglass, foam, wood, epoxy clay, acrylic paint, photograph printed on aluminum, 18 x 29 x 16.5 inches, 2025
Right: "All once the same mountain (My dreams have running water)," Dylan Collins, cast iron, steel, cast bronze, paint 24 x 11 x 2 inches, 2025