Art, B.F.A. Sculpture and Ceramics Concentration

The Sculpture and Ceramics curriculum at UNC Greensboro offers a broad range of courses in three-dimensional studies that expose students to fundamentals through advanced concepts in sculpture and ceramics. The curriculum is based on a progressive sequence of courses designed to expand and deepen educational experiences in research, concepts, and skills development, combined with art history, theory, and criticism. A wide variety of techniques, materials, and processes are available in the concentration.

Studio experiences emphasize traditional and contemporary approaches. Students fabricate in metal; model in clay; cast in plaster, bronze, aluminum, and iron; carve in wood and stone; design in #D software; wheel throw and hand-built ceramics; and manipulate new multimedia, installation, and video.

In addition to studio assignments and self-directed projects, students attend visiting artist lectures and exhibitions at our campus-based Weatherspoon Art Museum, the Gatewood Gallery, and the Greensboro Project space to acquire a broader framework for understanding contemporary art issues. The overarching goals for the sculpture and ceramics concentration are to foster individual student interests and personal sensibilities and to prepare students for advanced studies in graduate programs.

Program Distinctions

The program welcomes and encourages a broad range of approaches to making via state-of-the-art facilities that include a well-equipped woodshop; foundry facility for metal casting and ceramic shell casting; designated welding area; and a ceramics studio and numerous gas fired and electric kilns.

Students have gained community-based experience by installing their sculptures and ceramics in local and global initiatives at the Industries of the Blind in Greensboro and for the Global Diaspora Community Sculpture Project in Senegal, Africa.

The Student Experience

Opportunities for students are plentiful and include scholarships, internships, and artist residencies in the United States and abroad. Students attend summer workshops at the Penland School of Crafts, residencies at Salem Art Works, the Digital Stone Project in Italy, at NE Sculpture, and Franconia Sculpture Park.

After Graduation

After graduation, many students continue advanced work in graduate schools or are employed in art-related positions.