Ceramics

While at BGSU, students develop their art skills and learn to express themselves visually through the investigation of form. All art disciplines require the development of problem solving skills, which will enable the student to pursue further study in art as well as to enter the work force in many different capacities.

The program in Ceramics is designed to prepare students to be fully functioning artists upon graduation, ready to open their own studio or to pursue graduate or post-baccalaureate study.

Undergraduates from Ceramics have gone on to post-baccalaureate study at Louisiana State University, San Jose State University, Southern Illinois State University Edwardsville, University of Hartford, and the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

BGSU alumni have been awarded graduate assistantships in ceramics at The Ohio State University, Penn State University, Rhode Island School of Design, San Jose State University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, SUNY New Palz, University of Iowa, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Notre Dame, and the University of South Carolina.

Alumni hold positions within various levels of education, including elementary and high schools in Ohio, community colleges, and community ceramic studios.

Graduates of the M.F.A. program have taught at Chaffey Community College, Frog Hollow Craft Center, Oklahoma State University, Pewabic Pottery, Southern Illinois University, SUNY New Palz, Tucson Museum of Art, and the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and worked as resident artists at the Cub Creek Foundation.

Clay Club

The Clay Club holds three sales of student work each year to support our Visiting Artist program and to supplement the funding needs of the Ceramics area. Students learn to market their work while improving the quality of their educational experience.

Since 1997, Ceramics and the Clay Club have hosted workshops by Dan Anderson, Bob Archambeau, Rudy Autio, Peter Beasecker, Pipo Brockmann, Linda Christianson, Sam Chung, Josh DeWeese, Julia Galloway, Andrea Gill, John Gill, Shannon Goff, Shao Junya, Jun Kaneko, Jim Leedy, Ron Myers, Brandon Reese, Don Reitz, Paul Soldner, Beth Cavener Stichter, Peter Voulkos, Robby Wood, Luo Xiaoping, Jane Shellenbarger, Brad Schweiger, Tara Wilson, Deborah Schwartzkopf, and Steve Zaworski.