CLAY ART CENTER STAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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 ARTS Westchester Board of Directors.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Leigh Taylor Mickelson has an MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology's School of American Crafts and a BA from Hamilton College. From 1997-2006 Leigh was the Exhibitions Director at Baltimore Clayworks.  In September of 2006 she moved to Ossining, NY with her filmmaker husband and two daughters and joined the Clay Art Center staff.   She exhibits her abstract organic sculpture across the US and was showcased in an article in the March 2005 issue of Ceramics Monthly. 

COMMUNITY ARTS DIRECTOR

After moving from rural Kansas to Baltimore Maryland Ariel Plantz graduated with a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art with a concentration in ceramics. From there Plantz continued to explore her large scale ceramic work while teaching clay classes in underserved communities throughout Baltimore with Baltimore Clayworks. The juxtaposition of a chaotic city life full of constant stress, noise and activity with a quiiet midwestern upbringing has informed most of her ceramic work. The tension between two objects, between two ideas or between two colors is where she finds inspiration to create her sculptural work. Plantz now lives in Brooklyn and works as the Community Arts Director at Clay Art Center while continuing to teach, create and learn.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Doug 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.
 
doug@clayartcenter.org
914-937-2047 
 
  

 
PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Dominique Mason received her BA from the University of California at Berkeley where she completed a double major in History of Art and Fine Art Practice.  Her fine art studies encompassed ceramic arts, painting and mixed media sculpture.   In 1996 she moved to New York where she worked for several years as Product Design Manager for Martha Stewart and later launched her own independent children's and women's wear collection dominique rouzier.  Dominique has been an active volunteer for arts in education and loves working with the public, especially children.  She is very excited to join our creative community and looks forward applying her business and communications experience to foster the exploration of clay in our artist and outreach programs.

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