Ceramics Teachers At Byu

Brian served as a craft consultant with the byu egypt excavation project in 2014 and is currently in collaboration on a related publication.

Ceramics teachers at byu. Tara creates ceramic and mixed media art which has been widely shown in a number of exhibitions. Expand menu academics academic schedule advising colleges and departments catalog learning model online courses and programs testing center tutoring. Expand menu living. Byu ceramics is a broad based program combining essential skills with critical art thinking.

The byu idaho department of art provides an aesthetic conceptual and technical foundation in the visual arts for students who possess a wide range of interests experiences and abilities. At the center of a circle of local art teachers byu ceramics studio manager james robertson sat at a wheel demonstrating how to teach students to form a clay cylinder with uniform thickness no easy task for first time ceramicists. For example a ceramics teacher will gain more from collaborating with a ceramics teacher from a different school than from working with her in school colleague who teaches oil painting. Professional development is more likely to occur if built into the schedule during contract time.

Participants workshopped ceramics techniques and networked with byu professors. Students are mentored to learn the traditions of ceramics and to expand upon these to arrive at original solutions. The most prevailing ceramic arts and ceramics degree earned was a bachelor s degree and it also has the widest range of school possibilities as well. At byu she runs the student teaching program for art education as well as byu jumpst art a community arts program for k 12 students.

The on campus workshop series resumes in june with instruction in drawing intaglio printmaking mixed media monotyping and screenprinting. Close menu expand menu university apply about byui contact financial aid president s office registration university relations. Brian has worked to maintain and expand the facilities and opportunities for the sculpture and ceramics programs in the byu department of art. Photo courtesy of megan morrison.

Tara s research interests include preservice teacher mentoring elementary art teaching and arts integration. Byu rachel wadham byu and molly neeves researcher. Introduction to ceramics for non majors basic throwing hand building skills vocabulary and technique for non art majors including lecture demonstrations lab time slide lectures some art historical material. We prepare students for professional careers graduate school and facilitate personal enrichment and lifelong learning.