This studio minor is an opportunity to focus a portion of your study (15 credits) in Ceramics as a supporting, interdisciplinary and integral part of a student's undergraduate experience.
In conjunction with their studio courses, students are advised to consider a listing of supporting humanities courses that sharpen and deepen the minor.
This curriculum supports students with a variety of interests, from students interested in various permutations of the use of ceramics within a mixed media context to students interested in material science, new technologies, and industrial product design. This concentration is intended for students from any major outside of Ceramics who have an interest in exploring the medium as a supporting part of their studio practice. Declaration of the minor is preferred in the sophomore year.
Currently serving as Chair of Ceramics at the Maryland Institute College of Art, David S. East has taught and been a visiting artist at numerous locations including University of Missouri-Columbia as an Assistant Professor (2001-2007), Alfred University, Kansas City Art Institute, Massachusetts College of Art, Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Washington University, Ohio University and Tainan National College of Art, Tainan, Taiwan.
Inspired by Bruce Mau's “Incomplete Manifesto for Growth” focusing its potential on Ceramic problems in design as a multidisciplinary practice; one that integrates many areas and crosses boundaries. From architectural tiles/ cladding systems to domestic forms, this class will ask students to re-imagine contemporary ceramic product design and focus on design problems that utilize clay's potential in the development of original concepts and objects. Prototyping, small edition processes utilizing slip-casting in plaster molds and some new technologies will be explored.