Ceramics School is a community art school and artist residency program located in Hamtramck, MI - an extraordinary two square mile city surrounded by the city of Detroit. Our classes, memberships, residencies, studio access, and public programs offer a safe, supportive, critical, and communal platform for art making and education.
Co-founded by Virginia Torrence and Henry Crissman, Ceramics School began as pop-up at Popps Packing in the summer of 2019. Following a successful summer of classes they held a kickstarter fundraiser and renovated the storefront attached to their house to be Ceramics School’s new home. The first floor apartment of the connected rowhouse is Ceramics School’s artist residency.
Staff
Virginia Torrence | Instructor | Co-founder
Virginia Rose Torrence (b. 1991, Midland, Michigan) received her BFA in Craft/Ceramics from the College for Creative Studies in 2013 and her MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University in 2016. She lives and makes art in Hamtramck, MI.
Henry Crissman | Instructor | Co-founder
Henry James Haver Crissman earned a BFA in Craft from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI in 2012, and a MFA in Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, NY in 2015. He is an adjunct professor at the College for Creative Studies. He currently lives and makes art in Hamtramck, MI.