Tom Bass (sculptor)
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School
Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School
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After an intense career as a public sculptor, Bass felt that sculpture as a medium of social communication was losing its relevance. He went through a period of life review and went back to teach at the National Art School. He soon decided that it was not possible for him to teach in the way he wanted under that system. So he conceived the idea of setting up an independent school of sculpture. He began a long search to find an appropriate place for the school. This culminated in the warehouse above Broadway, a space which had been occupied by goldsmiths ever since its completion in 1911\. He spent a year cleaning the space and preparing it for classes and in 1974 classes began in the studio.

The school moved from Broadway to Erskineville in 1998, where it continues to run sculpture classes today.


Are there any other ways to address the issues with teaching sculpture in a traditional setting?