Sheridan’s Crafts and Design programs represent the gold standard for Canadian craft instruction. Its award-winning faculty offer intensive, hands-on education in four disciplines: ceramics, fabrics, furniture and glass. Immersed in a community of dedicated craftspeople, you’ll develop outstanding creative and technical skill and work in world-class craft studios. You’ll begin making art in the first week of the program; by the third year you might be showing your work in high-profile craft shows and exhibitions, while developing the professional contacts and business sense you need for artistic and commercial success.

Realize Your Full Potential: Sheridan has played a leading role in the development of Canada’s ceramics design community. Occupying more than 7,500 square feet of space, Sheridan's ceramics studio contains top-rated facilities for hand building, wheel throwing, kiln firing, plaster working, glazing, and clay mixing. You’ll spend more time in the ceramics studio than anywhere else. It will come to seem like a second home — and faculty and fellow students will feel like a second family.

The ceramics courses provide experience in all processes, from formation of clay bodies and glazes to the operation of gas, electric and wood-fired kilns. The curriculum also covers photography, drawing, design and business practice, as well as critical studies in contemporary ceramics and the history of the craft. One-on-one instruction and group critiques are both vital parts of the experience, as well as field trips to galleries, working studios and international conferences.

No ceramics school offers better preparation than Sheridan. You can realize your full potential here and establish a rewarding career as a productive working artist.

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, including these required courses:  
• One English, Grade 12 (ENG4C or ENG4U) plus  
• One senior-level visual arts credit at the (M) or (Open) level* or 
• A portfolio* or 
• Mature student status. 
• * Applicants who are unable to complete a visual arts credit will be required to submit a portfolio. A portfolio assessment fee will be charged. 
• Applicant Selection: Eligible applicants will be selected on the basis of previous academic achievement (the average of their six highest senior-level credits, including required courses), and the results of their portfolio assessment, if required. Applicants who do not meet the admission requirements for this program will be assessed and advised individually and may be considered for other, related programs.

Term 1

• ARTS 19999 Introduction to Object Drawing 3
  DESN 19675 2-D Design 3
  COMM 19999 Essential Communication Skills 3
  HIST 11456 History of Western 3
  Plus Studio Courses:
  CERM 14853 Introduction to Ceramics 5
  Introduction to Object Drawing 
• 2-D Design 
• Essential Communication Skills 
• History of Western 
• Plus Studio Course 
  • Introduction to Ceramics

Term 2

• Figure Drawing or  
• Object Drawing
• 3-D Design
• Introduction to Digital Technology
• Art, Crafts and Technology before the 20th Century
• Plus Studio Courses:
  • Ceramics 2
  • Introduction to Ceramic Technology

Term 3

• Material Exploration
• Production Technology and Resourcing
• General Education Elective
• Ceramics Techniques 1
• Glaze Technology
• Ceramics Design 1
• Ceramic History

Term 4

• Craft in the 20th Century
• Digital Presentation
• Plus Choose One Of The Following:  
  • Presentation Drawing
  • Expressive Drawing
  • Ceramics Design 2
  • Ceramics Techniques2

Term 5

• Business Practice
• Independent Research Paper
• General Education Elective  
• Ceramics Techniques 3
• Ceramics Design 3

Term 6

• Professional Practice
• Exhibition Production
• Ceramics Design 4
• Ceramics Techniques 4