Ceramics Concentration

Gain the functional and sculptural direction that will lead you to opportunities as a ceramic artist, functional potter, sculptor and/or teacher.

Close up of instructor and student hands throwing pot on ceramics wheel — The Ceramics Concentration offers basic and advanced courses in hand building and potter's wheel techniques.

coil pot — Rich Holt, ceramics professor, works with his students to expand their skills and creativity.

The biannual pottery sale at the Center for the Arts brings the community together to celebrate the students artistry at the end of each semester.

Raku — Firing raku pottery with Baltimore Clayworks.

Through a broad range of classes, you gain technical skills and learn to make aesthetic considerations. Each course in the curriculum helps develop the knowledge you need to create a unified body of work. The ceramics area offers basic and advanced courses in hand building and potter's wheel techniques. The final term culminates in a senior project. You are encouraged to work closely with a ceramics faculty adviser each term to develop an individualized course sequence. Students in this concentration can complete the B.S./B.A. or B.F.A. View degree requirements in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Our Studios

Hone your craft at the ceramics studio at Towson, one of the largest and best equipped studios in Maryland. Our facilities include:

Two studios for general classes (one hand building studio, one potter's wheel studio)
Private workspace and shelving for students in the ceramics concentration
One graduate studios for MFA students
Fully-equipped glaze room
Clay mixing room
Two kiln rooms
Two Bailey Shuttle Studio gas kilns
12 electric kilns, Bailey, L&L, AMACO and Paragon
Three clay mixers, Soldner
Two Scott Creek clay extruders
24 Brent C electric wheels
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

Towson Ceramic Guild

Students in the guild make ceramic ware, organize pottery sales twice yearly, and plan field trips and guest lectures. This organization is one of the most active in the department. For information, contact Rich Holt.

Ceramics Student Work Gallery

Ceramics students create 3–5 studio projects per course. Ceramics studio projects demonstrate students' technical and aesthetic skills for entry into the Ceramics field.