Lake Tahoe Community College

BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Individuals in the photography field may work as landscape, portrait or commercial photographers, camera operators in television broadcasting or motion picture studios, or photojournalists with newspapers, magazines, advertising agencies and government agencies.

• 3D Art Studio

The Jewel of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Lake Tahoe Community College Art Department takes pride in its three-dimensional art facilities. Comparable to a four year University, we provide a facility that supports a broad spectrum of courses, such as wheel thrown and hand-built ceramics, mixed media sculpture, figure sculpture, design, stone carving, metal fabrication, and bronze and aluminum casting utilizing the lost wax casting method. Art students at LTCC are taking part in an intensive art making experience while living in one of the most beautiful places in California. 

• Indoor Ceramic & Sculpture Studio

• Ceramic Facility

• Ceramic Kilns

2 Cress 7 CF digital electric kilns
1 Cress 11 CF digital electric kiln
1 Crucible 16 CF top load digital electric kiln
1 Crucible 16 CF front load digital kiln
1 Olympic 1.4 CF electric test kiln
1 Duncan 3.2 CF electric kiln
1 Laguna 24 CF front loading gas kiln
1 Laguna 12 CF front loading gas kiln
2 Soft brick Raku kilns
1 Olympic Raku kiln

• Ceramic Equipment

1 50 gal. Slip mixer
12 Brent Model C potters wheels
1 Brent model 16 potters wheel adjustable: wheel chair accessible
1 24" Bailey slab roller
1 Laguna Spray booth for glazing
1 Brent 4” barrel extruder
1 Rubber backed belt grinder for ceramics
24 Shop cone 10 reduction glazes
13 Shop cone  04 oxidation glazes
11 Shop Raku glazes
Laser printer equipped for printing custom iron transfer decals

Also available for use:

• Low-fire commercial underglazes and glazes
• Underglaze pencils
• Chalks
• Water colors
• Lusters
• Enamels

• Sculpture & Metal Facility

1 #40 Speedy Melt bronze furnace
1 50 gal. Slurry mixer for ceramic shell investment
1 De-waxing kiln
1 Overhead crane, 1000 lb capacity
1 Large Universal bead blaster
1 14" Delta metal/ wood band saw
1 Delta 6" belt / 14" disc abrasive finishing machine
2 Lincoln TIG welders
1 Lincoln Arc welder
1 Miller Spectrum 375 X-treme Plasma Cutter
2 Miller wire feed MIG welders with aluminum spool gun equipped
3 Oxygen/Acetylene gas welding/cutting sets
1 Natural Gas forge
1 Farrier anvil with blacksmithing tools
4 Ventilated welding stations
1 Heavy Duty 12 speed drill press
6 Cuturi pneumatic air chisels with assorted chisels and hand chisels
1 Beverly Shears

• Financial Aid
• Lake Tahoe College Promise
• Scholarships

There are A NUMBER OF STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS that you can apply for each spring. Scholarships make it possible to earn money for college that does not ever need to be repaid. While some of LTCC's scholarships are competitive, there is a wide variety available you can apply for for free that are awarded based on all kinds of qualities and interests.