Sculpture
I was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Ever since I was a little girl, I was inspired by my amazing grandfather, who was an artist. I grew up “playing artist,” and then I went to art school in Caracas: Escuela de Artes Plasticas Christobal Rojas. I moved to the United States 40 years ago and got…
Ava St. John was born and raised in Lakeland, Florida, and later moved to West Palm Beach to attend Palm Beach Atlantic University. She earned her BA in Graphic Design and Business in 2023. Toward the end of her college career, Ava discovered a passion for pottery and has been…
Jen Allen is a studio potter, educator, and mother based in Morgantown, West Virginia. She discovered clay in 1995 and has been fully immersed in ceramics ever since. Jen earned her BFA from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and her MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington. Jen was recently named 2026…
Zoe Lowenthal is a University of North Florida graduate who specialized in ceramics while earning a multidisciplinary bachelor’s degree in art, psychology, and sociology. After taking her first ceramics class in college, pottery has become her biggest passion. She primarily makes wheel-thrown, utilitarian work but also enjoys sculpting and hand-building.…
Kelsey Bowen grew up in the rural California foothills, spending summers making up stories and picking thistles from her socks. Her figurative sculptures serve as vessels for her self-reflection and storytelling in clay; inspired by memories from her youth and interactions with her peers as an adult. While often dark…
In early January of 1983, Choo, a native of the Republic of Singapore, a tiny independent nation in South East Asia came to the US to pursue a college degree. His educational endeavor quickly took a career change after signing up for a beginning ceramics class where he was immediately…
Jamie Bates, originally from Cameron, Missouri, is a ceramic artist celebrated for their exploration of identity and mental landscapes through figurative sculpture. Holding an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Kansas and a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Central Missouri, Bates skillfully employs scale, composition, and…
I got my introduction to wet carved concrete in 1982 from my mentor the late Jack B. Hastings. For the next few years I slowly pursued the art form. By 1990 I was fully into concrete sculpting. Before long I was doing the craft fairs of the Tennessee Association of…
Caroline is a K-12 certified art educator and formally trained ceramic sculptor. Caroline maintains a small business as a Zazzle Pro designer and a watercolor artist specializing in pet portraits. At the University of Florida, her concentration was centered around conceptual figurative sculpture, studying under Nan Smith and Linda Arbuckle.…