This course will focus on the extremes of ceramic production in terms of scale, material and context. We will look at large-scale installations, unfired environments, experimental material composites and industrial production and as well as studio sculpture, pottery and the social dimension of ceramics. Those with experience working with clay will have ample room to strengthen their existing skills and newcomers to the medium will be given the basic technical skills to make their ideas take form with clay. The class will include field trips and artist lectures but studio production, discussions and critique will occupy most of our time.Fine Arts Seminars are intended to broaden and clarify students' perspective on contemporary art practice. Each semester these seminars shift in focus and subject matter. Seminars may concentrate on art from the perspectives of art history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and so forth, or may take the form of a discipline-based critique focusing on the history, theory, and practice of painting, sculpture, and photography, among others.

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