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Department of Art - BFA Pottery
Pottery at Colorado State University is taught by two full time faculty. The facility occupies about four thousand square feet of space in a modern building adjacent to the Visual Arts Building. The studio is equipped with the usual gas and electric kilns, as well as a roomy and efficient glazing lab. A more than ample supply of potters' wheels, work tables and space are present as well. You are welcome to tour the facility and talk with the faculty during regular school hours.
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| ART 240 and 340 This two-semester sequence is designed to introduce students to basic pottery producing techniques. The first semester covers basic handbuilding and an introduction to glazing. The second semester is an introduction to wheel throwing, glaze formulation and kiln firing. While technique and skills are introduced, the primary emphasis in these two semesters is on pottery as a unique form of expression, offering a bridge between craft as a discipline and art as a personal, cultural expression. Critiques are frequent and they focus primarily on quality of expression and relevance of ideas to both pottery and culture. Individual help is always available and group discussion is encouraged. |
| ART 341 and 440 These two courses encourage students in personal choices of artistic content and expression, add new technical information and stress skill development. While group critiques are common, individual help is primary. In addition, these two semesters introduce students to the world's history of pottery, with emphasis on the classic periods, and to the most relevant of avant-garde directions and successes in American pottery. Approximately 25 hours of lecture are devoted to each of these areas and cultural understanding and critical evaluation are stressed. |
| ART 441 This semester is committed entirely to individual personal growth. New skills may be added and old skills refined. Experimentation in new technologies will be encouraged whenever it is deemed relevant to ideas and expression. Faculty guidance will continue as before, but students are expected to assume professional attitudes regarding aesthetic growth. |
