Ceramics
Birmingham Community Charter High School offers multiple Ceramics courses:
CERAMICS 1AB
CERAMICS 1AB F: Visual Art
Grades: 9-12
A-G: Yes
CTE: No
NCAA: No
Articulation: No
Ceramics 1 is a one-year course emphasizing studio production working with the medium of clay. Students create works of art in clay utilizing hand building techniques of pinch, coil, and slab to enable them to make vases, dishes, animals, tiles, coil pots, small sculptures, and all other forms made from clay. Students will also have the opportunity to experience working on the potter's wheel. Drawing assignments will help students plan their work with clay materials. Students will learn decorative techniques, particularly using glaze. The course is designed to develop high-level thinking and ceramic and art related technology skills. The course also includes art criticism, art history, and aesthetic awareness. Students will be introduced to the Elements and Principles of Art. Students will become acquainted with historical culturally diverse examples of ceramic art and view work by contemporary artists as they develop their ceramic works of art. Students will keep a sketchbook/journal to document the development of ideas and skills. Students learn and use appropriate ceramics terminology.
CERAMICS 2AB
CERAMICS 2AB F: Visual Art
Grades: 10-12
A-G: TBD
CTE: No
NCAA: No
Articulation: No
Prerequisite: Ceramics 1 A/B with a grade of “B” or better.
Students are expected to be highly motivated and demonstrate proficiency in working with clay. Students will study the qualities and constraints of working in clay, and developing techniques for successfully working in the media, to produce sculptural, functional, and decorative objects. Students will acquire advanced skills to create, represent, and interpret ideas and feelings through the medium of ceramics. Students will display an advanced understanding of the elements of art and principles of design and incorporate those concepts into their ceramic pieces. Students will display ability to aesthetically value and appreciate works through written reflections, and class discussions. Students will develop an understanding of the role of ceramics in art, culture, history and society.
