Course General Description

MECA’s Ceramics Program offers a broad curriculum that features introductory classes in throwing and handbuilding, as well as a range of advanced ceramics electives that includes raku, soda, porcelain, slip casting, tableware, sculptural ceramics, experimental surfaces, and mixed materials. Clay is an intimate and impressionable material. Ceramics is a diverse medium that includes a range of possibilities, from the functional vessel to large scale sculpture. At MECA, the ceramics faculty deeply engage students in the creative process, from making clay to formalizing glazes to building and firing kilns. Courses like Clay and Glaze Chemistry, Introduction to the Discipline (ceramics art history), and Professional Practices augment the studio classes and provide an in-depth, well-rounded education geared toward a professional career.

School General Description

Located in the heart of the Portland Arts District, Maine College of Art offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, a Master of Arts in Teaching, a Salt Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies, as well as Continuing Studies for adults and youths, including a Pre-College intensive for high school students. The College has transformed a former department store into the main campus building with vibrant classrooms and studios that are open 24/7. Also located in the Porteous Building, the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA serves a critical regional role in its commitment to presenting contemporary, provocative work by living artists from Maine and around the globe. The Joanne Waxman Library is one of the largest independent libraries in Northern New England.