“Experimental” and “performative” are just a few ways to describe the ceramics legacy at CCA. Whether you're taking an Interdisciplinary BFA concentration in Ceramics or just taking some elective course, you’ll dig into making everything from figurative sculptures and functional pottery to experiential installations and radical work.
Ceramics Studios
Media Gallery
About the Ceramics concentration
Think with your hands
🧱 About the Ceramics concentration
The Ceramics concentration begins with the basics—like handbuilding, slab construction and glazing—and ends at the extremes of scale, material, and context. You’ll be pushed as a clay artist and maker, and our studio culture is supportive and inspirational. The college’s ties to the Arts and Crafts movement and the Bay Area’s thriving contemporary art scene are big perks of the program, too.
The possibilities of clay
Community traditions
🛠️ Think with your hands
Plaster and Mold-Making Studio
Ceramics Benchroom
This space is outfitted with large canvas working tables for classroom instruction in hand building, wheel throwing, and slip casting. There is ample storage space for student work and materials, and five individual studios for student use. Next door, you’ll find the kiln and glaze rooms where you can finish off your works of art.