FULL PROGRAM CERAMICS 2025/2026
Head of Department: Vasco Futscher, Coordenador: Madalena Parreira
Full three-year program. The emphasis on practice, complemented by interventions of guest professors, guided tours and historical information, aims at providing a solid knowledge of the tradition of Ceramics as well as a basis for innovation. A progressive autonomy of the students’ work is expected and individual expression is encouraged. The school year is divided into modules of variable duration, overseen by dif-ferent teachers, allowing for the exploration of different approaches to the ceramic materials. The modules’ thematic contents orient the students’ practice towards a variety of techniques and procedures.
Options of further development: Individual Project and/or Advanced Course in Visual Arts.
Teachers: Vasco Futscher Pereira, Jorge Nesbitt, Elsa Figueiredo, Madalena Parreira, Paulo Rosica, Cyri-elle Marchetti, Lara Amaral, Luis Royal, Katie Lagast, Manuela Falcão, Filipa Homem, Manuela Correia Braga, João Catarino, João Miguéis, and other guest teachers.
Fee 10 x 280€ + 200€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Disciplines
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Enrolment form: fichainscricao.pdf
Attachments schedule
Fee 10 x 280€ + 200€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Admission Ceramics 2 or equivalent training. Portfolio presentation. Interview.
Disciplines
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Attachments Timetable
Fee 10 x 250€ + 200€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Admission Ceramics 2 or equivalent training. Portfolio presentation. Interview.
Disciplines
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Attachments Timetable
Pottery wheel Studio: Open Access
Date 21 Oct to 10 Dec 2025
Price 1 session (2,5hours): 20€; 10 sessions 180€ + 0,75€ insurance; Ar.Co Students and former students: 1 session (2,5hours) 10€, 10 sessions 90€
Schedule Mondays and Wednesdays from 14h30 to 17h
Type occasional
Program
On-campus sessions (by appointment)
Studio for training and practice on pottery wheel construction open to Ar.Co students and non-students with prior experience, with technical support from an assistant. Access by prior appointment only.
The Ceramics Department at Ar.Co regularly offers introductory workshops on this technique specifically designed for participants with no experience in the field.
Teachers
Notes Materials not included por more information on materials, kilns please contact the office.
Enrolment:
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Price 10 x 190€ + 170€ (Enrol) + 4,50€(Insur) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Schedule Tuesdays and Thursdays from 19h to 21h (see modules)
Type annual
Program
Evening Course in Ceramics 1
Introduction to Ceramics through a theorethical and practical approach. The course’s objective is to encourage participants to learn the basic techniques through research, experimentation and manipulation of the ceramic materials in the context of creative exercises presented throughout the school year, in the projects class. We will learn basic building techniques in clay and paper clay, with coils, slab and carving block, engobes, glaze and coloured pastes, casting slips and porcelain; wheel, molds; firing in eletric and gas kilns, as well as different types of finishes. Experimentation and concentration are highly emphasized as factors of rigour and progress.
Modules:
Construction in Ceramics
Teacher: Catarina Bogarim
Dates: 7 Oct to 18 Dec 2025
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Molds
Teacher: Filipa Homem
Dates: 6 Jan to 12 Feb 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Porcelain
Teacher: Lara Amaral
Dates: 24 Feb to 26 Mar 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Glazing
Teacher: Manuela Falcão
Dates: 6 Apr to 14 May 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Barbotines
Teacher: Lara Amaral
Dates: 19 May to 18 Jun 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Potter's Wheel
Teacher: Paulo Rosica
Dates: 5 Jan to 11 Feb 2026 (in shifts, by order of enrolment)
Horário:
Shift 1 – Mondays from 19h to 21h
Shift 2 – Wednesdays from 19h to 21h
Theoretical Course: Earth, water and fire
On-line classes
Teacher: Manuela Correia Braga
Dates: 20 Apr to 8 Jun 2026
Horário: Wednesdays 18h00 to 20h00
Ceramics studio
On-premise.
Free use of the Ceramics studio, pending on available schedules.: Mondays from 17h to 21h; Fridays from 14h to 21h
Teachers
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
enrolment form: fichainscricao.pdf
Attachments Schedule
Price 10 x 200€ + 170€ (Insc) + 4,50€ (Seg) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Schedule Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 19h to 21h (see modules)
Type annual
Program
On-premisse classes
Development of the the skills and knowledge accquired in Level 1 of the Evening Course, with the objec-tive of rendering the work progressively more autonomous. The school year is divided in modules of vari-able length, with different teachers, allowing for the exploration of various approaches, techniques and procedures. Several exercises will be proposed in the project class throughout the year, so as to encourage development of authorial work. Experimentation and concentration are highly emphasized as factors of rigour and progress.
Modules:
Construction in Ceramics
Teacher: Catarina Bogarim
Dates: 7 Oct to 18 Dec 2025
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Molds
Teacher: Filipa Homem
Dates: 6 Jan to 12 Feb 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Porcelain
Teacher: Lara Amaral
Dates: 24 Feb to 26 Mar 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Glazing
Teacher: Manuela Falcão
Dates: 6 Apr to 14 May 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Barbotines
Teacher: Lara Amaral
Dates: 19 May to 18 Jun 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Ceramic projects
8 October de 2025 to 17 June 2026
Wednesdays from 19h to 21h00
Teachers
Lara Amaral 8 Oct to 17 Dec 2025
Katie Lagast 7 Jan to 25 Mar 2026
Manuela Falcão 8 Apr to 17 Jun 2026
Developing of acquired knowledge with the objective of progressively producing autonomous work. The year is divided into three terms, with different teachers, allowing students to explore different approaches to ceramic materials and deepen their knowledge of techniques and procedures. Three exercises will be proposed throughout the year in the project discipline, seeking to deepen the development of original work.
Theoretical Course: Earth, water and fire
On-line classes
Teacher: Manuela Correia Braga
Dates: 20 Apr to 8 Jun 2026
Horário: Wednesdays 18h00 to 20h00
Ceramics studio
On-premise.
Free use of the Ceramics studio, pending on available schedules.: Mondays from 17h to 21h; Fridays from 14h to 21h
Teachers
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Attachments Schedule
Price 10 x 200€ + 120€ (Enrol) + 4,50€(Insur) (for enrolments up to 15th september)
Schedule Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays from 19h to 21h (see modules)
Type annual
Program
On Premise classes
Evening Course in Ceramics 3 is the thrird and last year of the Evening Course in Ceramics. The partici-pants’ progress is evaluated by various teachers and formally confirmed, twice a year, by the head of de-partment. Throughout the school year individual portfolios – ideally consistent and diversified - will be built. Distinctive characteristics of Ceramics 3: strong emphasis on personal, autonomous authorial work; command of diversified ceramics techniques; pieces in bigger dimensions; fluency in building with coils, slab and carving blocks; different types of finishes and modes of construction; importance attributed to experimentation and concentration as factors of rigour and progress. Participants are expected to accompa-ny the firing of pieces and become autonomous in the use of kilns.
Modules:
Construction in Ceramics
Teacher: Catarina Bogarim
Dates: 7 Oct to 18 Dec 2025
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Molds
Teacher: Filipa Homem
Dates: 6 Jan to 12 Feb 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Porcelain
Teacher: Lara Amaral
Dates: 24 Feb to 26 Mar 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Glazing
Teacher: Manuela Falcão
Dates: 6 Apr to 14 May 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Barbotines
Teacher: Lara Amaral
Dates: 19 May to 18 Jun 2026
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 19h to 21h
Ceramic projects
8 October de 2025 to 17 June 2026
Wednesdays from 19h to 21h00
Teachers
Lara Amaral 8 Oct to 17 Dec 2025
Katie Lagast 7 Jan to 25 Mar 2026
Manuela Falcão 8 Apr to 17 Jun 2026
Developing of acquired knowledge with the objective of progressively producing autonomous work. The year is divided into three terms, with different teachers, allowing students to explore different approaches to ceramic materials and deepen their knowledge of techniques and procedures. Three exercises will be proposed throughout the year in the project discipline, seeking to deepen the development of original work.
Theoretical Course: Earth, water and fire
On-line classes
Teacher: Manuela Correia Braga
Dates: 20 Apr to 8 Jun 2026
Horário: Wednesdays 18h00 to 20h00
Ceramics studio
On-premise.
Free use of the Ceramics studio, pending on available schedules.: Mondays from 17h to 21h; Fridays from 14h to 21h
Teachers
Notes
Materials not included, More information in the Student Guide:https://arco.pt/site/en/student-guide/enrolment-and-fees
Options for further development: Individual Project and/or Advanced Course in the Visual Arts.
Attachments Schedule
Ceramics Workshop: Potter's Wheel.
Date 18 and 25 Oct 2025
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Learning how to build on the potter’s wheel. Exploring the formal properties of this technique. Firing the works using a conventional kiln.
Teachers
Theoretical Course: Earth, water fire
Date 20 April to 8 June 2026
Price 170€ + 17€ (insc)
Schedule Mondays from 18h00 to 20h00
Type occasional
Program On-line classes
Teachers
