COC relaunches ceramics program

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November 9, 2026
12:54 pm

From left: Andy McCutcheon, dean of the School of Humanities and School of Visual and Performing Arts; Superintendent/President Jasmine Ruys; Art Department Chair Michael McCaffrey; Ceramics Instructor Cindy Leung; Erin Tague, assistant superintendent/vice president of facilities planning, operations and construction; and David Vakil, interim assistant superintendent and vice president of instruction. Photo: Stephanie Corral/COC Public Information Office

On Wednesday, Oct. 7, College of the Canyons held a grand opening event for its ceramics program, which was relaunched in the fall 2026 semester. Last offered at the college in the 1970s, the program teaches students how to hand-build and use the pottery wheel. The Mentry Hall ceramics studio is equipped with 20 pottery wheels and five electric kilns.

Photos by Stephanie Corral/COC Public Information Office

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