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Ceramics

The ceramics major develops technical skills within a framework of innovation and interdisciplinary thinking through an individualized course of study within a close-knit community of artists. Internships and professional development opportunities prepare students for success as artists and entry into top graduate schools.

  1. Animation Faculty Member Karen Yasinsky and Sculptor Richard Cleaver '78 Win Top Prizes in 2010 Baker Artist Awards

    Richard Cleaver '78, 'Lover's Eye,' hand built ceramic, fresh water pearls, Swarovski crystals, wood, wire, carnelians, garnets, metal, gold leaf, painted in oil, 2009, Photo by Dan Meyers.

    Animation Faculty Member Karen Yasinsky and Sculptor Richard Cleaver '78 Win Top Prizes in 2010 Baker Artist Awards

    Karen Yasinsky, animation faculty member, and sculptor Richard Cleaver '78 (ceramics) are two of the three Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winners, announced on March 3. This prize, which offers $25,000 to each winner, is part of the Baker Artist Awards, a program that recognizes Baltimore visual and performing artists of all mediums.

  2. Visiting Alumni Artist: Andrea Keys '02 rescheduled to Tuesday, February 16

    Andrea Keys

    Visiting Alumni Artist: Andrea Keys '02 rescheduled to Tuesday, February 16

    Tuesday, Feb. 9, 10 a.m. in F007, Fox Building. MICA Alumni Andrea Keys '02, currently an assistant professor of ceramics at Longwood University, will visit the ceramics department to talk to students and lecture about her work.

  3. Visiting Artist: Peter Morgan on Friday, Feb. 19

    Klondike Bear, Low-fire Ceramic, 11” X 12.5” x 12.5” 2008

    Visiting Artist: Peter Morgan on Friday, Feb. 19

    Friday, Feb. 19, 10 a.m., F007, Fox Building. Peter Morgan, artist and assistant professor at Gettysburg University, will lecture in Ceramics about his work.

  4. Visiting Artist & Designer: Marek Cecula to Lecture at MICA on April 12

    “The Porcelain Carpet”

    Visiting Artist & Designer: Marek Cecula to Lecture at MICA on April 12

    Monday, April 12, 7 p.m., Falvey Hall, Brown Center. Marek Cecula, visiting artist, designer and professor at National College of Art and Design, Bergen, Norway, will lecture on ceramics, new technologies and his work as a designer, artist and curator. Marek’s work moves fluidly between design and art, between the ceramic artist and the ceramic industry, between traditional production of decorative art and advanced technologies of image reproduction. Marek brings an incredibly unique and important perspective to where these fields are and where they are headed.