After this move in 1971, the ceramics department was dropped from the school's curriculum, and Bacerra went to work full-time in his studio.

Bacerra returned to teaching in 1983, this time accepting an offer from the Otis Art Institute to be chairperson of the ceramics department.

"When I arrived 15 years ago, there was no ceramics department at my school," Mr. Connell said.

The pride of the shop is the ceramics department, representing one of Spain's oldest and most celebrated of the decorative arts.

Voulkos then moved to the University of California, Berkeley, where he founded another ceramics department and taught from 1959 until 1985.

Stratton established the ceramics department at the University of Michigan and taught there.

Eric joined Bonham's auctioneers a porter in the ceramics department in 1976 and became head of the department in 1981.

A few years later, just as her money was running out, she was asked to start a ceramics department at Princeton University.

It includes a ceramics department with two kilns on the ground floor and also a dark room for photography.

When the ceramics department was temporarily discontinued due to World War II, the current students found wartime employment.