Department of Art
Art Studio Major
Ceramics Track
The goal of the ceramics program is to teach students the foundations of technical skill and aesthetic considerations, through a broad range of classes. Students are encouraged to pursue functional and sculptural directions which will lead them to opportunities as ceramic artists, functional potters, sculptors, and teachers. Each course in the curriculum helps build the skills and knowledge needed for students to create a unified body of work. The final term culminates in a senior project.
The ceramics track offers basic and advanced courses in hand building and potters wheel techniques. A raku class is offered during the minimester.
The ceramics studio at Towson is one of the largest and best equipped in Maryland. Facilities include:
- Two studios for general classes (one hand building studio, one potters wheel studio)
- Private workspace and shelving
for students in the ceramics track
- Two graduate studios for MFA students
- Fully-equipped glaze room
- Clay mixing room
- Outdoor concrete pad for alternative firing methods, such as raku
- Two kiln rooms
- Two Bailey Shuttle Studio gas kilns
- 17 electric kilns, Bailey, L&L, AMACO and Paragon
- Four clay mixers, Soldner and Bluebird
- Two Scott Creek clay extruders
- 35 Brent C electric wheels
- Nine Randal kick wheels with motors
- One Bailey slab roller
- One spray booth
- Two ball mills
- One Peter Pugger de-airing pug mill
- More than 70 ware carts for accessible storage
- Various studio slips, cone 10 and cone 6 glazes for reduction and oxidation firings
Seven professors and art instructors teach ceramic courses and manage the the facility. Master of Fine Art students join the undergraduate students and lend their expertise in the studios. A large student ceramics sale and exhibition is held twice a year and open to the public. The student Ceramic Guild is one of the most active in the department.
Students are encouraged to work closely with a ceramics faculty adviser each term to develop an individualized course sequence.
Department of Art
Center for the Arts, Room 3103 (map)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Phone: 410-704-2808
Fax: 410-704-2810
E-mail: artdepartment@towson.edu
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