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Helen Klebesadel
In the Flow: An Expressive Watercolor Intensive, Finding Your Artist Voice: A Year-Long Creative Journey,
Linda Christianson
Having made pots now for about 40 years, I am surprised that it is still both a hopeful and troublesome effort to make a decent pot. The qualities that I search for in my work are fairly straight forward yet elusive. I am interested in a pot that does its duty well yet can stand […]
Jayne King
Jayne King (b. 1999) is the daughter of a family of artists. Her mother, a textile artist; her father, a darkroom photographer; and her grandpa, a painter, encouraged her creatively and nurtured her interests in material and narrative from the earliest of ages. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA […]
Steven Hill
Firing: I took my first pottery class in 1970 and have been a full time potter since 1976. My first firing experience was at a salt glaze workshop, taught by Peter Sohngen at the Memphis Academy of Arts, in the summer of 1972. Ever since then I’ve been chasing the atmospheric surface quality that I […]
Throwing Relaxed, Gestural Forms, Spraying, Layering, and ^6–8 Electric Firing,
Lisa Humke
Lisa Humke spent 29 years teaching and learning alongside high school students. She earned her undergraduate degree from UW–Madison in 1990 and her master’s degree from Fielding Graduate University in 2009. Lisa is currently an instructor at Adamah Art Studios in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. She enjoys creating clay sculptures that incorporate mixed media, including found objects, […]
Nick DeVries
Nick DeVries has been working in ceramics for the past 19 years. He studied at St John’s University where, in 2001, he finished a Bachelor’s Degree in Art, with a concentration in painting and ceramics. Since his college years Nick has worked as a production potter for a Minneapolis bases pottery, taught courses at the […]
Wheel Throwing Boot Camp, The Elements and Principles of Design in Clay,
Jon Stein
Jon Stein is a potter and educator from Cincinnati, Ohio. Before completing his BFA at Northern Kentucky University, he traveled to Japan to study traditional wood-firing techniques. After graduating, he worked with artists with developmental disabilities, reinforcing his belief that creative experiences with clay enhance quality of life. He pursued an MFA at Utah State […]
Sara Torgison
Sara Torgison (San Diego, CA b. 1987) is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus in ceramics and fiber art. She received an MFA from the University of Cincinnati Department of Design, Architecture in 2021, Art and Planning and a BFA from Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata, CA in 2011. Her work often blends media, extending […]
Stacy Hilton Klutzke
Madison based watercolor painter and ceramicist, Stacy Hilton Klutzke, has been creating art for more than 20 years. Having been a teacher nearly as long as she has been an artist, Stacy thrives on bringing the joy of watercolor to others. While her strengths lay in portraiture and realism, Stacy has been recently exploring abstract […]
Joe Cole
A native of Washington State, Joe began making pottery in 1999 at Cornell College. He went on to make pots at Haystack School of Crafts in Maine and the Rochester Folk Art Guild in Rochester, NY before beginning a two-year apprenticeship with internationally renowned wood-fired potter Mark Hewitt in Pittsboro, NC. After his apprenticeship, Joe […]
Melanie Bisbach
Melanie Bisbach grew up in Dodgeville Wisconsin, where she spent most of her time outdoors exploring the unique ecosystem of the driftless region. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (BFA, 2023) majoring in interdisciplinary studio arts and minoring in art history. While at UW-Platteville Bisbach served as studio manager and TA for the ceramics department. […]
Alex Olson
Born in Seattle, Washington, Alex Olson was raised by a family of artists—his mother a painter and his father a photographer. He spent summers growing up on Stuart Island, Washington, where exploring the remote wilderness fostered a deep attentiveness to and appreciation for the rhythms of the natural landscape. Before studying ceramics, Alex worked primarily […]
Chris Alveshere
Chris is a studio artist originally from North Dakota, currently living and working in Missoula, MT. He maintains a full-time studio practice in addition to teaching adult and youth arts programming. Chris received undergraduate degrees in ceramics and art education from Minnesota State University Moorhead, MN, and his MFA in ceramics from Alfred University, NY. […]
Danny Meisinger
Danny Meisinger has been a professional potter for nearly 40 years. With little formal education in ceramics, he has relied on clay itself—with all of its trials, discoveries, and victories—as his greatest teacher. Although Danny is often known for making large-scale work, that represents only a small part of his practice. His work ranges from […]
Jessie Rebik
Jessie Rebik is a figurative photo-realistic painter who received her BFA from Clarke College (Dubuque, IA) and her MFA from Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL). She spent almost twenty years as an art professor teaching drawing, painting, color theory, 2D design, professional development, and more. Recently, she shifted to the Program Development role at […]
Kay Brathol-Hostvet
Kay Brathol-Hostvet is an upbeat, enthusiastic, and supportive instructor bringing a wealth of experiences to the classroom. In addition to working as a professional artist, she has been teaching workshops in drawing, design, pastel and acrylic painting, and professional development for many years. Kay is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America and […]
Deana Bada Maloney
Deana Bada Maloney has been an observer of nature all her life. She is continually awestruck by the beauty of the natural world and the magic and mystery found within every living thing. Her work is a study of living forms, celebrating both the structure of how something is made and the transcendental presence of […]
Todd Hayes
Todd Hayes received an Associate of Arts and Sciences from Utah Valley University in 2004, a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Utah State University in 2007, and an MFA, from Wichita State University in 2010. Before attending university, Todd worked as a carpenter, industrial mold fabricator and designer of architectural elements. He spent much of […]
Bernhard Masterson
Bernhard Masterson is an accomplished artist who fuses a deep commitment to sustainable systems and a rich sense of aesthetics to create unique living environments. Trained as a sculptor and educator Bernhard has focused on natural building since 2002. He has worked with straw, wood, and unfired clay to create tiny homes, benches, rocket mass […]
Tony Young
Tony Young graduated from Bowling Green State University and works primarily from his home studio in Ohio. He is a High School ceramics teacher who is in his 20th year education. He loves teaching art and especially has a passion for ceramics. He was primarily a sculptor until 2017 and since has focused on functional […]
Jon Townley
Jon began throwing pots in high school at the age of fifteen and went on to receive his BFA in ceramics from Ohio State University, where he developed an understanding of form and technique through studying the Japanese ceramics tradition. Since 2010 he has maintained his studio in Katonah, New York, developing an original body […]
Kippian Inglis
Kippian Ingles was introduced to plant-based dyes after more than 30 years of dyeing wool with acid dyes for the quilting market. What she discovered transformed her love of color and reshaped her creative work, inspiring her to help move fiber arts toward more sustainable and safer practices. Stitching has always been a source of […]
Rehann Vazid
Rehann Vazid is a Melbourne-based watercolor artist and educator known for his bold, light-filled landscapes and his immediate, expressive approach to the medium. At the heart of his philosophy is a belief that painting is an act of memory-making, a counterbalance to an age where technology increasingly replaces our ability to see and think. Through […]