Each maker brings a unique point of view, but all share a commitment to craftsmanship and an understanding of ceramics as something both useful and expressive.
The featured trio changes daily, but the full list stays visible so visitors can browse the complete maker roster at any time.
Saratoga Springs, NY · Jill Fishon-Kovachick received a BS in Art Education from Skidmore College in 1981. She attended Tyler School of Art (1981 -1982) and received her MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College division of Norwich University in 1997. She was an...
Saratoga Springs, NY · Mark Tarabula is currently the Studio Manager at Saratoga Clay Arts Center. He completed his MFA in Ceramics at Edinboro University in Edinboro, PA. Before moving to Pennsylvania, He received his BFA in Ceramics from Northern Michigan...
Saratoga Springs, NY · Originally from Maine, Daphne graduated from Hartwick College in 2017 with a Bachelors in Ceramics. She spent a short period of time as a production potter in New Hampshire before moving to upstate NY and working as the gallery...
Round Lake, NY · Since graduating from Alfred University Dawn has been one of Ceramic Monthly’s Emerging Artists, shown in galleries across the country and has been in several publications.
Denton, TX · Courtney Segrest (she/her) is a ceramic artist in Denton, Texas, where she recently graduated from the University of North Texas with her MFA.
Buffalo, NY · Originally from Buffalo, NY, Christina Riccio recently graduated with her MFA in Ceramics from the University of Utah and is currently an artist in residence at Saratoga Clay Arts Center in Schuylerville, NY.
South Dartmouth, MA · Chris is a studio artist and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1975, and his MFA from Alfred University in 1977. Chris lives and works in South...
Conway, MA · "My current work is all functional, artisanal pottery. For the last few years I've seen a series of repeated, surface motifs boiling to the top of my forms. Pattern, gesture, the figure, and curvature are all elements I lean into as a...
New York · Jess Levin is a New York based ceramic sculpture artist. They received a BFA in Sculpture in 2022 from SUNY Purchase in Westchester, NY. They worked as an artist-in-residence at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York, from...
Schuylerville, NY · Julianna Dougherty is a digital-based ceramic artist who was born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2022. She utilizes 3d modeling in both ceramic and plastic 3d...
Massachusetts · Lisa Orr is a professional potter and has been a student of ceramics for more than 40 years. After completing her MFA in 1992 at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, she received a Fulbright and an MAAA/NEA grant...
New York · Rebecca is a ceramic artist from New York. She graduated from Dickinson College in 2022 with a BA in Art/Art History and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, concentrating in ceramics. She continued focusing on ceramics, completing a...
Brooklyn, NY · Kyle Lee was born in White Plains, NY and currently resides in Brooklyn NY. He creates voluptuous vessels and well-turned cups that provide the canvas for his unique hand painting and surface treatments. Kyle’s practice has included...
Baltimore, MD · Matthew Hyleck received a BFA from Xavier University in 1997. He is currently an associate artist and instructor at Baltimore Clayworks whose outstanding functional pottery has earned recognition by the Maryland State Arts Council IAA...
Berkshires, MA · Harrison Levenstein is a California native now based in the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts. He holds a BA in Studio Arts with an emphasis in Ceramics from Humboldt Poly Tech. From 2015-2018 completed long-term apprenticeships with...
Atlanta, GA · Masayuki Sasaki, is a classically trained artist, with multi-facetted interests. He is an accomplished pianist, award-winning painter and uniquely stylistic potter. Since moving from his native Japan in the late 1980's, he has impressed...
Saratoga Springs, NY · Wayne has been a full-time potter for the lat 24 years. He has a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, completed post-graduate studies at Hunter College, NYC, and Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Eugene, OR · Brent Pafford is a ceramic artist currently based in Eugene, Oregon. Pafford has exhibited nationally since completing his MFA in ceramics in 2014, at Clemson University, most recently he was an invited artist at the 2022 American...
Baltimore, MD · Brad Blair is an artist, gallery curator, and instructor living in Baltimore County, Maryland. He earned an M.F.A. degree from Florida State University (FSU) focusing on ceramics and sculpture. Prior to FSU, he graduated from Towson...
Goshen, IN · Justin Rothshank has been working as a studio ceramic artist in Goshen, Indiana since 2009. In 2001 he co-founded the Union Project, a nonprofit organization located in Pittsburgh, PA.
State College, PA · Wesley T Brown is a ceramic artist born in California raised in Ohio. Brown completed his schooling around the Midwest receiving an Associates from Sinclair Community College, BFA from Bowling Green State University, and an MFA from...
Indianapolis, IN · Sarah Anderson is a full time ceramic artist that creates illustrative characters on the surface of clay through the use of sgraffito.
Robin Whiteman’s intimate ceramic sculpture is the culmination of a lifelong passion for clay. Born in 1972 in NY, USA, she received her BFA in ceramics at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of American Crafts under the...
Catawba Island, OH · Taylor Sijan is a full-time studio artist from Catawba Island, Ohio. She earned a BFA in 3-D Arts from Bowling Green State University (2016), completed two years of post-baccalaureate study in ceramics at Wichita State University...
Saratoga Springs, NY · I was born in New York City in the late 1950s. It was an interesting time and place to grow up. I was fortunate to have been exposed to all forms of artistic expression. I went to college and eventually law school and had a successful...
West Virginia & Jingdezhen · Shoji Satake is an Associate Professor and area head of ceramics at West Virginia University School of Art & Design and Coordinator of the School’s ceramics in China program.
Mary Rhein was born and raised in Belleville, Illinois; a town about 15 miles outside of St. Louis, Missouri. Mary attended Southwestern Illinois College, SWIC, intending to get a two-year degree to transfer to a university. This...
Saratoga Springs, NY · I started my studio, Saratoga Pottery, in 1987 in my garage in Malta, NY, I had lived in Saratoga Springs and worked at the Skidmore College ceramic studio for a few years after I graduated, and I wanted to set up my own workshop.
Perhaps as a result of my Quaker upbringing, I have come to believe in the power of silence, of reducing distractions and noise in order to create a deeper, more profound experience of daily life.
Elmira, NY · Colleen McCall is a full-time studio artist living in Elmira, New York. Her first playful dishes were crafted to delight her two young children. Their whimsies being pink elephants, hula hooping bears and dinosaurs. Having studied both...
Milton, WV · Eric Pardue is an artist based in Milton, WV. After receiving a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from Alfred University in Alfred, NY, Eric went on to serve a year’s residency at Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine and a year’s...
Detroit, MI · Alec creates functional ceramics that combine traditional forms with modern design. He makes pieces that enhance daily life through color, form, and careful craftsmanship. Alec earned his BFA from the NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred...
Fishkill, NY · Sarah has been working with ceramics for 15 years and with computer aided design for about 8. She received her MFA at the State University of New York at New Paltz and BFA from Alfred University. She completed a post baccalaureate...
Wilton, NY · My work is created in my home studio in Wilton, NY. I fire my work in the kilns at the Saratoga Clay Arts Center. My finished work is on display in my studio space at SCAC and on my social media pages. I also display at local art fairs...
San Francisco, CA · Brandon Lipe currently lives in San Francisco, California. Where he is the program coordinator studio manager at a community ceramics studio for the city of Walnut Creek. He makes asymmetric forms with soft curves that are meant to...
Saratoga Springs, NY · Jordan is a full-time potter with a fully equipped ceramic studio and gallery called Fire Light Studio centrally located in his renovated carriage barn.
Delmar, NY · Liz Vigoda has a degree in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and studied ceramics at Sir John Cass College of Art, London.
Saratoga Springs, NY · My journey in clay began in an evening division ceramics class offered at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. in the late 1990's, under the guidance of Professor Regis Brodie. I use the potters' wheel to throw classic forms for...
Santa Cruz, CA · Mazurek (b. 1995) received her B.F.A. degree in ceramics at Southwestern University in 2018. She has exhibited her work regionally and nationally including events in New York, California, Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana, Colorado, and...
York, ME · Lars spent 35+ years as an art instructor in public and private schools in NYS. His first love was always ceramics which he perfected while teaching and raising his family. He received is BFA in Ceramics from SUNY New Paltz. Lars...
Edwardsville, IL · Mike Stumbras makes ceramic vessels that are inspired by 18th and 19th century European production ware. His work is created primarily on the potter’s wheel with the immediacy and individuality attributed to hand processes and...
Olivebridge, NY · Cheyenne Mallo and Zac Schiff are studio artists who live and make pottery together in Olivebridge, NY. Cheyenne received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin at River Falls in 2010 (with a major in printmaking, and a minor in...
Saratoga Springs, NY · "I am not sure when practice became The Practice. It just happened for me without any big life changing experience without understanding. The discipline of making informs everything in my life. After 40 years of making pots, I find it...
Round Lake, NY · As an undergraduate student, I began working in clay in New Hampshire in 1976. The attraction to clay centered on the qualities of the basic elements found in ourselves and our world, that being earth, air, fire, and water. I continued...
Saratoga Springs, NY · Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Matt Wilt received his Bachelor’s degree in Ceramics and Art Education from Penn State University.
Portland, OR · Dwayne Sackey (b. 1994) is a ceramic artist based in Portland, Oregon. He earned his BFA from Oregon College of Art and Craft in 2019, supported by merit-based scholarships including the Ellice T. Johnston and OCAC Community College...
Somerville, MA · Corran Shrimpton is from Syracuse, NY and received her MFA from Georgia State University and her BFA from Alfred University.
Portland, OR · Samuel Newman, founder of Suay Ceramics, is a Portland-based potter who draws inspiration from his Pennsylvania roots and the values of community and craftsmanship.
Schuylerville, NY · Ava Tesoriero is a ceramic artist from Chatham, New Jersey. She recently graduated from Skidmore College in Spring 2025, earning a B.S. in Studio Art with a ceramics concentration. She interned at Saratoga Clay Arts Center in the Summer...
Columbia, NC · With her BFA in Crafts from Kutztown University, Lexie Koch is a craftsperson nestled in the quiet town of Columbia, NC.
Kansas City, KC · Rain Harris is a sculptor and installation artist living in Kansas City. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from The Ohio University. Her work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo...
New Jersey · My studio practice is the catalyst for my self healing. Through clay I am able to feel safe, introspective, and tethered. I apply the concept of form following function to a blend of anatomical and architectural design. I make forms...
Saratoga Springs, NY · Riley McManus is a ceramic artist who uses clay not only as his medium, but as a tool to record the intricate patterns of both natural and human altered environments.
Ivoryton, CT · Hayne Bayless makes hand-built stoneware pottery in Ivoryton, CT. Other than lessons from a potter in Tokyo and a handful of classes and workshops, he has managed to avoid any formal instruction in ceramics. He abandoned wheel-throwing...
Atlanta, GA · I was born in Singapore and worked as a dentist for twenty years before moving to Atlanta in 2001 with my family. Always being very keen on the arts, I began making pottery and sculpture 10 years ago at the Spruill Art Center in...
Bethel, ME · Martha Grover is a functional potter, living in Bethel, Maine, creating thrown and altered porcelain pieces. She attended Bennington College in Vermont, where she received her undergraduate degree in Architecture. After going to...
Horseshoe, NC · Be Rose is an almost full-time studio potter working out of Horseshoe, North Carolina. Her and her partner run Pink Duck Pottery Studio. She got her BFA from Moore College of Art & Design in 2017 and has been a resident at Cub Creek...
Jackson, TN · Andrew Clark is a ceramic artist and teacher that has been working with clay since 2008. Andrew makes functional pottery out of his studio in Jackson, Tennessee. He also manages Companion Gallery and teaches community art classes at...
Hypoluxo, FL · 'Bethany Cohen is a functional potter based in Hypoluxo, Florida, where she works as a professional studio artist and instructor.
Los Angeles, CA · Michael received his MFA form the University of Minnesota in 1978 and moved to New York City where he lived for the next 15 years.
Waban, MA · Ellen Schön served as Adjunct Professor in Fine Arts and Ceramics Studio Supervisor at Lesley University College of Art and Design for 23 years.
Michigan · Jenn Cooper is a Michigan-based ceramic artist with over 20 years of experience creating bold, functional work rooted in storytelling and everyday use with an emphasis on folk art and social justice motifs.
Each featured maker is selected not only for technical skill, but for the clarity and character of the work itself—pieces that feel lasting, thoughtful, and alive in the home.