 Tomoko Abe I am a mixed media artist with a background in painting and interest in pursuing clay as a way to explore textural and spacial dimentions. My work to date has involved low fire sculptural wall pieces and surface treatment with, for example, silkscreen and Raku. I would like to expand the range of my works particularly from a more installational perspective. |
Patricia Akinyemi |
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 Sally Aldrich began as a painter, and started her adventure with clay in 1978 when she was asked to teach a ceramics class at Pleasantville High School, where she headed the Art Department K-12 and taught for 23 years. She took early retirement to pursue an art career in 1995, joining the Katonah Museum Artists' Association, where she served as co-president for 4 years, and the CAC, where she continues to study and exhibit. In her clay figures and animal sculpture, she likes to look for the essence of each form and express its simple beauty in a bold way.
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Peter Arnow |
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 Keiko Ashida studied pottery in Mashiko, Japan and received her BFA at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo. She has had numerous solo exhibits in Japan and recently a solo exhibit at Silvermine. Keiko teaches "Cone 6 with Keiko" and "Movement in Stillness". |
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 Dalia Berman I hope my pots communicate to their user the pleasure and tranquility that I experience throughout the process of turning clay into everyday objects. Whether I use rough stoneware of fine porcelain, I focus on the form and function of my pots and use minimal surface decoration and few colors. As a lover of all things hand-made I came to clay late in life. I was formally trained as a textile designer and then abandoned it to raise a family. A friend's gift of beautiful high-fired stoneware bowl drove me to seek a wheel-throwing teacher. Judy Webber of New Rochelle guided me through the first years of making pots, and for the last seven years I have benefited tremendously from a membership at the Clay Art Center. Working in the company of dedicated ceramists is stimulating and inspiring. We share our knowledge of skills and techniques, we critique each other's work and we enjoy the richness of workshops and classes offered at the center. |
 Douglas Breitbart has an BFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. He has worked as the manager of Petrillo Stone Shop and has been a CAC artist for several years. He is a potter and sculptor and enjoys firing a wood kiln. |
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Monique Brooks After a degree and career in architecture, I fell in love with working with clay. My work is about form and about feelings. Some of my work is about people and what I feel is unique as well as universal about each person. I am also fascinated by animals. Having enjoyed the company of dogs for many years, some of my work tries to express their spirit and joy. If I live to be 100, there will always be something new to learn about working with clay and I’ve got lots to learn. |
 Jennifer Cherpock has been working in clay for over ten years. She exhibits her work in numerous fine art and craft festivals throughout the northeast. She is an instructor at the Rockland Center for the Arts in West Nyack, NY where she also gives workshops on her unique ceramic techniques.
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 Paula Cook I have been affiliated with the Clay Art Center for about five years. My work has been primarily functional up until now, but I seem to be moving in a more sculptural direction. In general, my work references the human form and the natural world.
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 Andrew Coombs began his ceramic career making pinch pots in his father’s pottery studio. After an academic career that ranged from chemistry to philosophy and back to pottery, he earned his MFA in ceramics in 2008 from the School for American Crafts at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is one of the resident artists at Clay Art Center for 2008 - 10. He enjoys making functional pottery, giving people the opportunity to interact and form personal connections with his work. |
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 Karen Ford My work celebrates the union of friends and family in a communal fashion. I strive to harmonize the relationship between form, function and nature in porcelain and glass. I wish to enhance the everyday ritual of eating, drinking, and living by making it a beautiful, peaceful, and shared experience.”
The link to my site is: www.karenfordceramics.com |
 Audrey Greenwald |
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 Robin Henschel I draw my inspiration from ancient myths and medieval iconography. Ancient man called forth tree spirits to enlist their help. This became our modern supersition for good luck: “Knock on wood.” When I make my clay creatures I try to bring out, through the expressive qualities of the clay, ananimating spirit that can communicate with the viewer. Fantastical creatures were real to our medieval ancestors. Through them they projected their fears and desires onto the animals and monsters they’d never seen. Further inspiration comes from observations of natural forms, like the foldings of the earth in my folded clay bowls, with my glazing inspired by water standing in a still pond inhabited by lizards and dragonflies. The work is made by combining forms thrown on the potters wheel with slabs. Quickly thrown pots joined together and augmented with slabs for legs, ears and tails come to life with additions of porcelain teeth andeyes. Sculptural additions animate a thrown casserole or rhyton. |
 Beth HerodMy inspiration comes largely from my experiences growing up in Japan. The love of firing steers my choice of form and clay body. The work involves the relationship between man and nature, whether it is clay, photography or Ikebana. |
 Debra Holiber |
Elaine Jones-Bronin |
 Natalie Kase The work of Natalie Kase has been influenced by a combination of teachers, experiences and the desire to experiment and explore. Her hand built clay forms evolve from the simple to the complex and have sculptural and earth-like qualities. She has been at the Clay Art Center for some 20 years. This has afforded her the opportunity to share and work with many artists. |
 - lowres.jpg) Reena Kashyap received her BA from Bombay University and apprenticed at the Filmeridis clay studio in Manama, Bahrain. She studied with Judy Weber and has spent several summers at Penland School of Crafts. She has been a Studio Potter for almost 20 years. Her work was exhibited in "Endless Variations: Shino Review" at the Baltimore Clayworks in March 2005 and her cups have been featured in the Lark Book, "500 Cups". Reena was awarded the Community service award in 2004 by the Westchester Arts Council for her contribution to the community. Her passion for clay, people and community service brought her in 1997 to her current position. She also serves on the NCECA Board of Directors. |
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 Sarah Koster has been potting for over 40 years, and has a broad experience in many facets of the clay arts. She has concentrated on high-fired stoneware and porcelain functional ware but has also explored the non-functional. She finds the relationship of clay to archaeology and history offers many fascinating insights - to observe the panoply of human activity in cuneiform writing, a sunken shipload of Chinese porcelain, Greek maidens dancing around a vase. She also finds the feast of ancient and modern clay art to be humbling - and a beacon. Currently she is working on creating pots for wood-firing, making porcelain tableware and exploring paper clay in very thin, translucent slabs. Sarah has enjoyed the stimulation and camaraderie of the close-knit clay family at CAC for seven years.
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Kazuko Lee |
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Denis Licul is a Croatian ceramic artist and exhibits internationally. She received her BFA in Fine Arts from the University in Rijeka, Croatia. In addition to teaching our famous raku workshops in the fall and spring, she also teaches both adult and children’s classes at CAC and co-owns a yoga studio in Queens, NY where she is also a yoga instructor. |
Janet Lipow |
 Loren Maron received a BFA from Syracuse University majoring in Photography with a concentration in ceramics. After years of classes at both the Westchester Art Workshop and at CAC she now maintains a studio at her home in Ossining. She works primarily in porcelain making wheel thrown functional pottery. She loves the satisfaction she gets when her pieces are used in daily life rather than put only display. Loren's ceramic work (as well as her photos of other ceramic artists work) has been published in Lark Books' 500 Pitchers, 500 Plates, Platters and Chargers and also in the Up Front section of Ceramics Monthly. She has been an artist at CAC since 2004. |
Deborah Mawhinney |
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 Jon McMillan received his MFA in Ceramics from Southern Illinois University in 2009. Prior to graduate school he worked as a studio potter in Harrisonburg, VA for seven years. He recently moved to Rye from Illinois to become the 2009-2010 Clay Art Center Artist-in-Residence. |
 Leigh Taylor Mickelson, Clay Art Center’s Program Director, has a studio at her home in Ossining. Her abstract organic sculpture has been exhibited widely, most recently at SOFA Chicago 2008 through Sherrie Gallerie of Columbus, OH. Her work was featured in an article in Ceramics Monthly in March 2005. |
 Bob Miranti Through photography I am learning about color, light and composition. From ceramics I’m learning form, volume and texture. I’ve learned about drama while growing up in a dysfunctional Irish-Italian family. |
 Doris Montagna
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 Rimmie Mosley
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 Kiyomi Noda
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 Mari Ogihara is a ceramic sculptor exploring ornamentation rituals of various cultures on her clay forms. She received an MFA in ceramics from Tyler School of Art of Temple University in 2006, and began at CAC as an artist in residence from 2006-07. Much inspiration is derived from the decoration of temples and cathedrals visited during her residencies abroad including Japan, India and France. More of her work can be viewed at www.mariogihara.com.
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Ariel Plantz received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a concentration in ceramics. Ariel recently relocated from Baltimore, Maryland where she was Children’s Programming Coordinator at Baltimore Clayworks. She lately completed a year of Americorps service in the Community Art Corps, in partnership with the Maryland Institute College of Art, which gave her the opportunity to integrate the ceramic arts into the public school curriculum, and to form lasting partnerships within underserved communities throughout Baltimore. |
 Marilyn Richeda My work depicts the 'universal human' form sometimes appearing with an animal-like face with minimal features. The faces hint at fear, isolation, suspicion and alertness. I can't say enough about color. It's fun, it's dramatic, it's a bit magical; the mixing of colors is like a laboratory experiment. When reaching for a glaze to use, even the name affects how I use it. |
 Barbara Rittenberg is a ceramic sculptor whose work is inspired by her intense interest in the natural world in which she places herself as but one of its inhabitants. Forms have ranged from branches and rocks and sea anemones to lizards, unnamed creatures and strangely colored flora. They are often wall mounted as installations. Barbara has a studio at CAC and is the Secretary of CAC Board of Directors.
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 Lily Schor I have been creating both functional and sculptural ceramics for over 35 years. I love exploring the texture, malleability and expressiveness of clay. My recent work focuses on the human face and its range of emotions. Using the unique method of pressing out the face from behind the clay, I preserve the impression that the face is emerging from the distant beyond, or dreamscape. Finishing my work in Raku creates beautiful colors on the surface without concealing the texture of the clay. I am currently teaching ceramics at Lakeside Pottery in Stamford Ct. In my career, I have exhibited widely, won show awards, and in 2007 received an Arts Alive project grant from Arts Westchester for a sculptural installation at City Hall, Yonkers. |
 Roberta Shapiro
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 Florence Suerig My work is about the human body, and how beautiful it is. I hand build my figures in porcelain paper-clay. For 6 years I have been affiliated with the Clay Art Center; the support and learning I found there has helped me work towards my present body of work. My website address is: www.florencesuerig.com
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 Hatsumi Suyama
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 Priya Tambe
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 Georgia Tenore For over thirty years I have enjoyed making functional pots that enhance everyday life. This extraordinary medium allows us to create an amazing variety of forms, textures and colors. Most of all, I enjoy teaching this uniquely creative process and learning from my students. |
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 Susan Wortman
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