Ceramic Studio Assistant

Every student at Warren Wilson College works.
What work crew will you choose?

Ceramics student runs a pottery wheel in the outside 3d art space during a craft fair.

The Ceramic Studio Assistants help in all ceramic processes on campus from start to finish. Making glazes, tutoring students on the potters’ wheel, firing pottery, maintaining kilns, and recycling clay are all in a day’s work as an assistant. You’ll also maintain the ceramic studio areas, including the kiln room,  glaze kitchen, and storage areas.

Occasionally you’ll have the opportunity to complete special projects such as making and firing test tiles. No experience? No problem! You will learn with your peers about all things ceramics and then pass those skills to others. What will you help make?

Why Work Crews?

Part of your work experience is reflection, helping ensure that you achieve both your own educational goals as well as our Common Learning Outcomes. These distinguish our Work Program, giving it focus and relevancy that set it apart from a federal work-study or your average part-time job.  Each crew in the Work Program identifies crew-specific goals as well. These outline skills and abilities your supervisor will teach you during the semester. 

Our Common Learning Outcomes

  • Professionalism & Work Ethic: accountability, effective work habits, punctuality, dependability, time management, integrity, and commitment to the well-being of the community.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: working with available resources to creatively address issues and solve problems, and gaining confidence to make decisions.
  • Communication: the ability to convey and receive information effectively with intentionality, honesty, and confidence in both speech and writing.
  • Collaboration & Teamwork: actively collaborate with peers to achieve common goals, Distribute labor fairly, and hold each other accountable as committed members of a group.
  • Civic Identity: understanding your active influence within the community and how your decisions directly impact the work around you.

Ceramics Crew Learning Goals

  • The in’s and out’s of managing and maintaining a ceramic studio
  • Gaining personal ceramic skills
  • Tutoring and peer support