Mill Valley Potter’s Studio
Lynne Meade was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and raised outside Boston. She studied ceramics at Wesleyan University and Penland School of Crafts. Since 1986 she has taught classes at MIT, The New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Walnut Creek Civic Arts, ASUC at UC Berkeley, and workshops around the country. She also exhibits regularly at craft fairs and galleries. Lynne is widely recognized for her hand carved vessels and tile work.
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Robert Abrams has been a working artist in the Bay Area for over 10 years. Robert first began with clay over 18 years ago, starting with pottery on the wheel. For over 5 years he ran the intern programs at UC Berkeley’s student union art studio. Robert has a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from The Academy of Art University. Robert’s art has been shown in galleries in New York and in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been teaching ceramics for over ten years, at the ASUC Art Studio at UC Berkeley, the Potters’ Studio, the Richmond Art Center, and the Academy of Art University.
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Rebekah Laros is native to Marin County. She earned a Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts from California College of Arts And Crafts. In addition to ceramic sculpture, Rebekah has studied kiln casting, painting on glass and photography in various countries including Italy. Rebekah teaches ceramic classes to adults and children and is also a mindfulness meditation teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center located in Woodacre.
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Christopher Dworin, a California native, has been working with clay for the last 20+ years, building on a lifelong study of art and architecture. Christopher is constantly exploring the potential of clay and glaze materials in his sculpture and functional work. He continually pushes to the edges of clay’s ability to defy gravity, define space, and live outside of time.
Christopher’s sculptural works include figurative torsos that begin as wheel-thrown cylinders, abstract forms exploring the botanical world, and ceramic landscapes in a series inspired by California’s counties. Christopher also has made a deep exploration of functional pottery, including geometrically-influenced bottles, carafes, and minimalist tea pots. All of his functional ceramics are one-of-a-kind, created as sculptural objects.
Christopher has developed a number of innovative throwing, decorating, and glazing techniques (featured in Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface, by Robin Hopper – published by Krause in 2004). He continues to make experimentation an everyday part of his art.
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Make + Believe
Megan Schiller is an artist, designer, mama, and early childhood educator. I began my career as a jewelry designer and preschool teacher and eventually merged the two worlds to teach art to young children. Almost 2 years ago I began teaching art to toddlers in my studio, inspired by the work of artists and educators in the preschools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. This experience has proven to be a great adventure and deeply rewarding. As I continue teaching I will also be running my online shop for children’s creative products and welcoming a new addition to our little family in the spring!
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Kory Sutherland loves being an art teacher and is very excited to be part of the GROW team! For the last five years she has worked as a teaching artist at MOCHA, the Museum of Children’s Art, in Oakland where she has, among other things, taught preschool programs, drop-in studio classes, school field trips and free workshops in public libraries. She recently enjoyed a month-long artist residency in Costa Rica as part of a team teaching art and ecology in a local school with the Communicarte Project. In 2010 she taught a month-long art workshop series in El Salvador as part of the Colima Project. She is currently completing her M.A. in Women and Gender Studies from San Francisco State.
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Jhaya Warmington is a Mill Valley based artist and art educator. She has taught art to children, teens and adults in the U.S. and in Europe. Jhaya has a B.F.A. from the Laguna College of Art & Design and Early Childhood Education credits from the College of Marin. She uses a wide range of materials to create her sculptures including clay, plaster, wax, wood and bronze, and a variety of recycled and found materials. Her work has been shown at nationally ranked art festivals and galleries in the U.S. and the UK over the past 10 years. She is thrilled to be part of Grow! www.jhaya.com
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