New Mexico State University - Swastika Yearbook (Las Cruces, NM)

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I The Art Department Under the direction of Professor Carl Coker, the department ' s first sculpture classes made their appearance. Students in the be- ginning and advanced classes worked in the media of plaster, zono- lite, clay, wood, and metals. The students explored the sculptural techniques of adding, subtracting, substituting, as in casting, and manipulating. In both relief and in-the-round forms, first consider- ation was given to the three-dimensional quality of form and to the relationship of form and space. Mr. Coker helps student Dot E+tinger manip- ulate the clay to fornn the features. Louis Estrada, a drama major, acts as a model for Professor Carl Coker, while Ann Detterick, Judy Sullenberger, and Charles Watson, all art majors, help him make papier-mache masks. Professor Coker and art stuaents worked closely with the drama department in making masks which were used in the play, Oedipus Rex.

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Professor Coker demonstrates a technique on his own sculpture to John Flores. Students concentrate on their work as they apply plaster to build up forms and use files to give them texture. q Si - • ■ l7 . ■ i •.. ' - V - S

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Mr. Mannen and his sfuden+s offer constructive criticism on students ' paintings in a composition class. ' fy . - ' .;. mmmijgi ftlll Ml 1