Ceramics
Shape your education to suit your passion
YSU’s Ceramics area is part of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Studio Art, Interdisciplinary Studio Arts degree. Whether you’re looking to build your career as a fine or craft artist, as an independent or production designer, or as a tile, mold, or model maker, our Ceramics program lets you shape your education to suit your passion. You’ll be able to fashion a part of your curriculum in the specific direction of ceramics that interests you.
Facilities
YSU’s Ceramics area offers one of the largest facilities in the state, with open studio hours seven days a week. With over 6,000 square feet of studio space spanning two floors, the facilities include separate and completely equipped areas for wheel throwing, hand building, glaze mixing, mold making and slip casting, clay mixing, plaster work, and documenting artwork.
Various firing possibilities are available, with two internal kiln rooms and a gated and covered external kiln area. The ceramic studio also includes the following vented labs: a spray room, a fully stocked glaze lab, a clay mixing lab, and three kiln rooms that include computer-controlled electric kilns and gas and atmospheric kilns with a pit firing area. Additional industry-standard technologies and equipment include 3D digital printing, laser cutters, and CNC mills.
Exhibition spaces
When the time comes for you to display your work, you’ll have the opportunity to exhibit solo, group, or experimental projects in the McDonough Museum of Art, the Judith Rae Solomon Gallery, or our Student Project Gallery.
