A spacious and well-equipped studio creates a thriving environment for students majoring in ceramics at the Myers School of Art. Students learn to make clay bodies and glazes from the program's stocks of raw materials.
Students also learn to fire electric, natural gas, propane, updraft, downdraft, raku and salt kilns.
Wheel throwing, sculpture and tilemaking are all taught. The ceramics program is designed to help students become effective artists and to make their own contributions to the field. Learning techniques and skills are combined with the study of the history of ceramics. In addition to developing hands-on skills, students gain an appreciation for how ceramic objects functioned in the past and how they function now.