— Ceramics School —
https://www.ceramicsschool.com/residency
Location: Hamtramck, MI
Length: Short Term — Summer Residency: 3 weeks (in July) - Fall Residency: 6 weeks (September-October)
Applications: Opens November, 2027
Eligibility: Must be 21 or older. They accept applications from international artists, although they can not assist with visas, funding or travel arrangements.
Housing: Ceramics School is located in a storefront connected to a three story row house, the first floor of which is a private fully furnished 650 square foot one-bedroom apartment for Ceramics School’s visiting artist residents. Virginia and Henry who own and run Ceramics School live on the second and third floor with their two small friendly dogs and four moderately friendly cats. The private residency apartment has a bedroom with a queen sized bed, a bathroom with a walk in shower, a full kitchen, a living room, a drawing/painting/office room and a closet with a laundry machine. The apartment is cozy, sweet and full of ceramics. The side yard has a vegetable garden in warm months, picnic tables, a fire pit and a wood fire pizza oven. Resident artists are welcome to bring a partner and/or children, but no pets. The residency apartment is not wheelchair accessible due to stairs leading to the front door. The ceramics studio is wheelchair accessible.
Kilns:
1 — Bailey 27 x 27 x 27 electric kiln
1 — Bailey 41 × 31 × 27 Electric kiln
1 — 18 cu. ft. double decker Hamtramakiln wood kiln
1 — Rocket wood kiln
Expenses:
Materials and firing at cost
Full residency fee is $300/week without work exchange. Resident artists can work up to 7.5 hours a week at $20 an hour towards their residency fee. With full work exchange hours residents will owe $150 a week for the residency fee. Residents are expected to pay their expected residency fee in full upon or prior to their arrival.
Funding/Stipend:
Bisque and glaze firings are included when within the community firings
Independent/specialty firings are half the price of our standard firing rates
Additional $300 scholarship to each resident artist towards subsidizing their residency fee
Workspace: Resident artists are provided a 6’ x 4’ x 18'“ shelving unit and 24 hour access to the studios. All additional space in the studio is communal space.
8 Shimpo whisper pottery wheels
2 Treadle wheels
1 Kick wheel
19 cone 6 glazes in 5 gallon buckets
Various cone 10 glazes for wood fire kilns
Oxides, wax resist, brushes
Resident artists may have access to our glaze lab (material costs not included in residency fee)
Cone 6 and cone 10 clays are available for purchase
ADA studio access
ADA bathroom
Two 3.5’ x 7’ communal wooden tables
Art book library, record player/bluetooth/aux, parakeets, coffee and tea shelf with cups, disco ball
Two small friendly dogs (Petunia and Bear)
A fish tank with tetras, snails and shrimp
Outdoor space in the warmer months for proxessing clay, working with plaster, anything messy!
Extruder
Slab roller
Responsibilities: None
Number of Residents: *
Additional Opportunities:
Bike provided resident artist for transportation
Studio glazes are included
No specific expectations for what residents produce
Residents are encouraged to join for any or all schedules programming including classes and studio events
Reclaim clay is available to residents at no additional cost
Ceramics School sells a variety of boxed clay bodies and there is a clay distributer 40 miles away
Access to a fully equpped glaze lab for making glaze and clay tests. For large batches of glaze and clay, residents pay for materials.
As an educational space with a sustainable ethos, Ceramics School encourages ideas, experimentation and expression, over branding and production.
Not Pet Friendly
