Miniature Microcosm Sculpture
Adult Class | Registration opens Tuesday, October 20, 2026 8:00 AM EDT
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Explore the world of miniature sculpture by creating small-scale environments filled with imagined details, objects, and stories. Working with a variety of materials and found objects, you’ll experiment with scale, texture, composition, and assemblage to build your own tiny microcosm.
What You Will Learn:
- Develop ideas for imaginative miniature environments and sculptural worlds.
- Experiment with scale, texture, layering, and composition.
- Learn techniques for combining found objects and mixed materials.
- Create a finished miniature sculpture with a strong sense of place and narrative.
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Rachel Grobstein
Rachel Grobstein creates miniature paintings and sculptures, employing a radical scale shift and handmade detail to invite close scrutiny of often-overlooked parts of daily life, exploring memory, routine, and identity. She is the recipient of awards and residencies including a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Craft/Sculpture, a Museum of Arts and Design Artist Studios residency, an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant, a Roswell Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, a Jentel Foundation fellowship, a Hammersley Foundation Grant, a Studios of Key West residency, and a Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship and Residency supported by the Joan Mitchell Foundation. Solo exhibitions include Galleri Urbane (Dallas, TX 2020), Andrew Rafacz Gallery (Chicago, IL 2018), Next to Nothing Gallery (New York, NY, 2018), and the Roswell Museum and Art Center (Roswell, NM, 2017). Grobstein received her MFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and her BA in Philosophy and Visual Arts from Bowdoin College. She lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.
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