Ceramics - Texas A & M University - Commerce

Ceramics from Texas A & M University - Commerce is a Campus Bachelor Ceramic degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. A course of study in ceramics may be pursued as an emphasis in the Studio Art major (BFA). Ceramics is housed in a newly renovated state-of-the art facility. The ceramics studio includes a spacious work area for handbuilding and wheelthrowing, and separate spaces for plaster work and slip casting, raw material storage, clay mixing, glaze mixing, and glaze application. Individual studios are provided for graduate students; advanced undergraduate students have a designated work area. Equipment includes 20 electric and kick wheels, a slab roller, two extruders, a Soldner clay mixer, a Venco pug mill, a ball mill, a sandblaster, five top-loading electric kilns and a front loading Olympic electric kiln; a Laguna raku kiln, two Alpine updraft kilns (one used for soda firing), two Geil downdraft kilns, and a wood kiln. Ceramics courses introduce students to the wide range of artistic expression possible in the use of clay as an art medium. Students acquire proficiency in forming techniques, glazing and other surface treatments, and kiln firing. The study of historical and technical developments relates ceramics to other three-dimensional media, as well as to the broader history of art. An active visiting artist program and field trips to area collections and exhibitions augment the ceramics curriculum. As a student progresses through the ceramics curriculum, increased emphasis is placed on developing the ability to produce expressive objects that embody content and are sophisticated, knowledgeable, and resolved. View more details on Texas A & M University - Commerce . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Ceramic courses.