Rylie Paull, '24 BFA, Ceramics
Plate #5, Stoneware Clay, 2024
Students in the Ceramics and Fine Arts 3D programs have access to facilities including our wheel throwing studio, glazing studio, and electric and gas kilns.
MassArt has one of the premier ceramic kiln rooms in New England. The 3,000 square-foot kiln room, located in the Collins building, is fully ventilated for indoor firing and includes custom-made ventilation for each kiln, including raku and sawdust/smoke firing.
MassArt’s 3,000 square-foot kiln room, located in the Collins building, is one of the premier ceramic kiln rooms in New England.
Glaze room in the Collings building.
A ceramic bust and glaze tile samples in the Glaze Room (Ceramics, FA3D) in the Collins building.
MassArt’s Kiln Room is a 3,000 square-foot space in the Collins building.
Glaze tile samples in the Glaze Room at MassArt
We offer spacious facilities, resources and equipment necessary for exploring a variety of contemporary and traditional ceramics techniques.
All Ceramics majors students learn to fire both gas (bisque and high fire reduction) and electric kilns, and to mix their own clays and glazes.
Ceramics Facilities
- Ceramics Classrooms
- Glazing Room
- Glaze Disposal Area
- Glaze Lab
- Clay Mixing Room
- Mold-making facilities
- Silk-screening facilities
- Fully stocked Compounding Lab with ventilation
- Personal studios for Junior/Senior Ceramics majors
- Communal work space for Sophomore Ceramics majors
- Access to MassArt’s community-wide Studios & Resources (digital fabrication labs, woodshop, installation room, etc.)
Access to area museums (MAAM, Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art).
Rylie Paull, ’24 BFA, Ceramics
Plate #5, Stoneware Clay, 2024
Sam Kim, ’18 BFA Industrial Design, Ceramics, Industrial Design
Symmetry, Sculpture, 2019
Kei Sasaki, Ceramics
Figure 5, Sculpture, 2017
Michelle Grey, Ceramics
Mug, Clay, 2016
Gustavo Barceloni, Ceramics
Jar, Clay, 2016
Vanessa Norris, Ceramics
Cloud Mug, Clay, 2016
Explore ceramics and fine arts events, exhibitions, and other happenings on campus and in the community.
As a Ceramics student, you’re invited to participate in a range of events, both here on the MassArt campus and throughout Greater Boston. Grow your design knowledge and expand your network by attending talks, exhibitions, and career development opportunities alongside peers, faculty, and MassArt alumni.
CACP and Ceramics partner up each year to support the Haley House’s Souperbowl event.
Fine Arts 3D Exhibition in the DMC Atrium
Guest lecturer, Stephanie Cardon
Each year in February, MassArt collaborates with Haley House
on their Souper Bowl fundraiser. Pictured: MassArt’s CACP staff and Clay for Change. Photo: Amy Fink ’18 BFA Photograph
Haley House Souper Bowl / Clay for Change
Haley House, in collaboration with MassArt’s Center for Art and Community Partnerships, Clay for Change, and the Ceramics program, holds a fundraiser each year in February called the Souper Bowl. This fundraiser benefits Haley House’s programs, which include a soup kitchen, housing, education and training, and social enterprise. Attendees select a handcrafted ceramic bowl made at MassArt and sample a variety of delicious soups produced with locally sourced ingredients.
Fine Arts Lecture Series
Each semester, MassArt’s Fine Arts 2D/3D departments welcome a series of visiting artists and critics to campus. Fine Arts Lecture Series speakers present public lectures and conduct individual studio visits and critiques with graduate students. Lectures take place in person in the Design and Media Center Lecture Hall or the Tower Auditorium.
Annual Ceramics Department Exhibition
An exhibition of works created by students working in the Ceramics Department, including majors, minors, elective students, and first year students.
Josephine Burr
Assistant Professor, Fine Arts 3DJacqueline Cassely
Administrative Assistant II, Fine Arts 3DThomas Gothers
Studio Manager, Fine Arts 3DAshton Keen
Visiting Lecturer, Fine Arts 3DMiguel Lastra
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fine Arts 3DJanna Longacre
Professor, Fine Arts 3DObtain a minor in Fine Arts 3D with a Ceramics concentration by completing 18 credits in this area of study.
The 3D Minor allows for concentrations in Ceramics, Fibers, Glass, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, or Sculpture through the completion of 6 courses/18 credits.
For more details on specific minor concentration requirements, please contact the Fine Arts/3D Department.
Fine Arts 3D Minor Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the 3D minor program are expected to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes.
Learning outcomes for the 3D minor, under the scope of the FA3D department mission, are as follows:
- Develop skill and understanding of working with materials and processes in 3D studio classes.
- Cross-disciplinary awareness, expanding to / from their primary area of study.
- Working knowledge of art, craft, and design principles.
- Introduction to contemporary topics, cross-cultural issues, and artists working in the field.
- Implement healthy working habits, self-discipline, and best practices.
- Cooperative classroom/studio experience, fostering collaboration among peers.
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