Creative Arts - Ceramics

Creative Arts & Ceramics

This course offers students the opportunity to express their creativity and develop their own personal style while earning dual college credit in this creative arts studio class!

They will have the opportunity to work in a variety of media, such as painting and drawing, collage and assemblage with a focus on ceramics. Students will also gain a historical perspective by studying the work of well known artists guidance of an experienced CPS teacher and professional artist. They will learn the basic hand building, glazing and firing techniques associated with clay.

Student work will also be showcased in our Winter and Spring Showcase exhibitions for the enjoyment of friends, family, and the public.

Course Highlights

In Creative Arts & Ceramics students will…

Create colorful and lasting works in clay and learn the function and operation of a ceramic kiln.
Work in a variety of sculpture media using mixed media, collage, and assemblage, and learn to incorporate both professional and “found” art materials to create expressive works of art.
Learn about contemporary artists, their artwork, and their use of materials in order to establish a foundation and generate ideas for your own work.
Go on field trips to local museums and cultural centers such as the Art Institute, Museum of Contemporary Art, and EXPO Chicago at Navy Pier. Meet and work with professional visiting artists to further develop skills and perspective.
Create individual projects and collaborate with your fellow classmates on group art projects. Exhibit your work in two public AAP Showcases that the class plans and installs. Put together a portfolio of their artwork that they can use to explore additional educational and exhibition opportunities.

VIRTUAL GALLERY SPACE

Class Syllabus

2020-2021

"Houses of 2020" By Sasha Harper

"The Goddess Mask" By Kimberly Aguilera

"Revenge" By Priscila Mercado

"Beware of Jack" By Alyssa Jones

"Sheltered" By Melanie Avila

"Carnival" By Abisia Luis

"A Ghostly Halloween" By Tzitlalli Gonzalez

"Ostracizing Time" By Ariana Winters

"Who's Behind Me?" By Dania Qazi

"Houses of 2020"
By Sasha Harper

"A Ghostly Halloween"
By Tzitlalli Gonzalez

"Moldable Identity"
By Melanie Avila

"Sheltered"
By Melanie Avila

"Ostracizing Time"
By Ariana Winters

2019-2020

2020 Virtual Spring Showcase

2018-2019

Past Student Work

Meet The Teachers!

Painting of Patrick by Advanced Arts student Robert Hamilton.

Meet Patrick!
Patrick Miceli is a lifelong resident of Chicago. He received his BFA from The University of Illinois, Chicago and his MFA at The School of the Art Institute. He is retired from City Colleges after teaching there for 20 years. He currently an adjunct faculty at Columbia College Chicago and teaches drawing, painting and ceramics at Lill Street Art Center. To learn more about Patrick and to see his work, visit his website at http://www.patrickmiceli.com

Meet Jiwon!
Jiwon Chun moved from Northern California to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied interdisciplinary art with a focus on sculpture and installation. She began her teaching career 18 years ago, and has spent the majority of these years teaching Advanced Placement Studio Art at King College Prep High School and the Advanced Arts Program at Gallery 37. Jiwon achieved her National Board Certification in 2014, and her National Board Certification portfolio is currently used as a Professional Teaching Standards exemplar on the NBC website. In addition to traditional classroom lessons, Jiwon takes pride in teaching her students through collaborations with the local art community, such as Diasporal Rhythms, a group of local art collectors focused on works pertaining to the African diaspora. Jiwon is passionate about helping students achieve a better understanding of themselves and the world they live in by working with local artists to expose them to creative and artistic methods of exploration and expression.