Ceramics & Sculpture Concentration
Contact Professor Kelly for information about the ceramics and sculpture programs.
Anagama Kiln
One of the newest additions to the art department is a Japanese-style, woodfired
Anagama kiln, built with the aid of a ninth generation potter from the Echizen region of Japan. In the 800-year-old Echizen tradition, the kiln is fired to extreme temperatures in excess of 2,300 degrees toproduce glazeless ceramic ware of uncommon beauty.
Ceramic Course Descriptions
Ceramics I
ART 230 :: 3 hours
Prerequisite: ART 140.
How to work with clay and introduction to hand building, glazing and firing.
An additional 3 hours of independent studio work is required.
Ceramics II
ART 330 :: 3 hours
Prerequisites: ART 140 and ART 230.
Wheel-throwing techniques with clay, directed toward utilitarian ware and intermediate experience with glaze research.
An additional 3 hours of independent studio work is required.
Ceramics III
ART 331 :: 3 hours
Prerequisites: ART 140, ART 230, and ART 330.
Wheel-throwing or hand-building techniques with clay, with reference to sculptural expression and advanced experiences in glaze research.
An additional 3 hours of independent studio work is required.
Advanced Studies I
ART 440 :: 3 hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the department
Photography, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, painting, and graphics. Sequential advanced studies into a selected medium with emphasis on the consistent development of in-depth knowledge and manipulative skills in executing a series of art works or following a single concept. (This sequence begins in the area of concentration.) An additional 3 hours of independent studio work is required.
Advanced Studies II
ART 441 :: 3 hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the department
Photography, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, painting, and graphics. Sequential advanced studies into a selected medium with emphasis on the consistent development of in-depth knowledge and manipulative skills in executing a series of art works or following a single concept. (This sequence begins in the area of concentration.) An additional 3 hours of independent studio work is required.
Sculpture Course Descriptions
Sculpture I
ART 260 :: 3 hours
Prerequisite: Art 140.
A beginning course in sculpture in which basic three-dimensional ideas are explored through carving, modeling and constructive methods.
An additional 3 hours of independent studio work is required.
Sculpture II
ART 361 :: 3 hours
Prerequisites: ART 140 and ART 260.
An examination of advanced sculpture techniques.
An additional 3 hours of independent studio work is required.
Advanced Studies I
ART 440 :: 3 hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the department
Photography, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, painting, and graphics. Sequential advanced studies into a selected medium with emphasis on the consistent development of in-depth knowledge and manipulative skills in executing a series of art works or following a single concept. (This sequence begins in the area of concentration.) An additional 3 hours of independent studio work is required.
Advanced Studies II
ART 441 :: 3 hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the department
Photography, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, painting, and graphics. Sequential advanced studies into a selected medium with emphasis on the consistent development of in-depth knowledge and manipulative skills in executing a series of art works or following a single concept. (This sequence begins in the area of concentration.) An additional 3 hours of independent studio work is required.
