Ceramics Facilities

The Art And Design Studios Facility (ADS)

The ceramic studio facilities occupy 7,000 sq. ft. of studio space at the new ADS in North Dartmouth. The well-ventilated facility includes undergraduate classroom space, roomy 200 sq. ft. individual graduate studios, slab rollers, extruders, ball mill, Peter Pugger clay facilities and room for plaster and casting processes.

Glaze Lab

The glaze lab is complete with materials bins, a large spray booth, stainless steel worktables, scales, and test kilns. There is also extensive installation and critique spaces. The Metals and Fibers areas share facilities on this campus promoting an interdisciplinary learning environment for all students.

Kiln Facilities

The kiln facilities feature three sites: the in-house ADS kiln room has 9 electric kilns of various capacities: a 28 cu. ft. Frederickson shuttle and a 14 cu. ft. front loader, and multiple 7 and 3 cu. ft. top loaders. The UMass Dartmouth main campus also boasts a 10 cu. ft. crossdraft wood kiln based on Masakazu Kusakabe’s Sasukenei design and an expanding kiln pad to accommodate an 82 cu. ft. GEIL Shuttle and a studio built 40 cu. ft. soda kiln. Off campus, students participate yearly in Chris Gustin’s Anagama kiln. 

Expanded Technical Facilities And Opportunities

We are now placing graduate students in community industry with current placements at New Bedford Robotics where graduate students can digitally print large scale projects up to 30” in diameter.  

Graduate Studio