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.This graduate 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. Studio work will focus on creating ambitious works within the limitations of pandemic conditions, including small scale multiples and larger work constructed of smaller parts. Students will have the option to drop work off at the curb of our Oakland campus to be fired and picked up a week later. The class will include artist lectures but studio production, discussions and critique will occupy most of our time.Hybrid course sections will be delivered both online and in-person. Required online synchronous meeting times are listed as the meeting pattern for this course section. Additional course components will be delivered asynchronously or in-person as outlined in the syllabus. 

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