Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art 3-Dimensional Studies Track

Full-Time Faculty

Missy McCormick
Associate Professor
Ceramics
Office: Bliss B006
Phone: 330.941.3701
E-mail: mmccormick@ysu.edu

Part-Time Faculty

Tony Armeni
3D/Sculpture
E-mail: ajarmeni@ysu.edu

Lauren Baker
3D/Sculpture
E-mail: lebaker01@ysu.edu

Jennifer Kirkpatrick
Studio Art Support Specialist
3D/Ceramics
E-mail: jbkirkpatrick@ysu.edu

Ceramics 

Whether you are looking to build your career as a fine or craft artist, independent or production designer, or tile, mold, or model maker, YSU’s ceramics program lets you shape your education to suit your passion. As a student, you will be able to fashion a part of your curriculum in the specific direction of ceramics that interests you.

YSU’s Department of Art offers one of the largest ceramic studios in the state. The faculty, curriculum, and facility support diverse approaches to contemporary ceramic art, including functional, sculptural, and design-based methodologies. Students have the opportunity to work with a variety of formats, including techniques based on the object, time, installation, utility, and industrial applications.

Advanced students have access to a semi-private studio space and work in a creative environment with open studio hours seven days a week. Ceramics facilities feature over 6,000 square feet of studio space spanning two floors, with separate areas for wheel throwing, hand building, glaze mixing, clay mixing, plasterwork, and documenting artwork.

Various firing possibilities are available with two internal kiln rooms and a gated and covered external kiln area. Innovative technologies and equipment are also available—i.e., 3-D Digital printing, laser cutters, and CNC mills—to expand research possibilities.

Sculpture

The sculpture program emphasizes a broad foundation of technical, critical, and professional skills and enables students to grow as artists by focusing on the development of strong conceptual ideas and personal approaches linked with the informed use of media and technique.

Students are exposed to traditional materials and processes such as carving, clay modeling, welding fabrication, assemblage, mold making, and bronze casting as well as new technologies such as 3-D digital production, rapid prototyping, video, and new media. Students are further encouraged to explore content in installation, performance, time-based art, 3-D computing, ecological- or science-based work, and other new genres.

The Sculpture curriculum places strong emphasis on understanding context—cultural, historical, political, and personal—and encourages experimentation, conceptual rigor, and interdisciplinary risk-taking. By offering a rich mix of concept, material, and process, students gain a thorough knowledge and understanding of a full range of contemporary art practices and critical theory in sculpture.

Extensive studio facilities are equipped with a Mac lab, laser cutter, foundry, metal fabrication area, wood shop, and 3-D printers. Advanced sculpture students are provided with semi-private spaces that are close to the process labs.

Contact Information for Department of Art

To learn more about degree programs, scholarships, exhibitions, faculty, and students, visit art.ysu.edu or contact the Department of Art directly at 330-941-3627. To schedule a personalized campus visit, contact the Cliffe College Coordinator of Admissions and Recruitment at 330-941-2346.

Email: Connect Form

Learning Outcomes

1.) Students will be able to demonstrate their proficiency of art vocabulary.

2.) Students will be able to demonstrate technical expertise appropriate to their progression in the program relevant to their chosen artistic medium.

3.) Students will be able to demonstrate a high level of content expression appropriate to their progression in the program relevant to their chosen artistic medium.