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Instructors
Faculty
Kate Bauman received her M.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Georgia, Athens, and her B.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Minnesota - Duluth. She continues her work in clay sculpture and mixed media work at her Minneapolis studio. Bauman is the recipient of a 2004 Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant through NCC as well as a 2004 Jerome Foundation Summer Residency Grant at Saint John's Pottery in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Megan Bergström received her B.A. in anthropology and Latin American studies from Grinnell College, Iowa. In 2003, Bergström received a Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant and completed a tile mural commission for the permanent collection of General Mills. She has taught adult and children’s classes at NCC and continues to make and exhibit her conceptual and sculptural ceramic work.
Margaret Bohls is a former Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the University of Minnesota and Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Pennsylvania State University. She received her M.F.A. from the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and her B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. She has been a visiting artist and lecturer at many institutions such as Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York.
Kevin Caufield has been making functional pots for over 30 years. He apprenticed with Bob Eckles in Bayfield, Wisconsin, and currently creates work from his St. Paul studio. Caufield's work has been featured in Ceramics Monthly and may be found in galleries throughout Minnesota, including NCC’s sales gallery. He recently completed a multi-month clay class with Episcopal Homes in St. Paul.
Eileen Cohen received her M.F.A in ceramics from Indiana University in Bloomington and her B.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Delaware in Newark. She was a 2005 McKnight Resident Artist at NCC, following a two-year residency at Mendocino Art Center in California. Cohen’s nationally exhibited sculptures represent her love of animals, her peculiar interest in taxidermy, and her admiration of alternative surface treatments. She is an arts educator at Silverwood Park, part of the Three Rivers Park District.Kelly Connole is an artist and assistant professor of art at Carlton College, Northfield, Minnesota where she also maintains a studio. Her ceramic sculpture has been featured in American Craft Magazine, Ceramics Monthly, and numerous national exhibitions including the NCECA 2007 Clay National at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft and Good Bird/Bad Bird at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon. Connole is a past recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, and a McKnight ceramic artist grant.
Stephanie DeArmond received her M.F.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and her B.F.A. from the University of Washington. She has recently returned from living in Arnhem, the Netherlands for two years. Her typographic and thrown work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine and Readymade Magazine. She has shown her work at Die Gestaten Verlag's Fragiles traveling exhibition, SooVAC, The Clay Studio, and others. She was formerly NCC's outreach and studio assistant.
Leila Denecke received her M.F.A. from Louisiana State University after four years of study in Japan at the Tekisui Museum of Art and the Ceramic Art Research Institute. Denecke received a 2008 and 2004 McKnight Ceramic Artist Fellowship award from NCC and participated in the artist-in-residence program in Seto, Japan in fall 2001. Additionally, she completed a residency at the Franconia Sculpture Park in Taylor's Falls.
Sara Eno studied ceramics at Bennington College and received her B.A. in 1998. For ten years she has been actively involved in the ceramic medium, working with Rowe Pottery Works, Warren Village Pottery, Northern Clay Center, and Edina Art Center. She has been a resident artist at the Wormfarm Institute in Wisconsin, and a resident artist/teacher at many schools throughout the Twin Cities and beyond through NCC’s ClaytoGo program. Eno’s work has been exhibited in Vermont, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Ann Fendorf holds an M.S.W. from the University of Kansas. She retired as Director of Family and Youth Services at the West 7th Community Center, and now spends as much time as possible in the studio. Fendorf teaches special clay classes for kids at schools and community centers, and has a studio at NCC.
Joel Froehle recently completed his M.F.A. at the University of Massachusetts– Dartmouth and holds a B.A. in studio art and biology. He was the studio lab assistant for ceramics at Inver Hills Community College and a program assistant at NCC prior to graduate school. Froehle is currently an instructor of drawing and sculpture at Inver Hills Community College.
Art Gannett has been making pots for 30 years. He further pursued clay at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls and in Germany at the pottery of Wendelin Stahl. Gannett is currently the senior thrower at Red Wing Stoneware, and creates his own work in Pepin, Wisconsin, at the Little Plum Pottery, which he shares with his wife.
Daniel Gardner received his M.F. A. in ceramics from Indiana University–Bloomington in 2006. He relocated to the Twin Cities following an associate faculty position at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana and a studio technician position at the Indiana University–Bloomington Ceramics Studio. Gardner is a 2007 Fogelberg Studio Fellowship recipient through NCC, and served as visiting artist at Bowling Green State University and University of Manitoba–Winnipeg.
Lauren Herzak-Bauman received her M.F.A. in studio art from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, and her B.F.A. in 3-D studies and ceramics from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. She has taught at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, and serves as both an outreach instructor and sales gallery assistant at the Clay Center. Herzak-Bauman’s ceramic works have been exhibited locally and in Ohio and Pennsylvania. She was a 2009 Joye G. Harris Fellowship recipient and received a Pioneer Scholarship, both from the University of Minnesota.
Roxanne Jackson received her M.F.A. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2004. In 2006 Jackson was named an NCECA Emerging Artist and was an artist-in-residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska. Currently she teaches at St. Cloud State University and at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Jackson had a solo exhibition at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in August of 2009.
Peter Jadoonath received his B.F.A. in painting and ceramics from Bemidji State University. He has taught ceramics at Bemidji State University and Fired-Up studios in Minneapolis. His clay experience also includes work at Custom Ceramics and North Prairie Tile. He is currently co-owner of Toppot Clay Studio, a member of Back Alley Gallery located in St. Paul, and the studio technician for Fired-Up studios. Jadoonath was a 2007 Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant recipient and is the 2009 Red Wing Collectors Society Foundation Award recipient.Matthew Krousey received his B.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Minnesota– Twin Cities. He is currently the Clay Center's building maintenance technician, and maintains a studio nearby in the Seward neighborhood. Krousey's ceramic vessels and murals have been exhibited locally and internationally, including an exhibition at Sanbao Ceramic Institute in Jingdezhen, China. Krousey's work uses imagery to showcase the vanishing natural world around us.
Peter Lupori received his M.Ed. from the University of Minnesota and his B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a professor of art, he taught at the College of St. Catherine for 45 years. He has received over 40 sculpture awards since 1937 and has numerous works on view throughout the Twin Cities. Lupori has taught at NCC for over 15 years.
Roberta Massuch received her B.F.A. from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and was a studio assistant and artist-in-residence at the Worcester Center for Craft in Massachusetts. She received a 2008 Fogelberg Studio Fellowship and a 2009 Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant. She recently returned from Penland School of Crafts where she spent two months as a studio assistant. Massuch currently maintains a studio at NCC where she teaches both adult and children's classes.
Mary Otremba-Olson is a certified art teacher, who has been teaching in public schools and community organizations for the past 15 years. She holds a B.A. in studio arts from the University of Minnesota and has studied and worked with clay in Europe, California, North Carolina, and most recently at the University of Minnesota and University of Wisconsin - River Falls. Mary’s work with two of NCC’s students was featured in the March 2005 issue of Ceramics Monthly.
Anna Metcalfe earned her M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota in 2009. She received a B.A. in English Literature from the College of William and Mary, but spent most of her time in the ceramics studio. After a two-year apprenticeship with ceramic artist Silvie Granatelli in Floyd, VA, she traveled abroad, attending a post-baccalaureate program at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She also lived in Tuscany, Italy for two years where she worked at an international ceramic center, La Meridiana. Metcalfe's work explores the intersection of community and ceramic objects.
Kip O'Krongly received her B.A. in studio art from Carleton College in Northfield, MN. She continued her study of ceramics in studios across the country, working as an apprentice in Montana, setting up her own studio in Seattle, and taking numerous workshops as well as managing the clay program at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. She currently maintains a studio at Northern Clay Center and received a 2009 Fogelberg Fellowship. O'Krongly's latest body of work explores the intersection of food production, energy use, and transportation issues.
Angie Renee received her B.S. in art from the University of Wisconsin – River Falls, where she concentrated on ceramics and photography. She has taught a variety of clay workshops and classes for children and adults of all abilities. Lund was a 1999 Jerome Ceramic Artists Project Grant recipient and continues to sell and exhibit her thrown and altered work throughout the Twin Cities.Jennifer Rogers holds a B.A. in art from Coe College and an M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, where she was a teaching, research and studio assistant for various programs. In 2008 she received a Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant through the Clay Center and an Arts Initiative Grant through the Minnesota State Arts Board in 2009. Rogers recently returned to Coe College as visiting faculty for the spring 2010 semester. Her mixed media installations include mold-made clay multiples of everyday household objects.
Ginny Sims holds a B.A from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and has worked as a production potter in Italy, Scotland, and England; as a studio assistant at the University of Arkansas; and as an artist-in-residence at Red Star Studios in Kanses City, Missouri. In the summer of 2008 Sims was a studio assistanc at Anderson Ranch Art Center in Colorado. She creates architecturally inspired vessles that are decorated with decals and lusters.
David Swenson received his B.F.A. from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and was a ceramic intern with David Fredrickson in 2008. He recently relocated to the Twin Cities as he received a 2009 Fogelberg Studio Fellowship. Swenson is currently the ceramic studio manager for the Bloomington Art Center.
Lucy Yogerst has maintained a studio in the Twin Cities since 1979. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Madison, she has taught youth and adults at the Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the Minneapolis Community and Technical College, and through a variety of community education programs. Her work continues to be exhibited throughout the Twin Cities. Yogerst is currently a board member for the Northside Arts Council in North Minneapolis.