The Sculpture Club at Millbrook stands for Creativity, Community, and Collaboration
Sculpture Club is a safe space for students who are aiming to grow their sculpture knowledge. Founded by club president Hayden Sutherlin and vice president Xitaly, this club’s primary focus is to teach its members to work with different kinds of sculpture media, while also allowing its members to grow their abilities to work with various sculptures. Members of the Sculpture Club will learn about the origins of different sculptures from unique cultures, while also gaining the opportunity to work with various styles of sculpture art.
Meetings for this club will sometimes vary, but will mainly happen every other Thursday, in the back of the 100 building. Sculpture Club meetings will be held in room 129, and are supervised by sculpture teacher Mr. Milner. Activities within this club will cover all of the sculpture basics, from sculpture workshops to art sessions, but they will also provide members with unique opportunities, such as creating art for the school and volunteering with elementary school art students. Members of Sculpture Club will also be able to participate in various community service projects, consisting of experiences that they can use to gain volunteer hours.
Sculpture Club has featured exciting meetings, such as both its Halloween and Christmas meetings. Back in late October, members were provided with plenty of snacks, and were either given or brought in their own pumpkins to carve fun designs. Even more recently, club members built unique gingerbread houses while sipping hot cocoa and binging festive holiday films. Besides the festive mediums used during its seasonal meetings, Sculpture Club actually features a wide variety of different mediums that are used for its projects, such as hot glue, cardboard, recycled products, paint, and even metal wires.
Members of this club are also willing to testify to its greatness, such as Sculpture Club member Eaton Tharpe, who states that, “I love that we have the freedom to make our own choices and that we can decide what designs to incorporate within our varied artwork.” Tharpe originally joined Sculpture Club because: “I love Mr. Milner as a teacher, and because he is both kind and encouraging. I also joined because it looks good as an extracurricular.” Tharpe says that she heard about Sculpture Club from “Mr. Milner and from Hayden, who was in my Marine Ecology Class.” Tharpe thinks people who are considering joining Sculpture Club should know, “that it is a great choice, and to understand that you can make new friends, but that you also have to apply yourself within the club.”
Sculpture Club president Hayden Sutherlin sends out frequent emails that inform club members about when the next meeting will be. In addition to these email notifications, Sculpture Club members are able to stay informed by following its Instagram account, and MHS_sculptureclub. Sculpture Club members receive a meeting sign-up sheet with every email, and it allows them to decide if they are attending a meeting, bringing a friend, and the opportunity to provide the club with extra materials. Attendance for Sculpture Club is relaxed, and the club asks that its members attend 70% of all meetings. Dues for Sculpture Club are $15 dollars, but it welcomes optional donations and funds as well. In the opinions of both its members and the Sculpture Club staff, Sculpture Club is a community looking to grow and thrive with those interested in joining, and would be more than happy to welcome new members in future meetings.
