Advanced Ceramics

Advanced Ceramics is a year long advanced ceramics course designed for students with one year of clay experience, having passed Introduction to Ceramics with a B or better grade and instructor approval.  Students will explore three-dimensional clay design in a greater detail through a variety of creative projects and in-depth, technique-driven assignments.  This course is designed to incorporate creating, processing, presenting, and responding to art, giving students a holistic process to art concepts, construction and art exhibition.  

Advanced Ceramics students will focus on several disciplines within clay including:

1. Hand building (coiling, pinch, mold or slab building)
2. Sculpture (additive, subtractive, positive or negative relief)
3. Wheel-throwing

This course if taken for the full year fulfills the A-G Visual Arts requirement and BMHS Fine Arts graduation requirement.   

*Course fulfills the BMHS Upper Division Elective requirement.