Sketching in Steel
with Nick Fagan
June 14, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Tuition: $200
Materials Fee: $30
Learn the basics of welding, bending, and cutting metal in Ox-Bow’s metals studio. We will translate a simple drawing of your own design into steel. Technical demonstrations will include hot and cold bending, modular construction, welding, and surface- finishing strategies. You will quickly gain the know-how to safely use equipment in the Metals Studio! This course is suitable for all levels of experience. Leave with a great sculpture and heightened confidence after one day in the shop.
Plan to bring: Wear cotton long sleeves and pants, closed toed shoes or boots, and tie back long hair. Safety gear, steel, and other metals will be provided.
Nick Fagan is a multimedia artist based in Cape Cod. He is the Manager of the Metals Studio at Ox-Bow School of Art. His studios have been based in Virginia and Michigan for the past four years. He has exhibited work in a number of galleries and shows across the United States, most recently the Egg Collective in New York, Massey Klein Gallery in New York, Tops Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as the Seattle Art Fair with FFT, and Future Art Fair with ADA Gallery. He has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the MASS MoCA Studio Program and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. His work has been featured or reviewed in a number of publications, including Burnaway, NPR, Divergents Magazine, New American Paintings, and The Rib. Awards include a Kennedy VSA Artists with Disabilities Award, and Foundation of Contemporary Art Grant. He received his MFA in sculpture from Ohio State University in 2017.
Images courtesy of the artist.