CSoM's existing 720-cubic-foot Anagama kiln was constructed in 2007 generously hosted on local land owned by the Tande family, establishing a world-class wood firing experience in Missoula. A cornerstone of the CSoM Residency Program, the kiln is fired four to six times each year during both community and private firings. It provides a facility for long-term wood fire artists in residence to develop bodies of work and cultivate meaningful connections to the ceramics community both in Missoula and beyond, a key tenet of the Studio's mission.

While the kiln has benefited from upgrades and maintenance over its 19-year lifespan, it has reached a point where a substantial rebuild is necessary to preserve its excellence and ensure its longevity. This rebuild is essential to sustaining the program's future. The Woodfire Committee, in collaboration with local architects, engineers, ceramic materials partners, and skilled tradespeople, has been developing a comprehensive plan to replace the existing kiln, enhance the safety and functionality of the site, and honor the history and distinct character of the anagama and Missoula's vibrant wood-firing culture.

"Fish Bike" - Potsketch by James Bailey
Etching, 5x5"

James Bailey was born in New Jersey, and grew up in Minneapolis, MN. He earned his M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently an artist and Professor in the School of Art at The University of Montana. In 1998 he established Matrix Press and runs the Annual Day of the Dead Steamroller Print Project. James has exhibited his work in over 300 exhibitions nationally and internationally. His work can be found in numerous collections including those of the Walker Art Center, New York Public Library, Jundt Art Museum among others. He was also included in the documentary film titled Midwest Matrix and he serves on the board for the Printmaking Legacy Project.

"Glittering Within the Fissure" - Potsketch by Courtney Blazon
Marker and colored pencil, 5x5"

Courtney Blazon is an artist and illustrator living and working in Missoula. She is a graduate from Parsons School of Design, where she received her BFA in Illustration. She has shown in Missoula at The Radius Gallery, The Brink Gallery and The UC Gallery. Outside of Montana, her work has been shown in Seattle, Portland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings (Western Edition), Studio Visit Magazine, and juxtapoz.com. She received a Montana Arts Council Artists Innovation Award in 2011. She is represented by Radius Gallery in Missoula, MT.

"Cloud Chasing" - Potsketch by Isobel Buck
Ink wash, Watercolor, Pastel, Graphite 5"x5"

Isobel Buck is a graphic designer and illustrator living in and originally from Missoula. She spent many years in Colorado where she worked as a graphic designer and taught graphic design for Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs. Before that, she received her B.A. in Art from the University of Montana in 1996. Her digital art stems from her traditional media sketches and studies of nature - flowers, weeds, trees, bugs, and animals - particularly rabbits. She loves to paint in watercolors and oils. Her digital work is implemented mainly through the tool of Adobe Illustrator, and always with the help of a graphics tablet.

"Never Winter" - Potsketch by Leland Buck
Watercolor, 5"x5"

Leland Buck is a photographer, writer, filmmaker, audio recordist, and coder exploring communities through documentary, travel, and portraiture. He lives in Missoula, MT.

Potsketch Tile #1 by Jaden Estes Carlson
Ceramic, 5x5x0.25"

Jaden Estes Carlson is a ceramic artist from Nebraska. She earned her BAE from the University of Nebraska-Kearney and her MFA in Ceramics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Her handbuilt ceramic work explores themes of identity, resilience, and societal expectations through the use of pattern, texture, and textile-inspired surfaces. Jaden was a short term resident artist at the Clay Studio of Missoula in July 2025.

Potsketch Tile #2 by Jaden Estes Carlson
Ceramic, 5x5x0.25"

Jaden Estes Carlson is a ceramic artist from Nebraska. She earned her BAE from the University of Nebraska-Kearney and her MFA in Ceramics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Her handbuilt ceramic work explores themes of identity, resilience, and societal expectations through the use of pattern, texture, and textile-inspired surfaces. Jaden was a short term resident artist at the Clay Studio of Missoula in July 2025.

Potsketch by Eva Champagne
Mixed media, 5x5"

Eva Champagne is an American ceramic artist and educator, raised in the great cultural melting pot of Hong Kong. She has taught in both university and workshop settings in the US and abroad, focusing on such topics as soda firing, soda kiln building, ceramic surface techniques for all temperatures and firings, wheel throwing, and a wide variety of hand building methods. Her work and writing have been featured in Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated, among other publications. Eva's ceramic work is exhibited in the US and internationally. She received her B.A. in Studio Art from Humboldt State University, completed Post-Baccalaureate study at the University of Florida, and earned her M.F.A. in Ceramics from the University of Montana-Missoula. Eva has traveled extensively for artist residencies including AIR Vallauris in France, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine, Red Lodge Clay Center and The Clay Studio of Missoula in Montana, and Gaya Ceramic Art Center in Bali, Indonesia. She returned to Gaya Ceramic Arts Center twice after her residency to lead workshops, before joining to serve as Managing Director for five and a half years. Recently, she returned to western Montana and continues her studio practice.

Potsketch by Jennifer Combe
Acrylic on pannel, 5x5x0.75"

Jennifer Combe is an artist, mother, and Professor of Art at The University of Montana. Before shifting to higher education, she taught K12 in Washington State public schools for fifteen years. Her visual work investigates gender, contemporary mothering, and neurodiversity. Her visual work has been exhibited at The Missoula Art Museum, Holter Museum of Art, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Radius Gallery, The Midwest Center for Photography, and the Washington Center for Performing Arts. She is invested in educational programs that integrate community arts and social theory. Her work has been featured in The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, The Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, The Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education, and Visual Arts Research. Her work is featured in the book, An Artist and a Mother, published by Demeter Press. Her most recent publication is Collaboration with the Land: Connection Through Making, in the book Transformative Motherscholarship in Art: Public Pedagogies of Childhood, published by Bloomsbury in the Feminist Thought in Research Series.

"Yellow" - Potsketch by Stephanie Dishno
Clay and Decal, 6x6x0.5"

Stephanie Dishno is an artist and educator creating work in Billings, Montana. Currently, she is the Assistant Professor in Ceramics at Montana State University Billings. In 2023 Stephanie was a guest speaker and demonstrator at IMPACT - Fourteenth Conference on Architecture, Art, and Design, University of Monterrey, Monterrey MX. Prior to this, Stephanie instructed at The University of Montana Western and was an Artisan at Studio Greytak. From 2020 to 2022, she was a Long-Term Resident Artist at the Clay Studio of Missoula and was the Studio Manager and Co-Founder of Wildfire Ceramic Studio. Stephanie has also attended two short-term residencies at Red Lodge Clay Center and was a Co-Director for a year and a half at FrontierSpace Art Gallery in Missoula, Montana. Stephanie's education in the arts includes a BFA from Herron School of Art and Design in 2012, a Post-Baccalaureate from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2016, and an MFA from the University of Montana in 2020.

"C02" potsketch by Chris Dufala
Porcelain Monotype, 6x6x0.25"

Chris Dufala was born and raised in New Jersey and received his MFA in Spatial Arts/Ceramics at San Jose State University. Chris is dedicated to his studio practice, maintaining an active exhibition record, is a former resident of the Archie Bray Foundation, The Clay Studio of Missoula and Osage Artists Community. He has instructed as faculty, lectured on his working process, and led visiting artist demonstrations at several institutions, including: NCECA, University of Montana, Montana State University Bozeman, State University of New York Fredonia, Bowling Green State University, and Western Michigan University. To name a few. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Studio Arts, Ceramics/3D at Santa Ana College in Southern California.

Potsketch by Liz Dye
Mixed Media, 5x4.5x2.5"

Liz Dye is from Missoula and loves supporting the arts. She currently serves on the board of Open Air.

"Reading Goblin" - Potsketch by Theo Ellsworth
India Ink, colored pencil, copic brush markers 5x5"

Theo Ellsworth was born in Los Angeles, California where he lived until he was six when his family relocated to Missoula, Montana. His father worked in hospice and his mother worked for a company that provided services for people with mental disabilities. Ellsworth has an older brother and a younger sister. He notes having difficulty paying attention in school, oftentimes daydreaming during lessons. Ellsworth dropped out of high school and received his GED. Ellsworth travelled around the United States, living out of his car, occasionally returning to Missoula. He used this period as a time of introspection and to figure out how to make art and comics the central focus of his work. He sold his car and used that money, in addition to working odd jobs, while he wrote the first six issues of Capacity. While Ellsworth tried some formal art classes, he found the instruction counterproductive to his own artistic style and vision. He is instead self-taught. Ellsworth notes Henry Darger, Adolf Wölfli, and Martin Ramirez as artistic influences.

"Ripple & Ham" - Potsketch by Claire Emery
Woodblock print, hand-colored, 5x5"

Claire Emery has put art in the service of conservation through her work as an artist, a scientific illustrator, and an educator for over 25 years. Claire is committed to increasing the vitality of communities and people she serves by activating wonder, gratitude, and stewardship through her work. She shares the wonder of nature through her exquisitely detailed woodblock prints, her lively field sketches, and her place-based art workshops. Visit www.emeryart.com to learn more about her work.

"Between Earth & Sky" - Potsketch by Claire Emery
Woodblock print, hand-colored, 5x5"

Claire Emery has put art in the service of conservation through her work as an artist, a scientific illustrator, and an educator for over 25 years. Claire is committed to increasing the vitality of communities and people she serves by activating wonder, gratitude, and stewardship through her work. She shares the wonder of nature through her exquisitely detailed woodblock prints, her lively field sketches, and her place-based art workshops. Visit www.emeryart.com to learn more about her work.

"Pasque flower explosion" - Potsketch by Nancy Fitch
Watercolor, 5x5"

After majoring in fine art in college, Nancy Fitch entered medical school and had a very challenging and rewarding family medicine practice in Missoula and overseas, including 10 years setting up care and treatment of HIV in African health systems. Now retired from medicine, Nancy has returned to painting with a passion to make up for lost time. She has studied watercolor with Kendahl Jan Jubb for 10 years, taking some university courses, courses through the Montana Watercolor Society, Oregon Society of Art and Northwest Watercolor Society and exhibited in various galleries in Missoula and in competitions with MWS and Dana Gallery. She also paints with oils, pastels and acrylics. Nancy has a hunger to paint, particularly Montana's gorgeous natural lands, flowers, wildlife, waters, trying to capture transient, reflected light.

"Potsketch"- Potsketch by Donna Flannery
Stoneware, 4x4x0.25"

Donna Flanery makes pottery and comics. She received an MFA from the University of Florida, 2013. Her BFA is from the University of Montana, 2005. She has been a Resident Artist and Fellow at The Archie Bray Foundation 2007-2009, and The Northern Clay Center 2006; a Resident Artist at The Pottery Workshop, Shanghai 2010, The Zentrum fur Keramik, Berlin 2013, and The Clay Studio of Missoula, 2015-2016. Her playful painted pottery offers support and encouragement in a world full of serious problems.

"Pot(entilla) Sketch" -Potsketch by Stephanie Frostad
Graphite and oil on art board, 5x5"

Stephanie J. Frostad studied at Studio Arts Center International in Florence, Italy where she began painting in 1985. She received a BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in 1990, and in 1994 completed an MFA in Painting at The University of Montana. Frostad has exhibited throughout the Northwest, in California, Maryland, Washington D.C. and abroad in Canada, China, Italy and New Zealand. In 1994 she was awarded a Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Her work is held in numerous private and public collections including The University of Victoria in British Columbia, The Butte-Silverbow Arts Foundation, The Montana Museum of Arts and Culture, The Missoula Art Museum and The University of Washington Medical Center. Born and raised in Walla Walla, Washington, Frostad now makes her home in Missoula, Montana.

"Plug tile" - Potsketch by Ron Geibel
Porcelain tile, 5.25x5.25x0.25"

Ron Geibel received an MFA from the University of Montana. Geibel has exhibited his work in Canada and throughout the United States including the New York Ceramics and Glass Fair, NYC; Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston; and Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati. Ceramics Monthly Magazine recognized Geibel as an emerging artist in 2015. Currently, he is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX.

"Weeping Willow Mini" - Potsketch by Bev Beck Glueckert
Prismacolor on vellum with weather map, 5x5"

Bev Beck Glueckert is a studio artist and educator living and working in Missoula. She has been busy as an art instructor and workshop facilitator for adults and children for over 35 years. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout Montana and the surrounding area. Bev has been a member of the adjunct faculty in drawing and printmaking at The University of Montana and at the former University of Great Falls. She is a co-founder/ member of the SALTMINE Artists group in Missoula.

This piece is a mini version of some of the weeping willow prints and mixed media pieces I've made in the past year.

"Tea for One" - Potsketch by Stephen Glueckert
Pencil and colored pencil, 5x5"

Stephen Glueckert was born in Missoula and received a BFA from the University of Idaho and an M.Ed in Art Education from Western Washington University. He has taught at The University of Montana, the University of Papua New Guinea, and throughout the Pacific Northwest. He spent ten years at the Northwest Children's Home as a counselor and teacher. He has been a recipient of a Montana Individual Artist's Fellowship. He is Curator Emeritus for Missoula Art Museum. In addition, being a practicing artist, he has written extensively about contemporary artists living and working in Montana.

"Unification" - Potsketch by Emily Hall
Acrylic, mono print, thread, 5x5"

Emily Hall is a self-taught artist from the small town of Grangeville, Idaho. Mainly working with acrylics, paper, and wax, her artwork is largely autobiographical and illustrative in nature, with dark humor being an underpinning theme in most of her scenes. Having worked in the Picture Framing industry since 2000, she is now the current owner of Art Attic Framing & Design. She is truly blessed being able to combine her love of art, passion for presentation, preservation, and meaningful conversations all in a day's work.

"Pickles" - Potsketch by Rebecca Harvey
Paint, paper, assembled 5x5"

Rebecca Harvey received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and my BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Numerous awards include a Greater Columbus Arts Council Award, several Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Awards and International residencies in Dresden, Germany, Uppsala, Sweden, Jingdezhen, China, Rome, Italy, Olafsfjord, Iceland, along with an upcoming residency in Hobart, Tasmania. Articles featuring her work have appeared in Studio Potter and American Craft.

Her work revolves around questions of the material and is based in the residue, both physical and intangible, of objects. Project-based sculptural work reflects the implications of place on process and materials, as well as the sea of image and meaning that shapes how objects carry, create, and compound meaning. She is currently obsessed with the idea of pickles.

"This is too much to hold; so we hold it together"- Potsketch by Candice Haster
Porcelain, maple, wire, 3x2x5"

Candice Haster is a ceramic artist and middle school art teacher who thinks Missoula is a wildly special place. She's originally from KC, MO and has lived, made art, and taught in NYC, Providence, and Portland. Works include clay, printmaking, felt, installation, performance and oftentimes a special invitation to play. She's currently inching toward a large-scale installation of her small works, Holding No. 5: The Clay will Remember. Ask her questions, she loves questions.

"Prairie Abduction" - Potsketch by James Heath
Porcelain, underglaze, paper, iron, silver wire, copper carbonate 5.5x6x2.5"

James Heath is originally from Butte and has lived in Missoula since 1982. He graduated from The University of Montana, with a BFA specializing in ceramics. His passionate relationship with clay began in 1999, at the Clay Studio of Missoula. Jim's involvement in the ceramic arts has grown with the Clay Studio. He served on the Clay Studio Board of Directors for twenty years, starting in 2005.

"Drinking Cup In The Form Of a Bison Skull" - Potsketch by Audrey Hyvonen
Acrylic, Cotton Collage, 5.5x5.5"

Audrey Hyvonen makes collages using print fabrics and thread. Her first notable art projects were an eclectic collection of immersive experiences for the public: a traffic-calming stilt-walking quilt parade, a pop-up tour of a quilt in progress, an outdoor pandemic "front porch" quilt tour for a city in MA. Following a cross-country relocation, Audrey's practice evolved, shifting toward the more intimate studio-based work.
Her quilted work has toured internationally with SAQA's Opposites Attract exhibition, and nationally in Threads of Resistance. Her design work is featured on an electrical box in downtown Kalispell and she was excited to sell work at Missoula's Radius Gallery (Holiday Show, 2025). Audrey continues to relish discovering joy and playfulness in art making while inviting others to join the fun.

"Symbol Set With Teacup and Vase" - Potsketch by Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Hand-stitched and found embroidery on over-dyed quilt , 5x5"

Maggy Rozycki Hiltner is a full-time studio artist and activist living in Red Lodge, MT. She comes from a family of makers: her mother and grandmother's needlepointed pillows, made quilts, and stitched or knitted their clothes and toys; her father built odd things and cooked outrageous meals and painted murals in their home. Hiltner searches antique shops, thrift stores and yard sales for embroidered linens, collecting the brightly colored flowers, foliage, and animals that appear in her work. What she cannot find she hand-stitches and mixes in with the collected embroidery. She uses the familiarity of the stitch along with seemingly lighthearted and cheerful designs to convey more serious subject matter. She often uses humor and Dick and Jane-style characters to tell her stories, and very rarely is everything quite what it seems.

"The eye of the beholder" - Potsketch by Sarah Justice
Graphite, soft pastel, ink 5x5"

Sarah Justice is currently the Executive Director of Education at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art in Great Falls, Montana. Alongside being the director Justice leads artistic workshops, teaches figure drawing and figurative sculpture, as well as maintains a thriving studio practice and exhibition record. Justice's work has been in multiple publications, received substantial grants based on artistic merit, and has won numerous artistic awards. She earned her Masters of Fine Art, from the University of Montana, in the Spring of 2017.

"Internal Growth" - Potsketch by Barb Schwarz Karst
Encaustic on wood, 6x6x1.5"

Barb Schwarz Karst is a contemporary painter who is best known for her series, Montana Rust Belt, which focuses on abstract close ups of machines used centuries ago during the country's early labor development. Her other bodies of work include her Stark Unreality Abstract Expression series, Crucible portraits on casted aluminum, and Shifting Winds blind grid Western genre portraits. She has twice received a fellowship and mentorship through The Art Institute of Chicago and holds MIS and BS degrees in Art/Art Education. She shows annually in New York City and her works have been featured in worldwide exhibitions and publications.

Barb Schwarz Karst is the owner and founder of Schwarz Karst Studio- a contemporary art studio located in Missoula, Montana. Her innovative conception of the blind grid process and unique ability to blend traditional materials with unconventional media brings a flare of contemporary freshness to the global art community. Barb's expression of deeply personal subjects through her paintings acts as the catalyst for her historically powerful portraits and contemporary abstract paintings. Barb has acquired numerous accolades, publications, and extensive professional training; and her professional works have been featured in exhibitions, museums, print publications and private collections around the globe.

Potsketch by Nick Kakavas
Earthenware, red iron decal 5.5x5x0.25"

Nick Kakavas produces work that is narrative in nature, drawing from autobiographical experience to investigate questions of identity. His ceramic practice functions as a material extension of the self, transforming personal history and internal states into physical form. Through the integration of personal iconography and memory drawn imagery, he examines the relationship between the "ideal" and the "real" self, establishing a conceptual framework through which his internal thought processes are organized and validated.
His practice with clay is rooted in repetition and duration, where the act of building becomes both meditative and psychologically generative. Through repetitive making, Kakavas enters a temporal space in which his thoughts drift toward memories and mental states often suppressed or left unspoken in daily life. The physical process of shaping clay allows ideas to materialize gradually, transforming intangible thought into form. In this way, the emergence of the object becomes an act of affirmation-solidifying his existence into a tangible marker of lived experience.

Nick received his BFA from University of Montana and an MFA from Georgia State University, and currently lives in Missoula.

"Amphora Cannot Stand Alone" - Potsketch by Zola Kell
Acrylic, mixed textile, 5x5.5"

Zola Kell is a mixed media artist. Her work is an exploration of materials and an inquiry into place and our relationship to it. She lives in a very, very small commune.

"Firehorse - Let's Just Get Through" - Potsketch by Beth Korth
House paint, acrylic, ink on paper 5x5"

Beth Korth received her MFA from the University of Montana in 2016 after her undergraduate studies at the University of Wyoming. Beth has shown work across the western United States and in Japan. Korth's multi-media work explores everyday relationships using iconic tropes and animal bodies to signify the familiar way we have told stories while activating twists into the bodies' form, layers of drawing, and bright expressive colors she complicates stories to capture contemporary human nature and the stories of our lives today.

Potsketch by Alex Kraft
Watercolor, kingart pen, krylon glaze, 5x5"

Alex Kraft earned her BFA, Based at Northern Arizona University and MFA at the University of Montana. Artist residencies include short-term: Archie Bray Foundation; Clay Studio of Missoula; Pentaculum/Arrowmont; Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts; Red Lodge Clay Center (x3); Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center; Jingdezhen Tioxichuan International Studio; and long-term: Arrowmont; Roswell Artist in Residence Program. Among other endeavors, experience writing and curating include the large-scale NCECA exhibitions and social media project 50 Women: A Celebration of Women's Contribution to Ceramics; Nasty Women/Artaxis; and Critical Function: 4 Critics/40 Artists(x2). As Associate Professor she oversees the ceramics program at the University of North Georgia-Dahlonega.

"Nest"- Potsketch by Kathryn Kress
Mixed media, 5x5x1"

Kathryn Kress is a 4th generation Montanan. She graduated from the University of Montana in 1971 with a BFA in drawing and printmaking.Kathryn has made a career as a studio artist since the late 1970's. She has made a living as a design consultant for residential and commercial interiors and exteriors for 30 years.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is represented in private and public collections throughout the western United States.

"the prettiest boy." - Potsketch by Tandy Kunkle
Ink and watercolor on paper, 5"x5"

Tandy Kunkle is a local artist, educator and freelance illustrator/cartoonist. She graduated with honors from the Illustration and Design program at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2017 and has been working as a freelance illustrator and art teacher ever since. Teaching is a huge part of her creative practice and over the years she has taught for organizations such as The Pacific Northwest College of Art, The Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, The Oregon Arts Commission, Saturday Academy, The PDX Native American Youth and Family Center, ART4Life, The ZACC & ZACC Tracks and the LifeLong Learning Center. She is also the founder of Art Class Missoula; an art school that runs art classes for kids and adults all over the city. She has also created illustrations for clients such as Kaiser Permanente, Medtronic, The Unversed Project and The University of Montana's Co-Lab for Civic Imagination & The State of Mind Project. The content of her work tends to focus on human moments: ubiquitous, tender, heartbreaking and exuberant. And all the little things that connect us in this earthly experience.

"Potsketch" Potsketch by Dyna Kuehnle
Found objects, copper, 7.75x 6.75x1.5"

Dyna Kuehnle is a sculptor and installation artist living in Hot Springs, Montana. She earned a BFA at the College of Creative Studies at UCSB and her MFA from University of Montana. Her bronze cast found objects are incorporated into large-scale installations which have been exhibited at MAM, Beale Park Art Center, and several galleries. She received a Montana Arts Council Percent for Art commission in 2000 and participated in MAM's 2009 Montana Triennial. After a big move, with her studio still boxed and in storage, she has been working at the kitchen table with whatever is lying around the house.

"Potsketch"- Potsketch by Ladypajama
Mixed media, 5x5"

Ladypajama is an artist, writer, lover of life. She is a self-taught artist who believes that the act of creating is more important than the products produced from creating. Using art to grow, emote, and meditate are essential in her life. Ladypajama publishes a monthly zine that she sends out via the mail. She likes to think of this zine as a memoir in real time. She is also an avid journaler and is constantly making art. When asked what kind of art she makes she usually responds, "flat art." She mostly creates two-dimensional art. Mixing paint, pencils, pens, and collage materials, she often builds scenes with awkward looking people and mutated animals. Always interesting and always changing, ladypajama's art hopes to inspire and interest all who view it.

"Larry's Pinto" - Potsketch by Jennifer Leutzinger
Hand-stitched textile, 5x5"

Jennifer Leutzinger's current medium is fabric and thread. Her mother taught her to sew as a child, but her love of quilting began during a continuing education class in 1995 in Missoula. Combining small pieces to create something personal, handcrafted, and nostalgic is magical. She quickly learned that she prefers creating her own designs to following a pattern, and hand-stitching to using a machine.
Born in El Paso, Texas, Jennifer was raised in Iowa, residing primarily in Cedar Falls. She obtained a BA in Journalism from the University of Iowa in 1990, studied layout/production art at The Art Institute of Seattle in 1992, and received a BFA in Painting from the University of Montana in 2002.
Jennifer, after moving to Missoula in 1995, has participated in various group and solo shows throughout Montana. She currently runs Bob's Your Uncle, a gallery/studio space she opened in 2024 on the west side. Before Bob, she ran The Brink in downtown Missoula.

"Persist" - Potsketch by Elena Lourenco
Photo, organza, thread, marigold seeds, 5x5x1.5"

Elena Lourenco earned her MFA in Sculpture from Arizona State University in 2007, followed by post-graduate studies at the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. A pivotal research period along the Ganges River in India remains a cornerstone of her work, sparking a career-long fascination with the spiritual connections between people and place.
Through evocative metaphors of loss and transformation, Lourenco creates mixed-media objects and installations that navigate the delicate space between the human psyche and society. Her work gives physical form to these internal narratives, examining the ways we persist through change and the evolution of the self within failing or shifting systems. Lourenco has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally, including venues in Scotland, Latvia, and Italy. Currently based in Missoula, she serves as a faculty member in the College of the Arts and Media at the University of Montana.

"Home Body" - Potsketch by Katie Machain
Acrylic on wood, 3.5x3.5x0.25"

Katie Machain is a Missoula based artist who works primarily in woodcut printmaking. She received her BFA from The University of Montana in 2013 and has continued to develop her artistic ability as a professional picture framer for the Art Attic Framing and Design. Katie is married with two children and enjoys spending time with them outdoors where she feels the most inspired. For more information, visit her website at www.katiemachain.com

"Stacks" - Potsketch by Max Mahn
Ink on paper, 5x5"

Max Mahn is an illustrator and printmaker based out of his home town Missoula, MT. After nearly 10 years working exclusively with spray paint, Max shifted gears and created Twin Home Prints, a freelance design and screen printing studio in 2014. While incorporating his years of experience with a spray can into his bold and whimsical illustrations and design, Max began to find his niche in the gig poster world. Following this passion for years to follow, Max has gone to create limited edition prints for some of today's largest national touring bands including Wilco, The Melvins, Trey Anastasio, Primus, and Andrew Bird.

Potsketch by Kelsey Mahn
Quilted cotton, 5x5"

Kelsey Mahn is a Missoula-based artist.

Potsketch by Cathryn Mallory
Woven copper with patina on wood panel, 5x5x0.5"

Cathryn Mallory recently retired after 30 years of teaching and serving as director for the Gallery of Visual Arts within the School of Visual and Media Arts at the University of Montana-Missoula. Originally from the Chicago area, she received her BFA in fiber from Northern Illinois University and MFA in sculpture from the University of Oklahoma. Her work has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions on a regional and national level and is featured in the permanent collections of several major museums in Montana, South Dakota, and Nevada. Mallory also serves on the board of directors for the Clay Studio of Missoula.

"Scratched" - Potsketch by Kayla McCormick
Photo encaustic, 5x5x0.75"

Kayla McCormick (she/her) is a self-taught photographer and designer from Missoula, MT. Her work attempts to capture how the balance of light and matter plays such an important role in our memories. After her images are processed and printed they are then saturated in beeswax as a way to protect and preserve the memories and emotions in a more tangible way. The blurred imagery is intentional. Oftentimes the blurred lines and melting colors can leave clues and tell stories better than words can - transporting our visual senses to unforgettable moments in time.

"Dixon Fire- Mile Marker 104" - Potsketch by Claire Dawn Meyer
Acrylic paint on canvas, 5x5x1.25"

"My artistic inspiration comes from a deep sense of gratitude for the natural beauty we get to behold in our daily lives. Being surrounded by the epic beauty of Western Montana has its inspirational benefits; enjoying a mountain lake, picking wildflowers off a hillside or walking through a wet winter forest, these are all experiences I have had the pleasure to paint. These things that seem so huge and epic are really just one part of the bigger picture. The other part of this picture is the small quiet moments that create a sense of comfort because of their simple beauty. Within this comfort is the familiarity of home. This vital part of my identity has always been hard to pin-point through other media, but nothing feels more like home than painting."

"Flow" - Potsketch by David Miles Lusk
Relief print, chine colle, color pencil, 5x5"

David Miles Lusk is an artist living and working out of Missoula, Montana. David received his Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in printmaking from the University of Montana in 2014. He is inspired by the intersection of science and mythology, nature and humanity.

"Good Fortune-Hand of Fatima"-Potsketch by Leslie Van Stavern Millar
Gouache paint on rag paper, 5x5"

Good Fortune, a gouache painting, is part of Leslie Van Stavern Millar's Hand of Fatima Series. Painted during the buildup to the current middle east conflict, Millar uses imagery common to Islamic and Judaic traditions. The hand represents healing, creativity, protection and beauty; values inherent to both cultures. The collector who takes this painting home will benefit from the positive energy inherent in this crucial ancient symbol.

Millar lives and works in Arlee, Montana. As a child, Millar lived in Iran and traveled regularly to Europe. In 1972, she moved to Montana and since then has worked as an Independent Artist, exhibiting regularly throughout the Northwest. She owns and manages the Brunswick Artists Studios, providing affordable workspaces for artists and writers.

Millar has had solo exhibitions at the Missoula Art Museum and Yellowstone Art Museum; in Virginia she exhibited at the Babcock Gallery, Sweet Briar College in Amherst and Page Bond Gallery in Richmond. Her works are held in the collections of the Federal Reserve Bank of Northwest U.S., Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Jundt Art Museum, Spokane, Washington, the Missoula Art Museum, Montana Museum of Art and Culture, University of Montana, Missoula, and Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana.

Millar is descended from a long line of artists and scientists. Her artwork incorporates a scientific, investigative approach. She works in series, matching various techniques and media, including gouache, with a particular theme or concept.

Millar is descended from a line of artists and scientists. Her artwork incorporates a scientific, investigative approach. She works in series, matching various techniques and media, including gouache, encaustic, photography, and printmaking - with a particular theme or concept.

"Sailor Cat" - Potsketch by Daniel Mrgan
Woodburning and wood stain, 4.5x7x0.75"

"I am a graphic designer and illustrator currently residing in Missoula, Montana. My work and influences can best be described as one small, weathered building on the edge of town with creaky wood floors and a broken elevator, occupied by tenants such as silent cinema, Eastern-European stop-motion animation, folk art, melancholy, and music - all sitting around, drinking tea, eating soft boiled eggs, and watching Olympic games, nature documentaries, and arthouse cartoons all night long. If I'm not drawing, I'm probably cooking, reading, or riding my bike to a quiet place in the woods."

"Blossom Girl" Potsketch by Janina Myronowa
Ink and paper, 5x5"

Janina Myronowa creates narrative through figurative forms and composed backdrops. Utilizing a specific and distorted representation of the body, each composition shows a different personality and personal story to collectively reference a graphic novel and arcing story. Imparting her own emotion through linework, Myronowa's works are strategically charged with color to saturate and amplify their individual stories.

Janina received her MFA from the Department of Ceramic Art at Lviv National Academy of Fine Arts (Lviv, Ukraine) in 2012, an MFA from the Department of Ceramics and Glass at The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts and Design (Wroclaw, Poland) in 2013, and her PhD from the Department of Ceramics and Glass at Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in 2019. Continually developing her work and practice, Myronowa has attended numerous residencies including opportunities at the New Taipei Yingge Ceramics Museum (New Taipei, Taiwan), Clayarch Gimhae Museum (Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea), Lefebvre and Fils (Paris, France), the Polish Sculpture Centre (Oronsko, Poland), and the International Ceramic Research Center (Guldagergaard, Denmark), International Ceramic Studio (Kecskemet, Hungary), Northern Clay Center, and the Archie Bray Foundation. She is currently a resident artist at the Clay Studio (Philadelphia, PA)

"Some of the Spots are His Eyes! (Okay, all of them are)" - Potsketch by Stella Nall
Acrylic, 5x5"

Stella Nall is a Montana based multimedia artist and poet. She is a First Descendant of the Crow Tribe, and is involved in the community of Missoula as a member of the WMCI Indigenous Art Advisory Committee, by playing in the local band Cry Baby, and by frequently sharing her work through exhibitions, publications, murals, and interactive installations which invite participation. She is currently an exhibiting artist with the Art Mobile of Montana, and her work lives in numerous public and private collections, including The Montana Museum of Art and Culture, The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, and The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.

"I Love Pottery!" - Potsketch by Ryan Nickel
Pen and ink, 5x5"

Richard Nickel is an artist, educator, writer, and member of the Studio Potter advisory board. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally. He has been published in several books on contemporary ceramics and in art journals. As a designer, Nickel has created posters for Crafted Indie Arts and Crafts Market, a cover illustration for Studio Potter, ceramic awards for Skutt Kilns, illustrations for Alt Daily, and animations for WHRO HealthBeat. As a ceramic sculptor, he has pieces in numerous private collections. Nickel has designed and painted murals in Rochester, New York; Niagara Falls, New York; Norfolk, Virginia; and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

"MT, Maurice, Red Lodge" - Potsketch by Jill Oberman
Laser cut paper, card stock, watercolor paper 5x5"

Jill Oberman is currently the Curator and Gallery Coordinator at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, Montana. Moving to Red Lodge from Carbondale, Colorado, Jill recently worked as a studio artist and as an Educator at the Aspen Art Museum, and served two terms as the Secretary of the Board of Directors for the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). Jill earned her MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology School for American Crafts, and her BA from Hamilton College. She has been a resident artist at numerous art institutions, notably the Anderson Ranch, the Archie Bray Foundation, and Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts. Past employment includes work as the Executive Director of the Carbondale Clay Center, the Executive Director of the Clay Studio of Missoula, the Programs and Administration Director at the Archie Bray Foundation, and the Studio Manager of the ceramics program at the Anderson Ranch Art Center. While in her studio Jill focuses on creating minimal, architectural ceramic sculptures that have been widely exhibited throughout the United States, as well as sharing her passion of ceramics through conversation with anyone and everyone who will listen.

"Small Fortunes" - Potsketch by Kathleen Herlihy-Paoli
Mixed media, 6x6x1"

Kathleen Herlihy-Paoli is a painter who lives in Missoula, MT. She grew up in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York City. She moved to Missoula Montana in 1995. She holds a BFA degree from Skidmore College, and studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn New York. She is a member of White Columns curated artist's registry in NYC, and has worked with several museums and galleries in the US and internationally.

Kathleen is interested in documenting current, historical, and personal events and emotions by painting them on a stylized theater stage. Live theater has always been influential to Herlihy-Paoli. Curtains represent what one chooses to either look upon, or to block from one's view.

She loves recreating in the natural environment that Montana offers, and travels to big cities for a good urban fix as often as possible.

"Construction 1, 2026" - Potsketch by Joseph Pesina
Ceramic and paper, 5x5x 0.25"

Joseph is a ceramic artist from northeast Wisconsin with a BFA from Utah State University and an MFA from NSCAD University. After residencies at the Clay Studio of Missoula, Jingdezhen's Pottery Workshop & Experimental Factory (China), and the Peninsula School of Art (WI), his work examines vessel abstraction, architecture, geometry, and spatial relationships through modular formalist principles. Joseph is currently the Studio Manager at the Clay Studio of Missoula.

Potsketch by Josh Quick
Ink and colored pencil, 5x5"

Josh Quick is a native Montanan, illustrator/author of "Montana Quick Facts" and "Yellowstone Quick Facts", drawer of many regional things and graduate of the Art Institute of Seattle. His family moved to Montana in the 70s and built a cabin in the woods leaving young Josh with ample time to fill up sketchbook pages with transformers and dinosaurs which has continued into adulthood minus the rustic drawing space. Josh currently lives and works in Missoula.

"Potsketch"- Potsketch by Jazmine Raymond Penelope
Oil pastel, 5x5"

Jazmine has a BA in visual art from Bennington College (2008) and a BS in Ecology and Organismal Biology from the University of Montana (2023). She is a multidisciplinary artist with a specialty in ceramics and biological illustration. She is inspired by the traces of the intimate in human history and the earthly interweavings of humanity and nature. She lives in Missoula, Montana with her partner Lee Stuurmans, their two cats, a garden, too many houseplants, and their new little daughter.

Potsketch by Alison Reintjes
Gauche on paper, 5x5"

Alison Reintjes first moved to Montana in 2001 for a residency at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena. She has completed additional residencies at Greenwich House Pottery in New York,
Jentel in Wyoming, Mount St. Francis in southern Indiana, and the Clay Studio of Missoula. She has exhibited at the Oregon College of Arts & Crafts, AKAR Gallery, Museu de Cerà mica de l'Alcora in Spain, ASU Ceramic Research Center, Lill Street Art Center and the Northern Clay Center.

Potsketch by Brandon Reintjes
Mixed media, 9.25x9.5x1.25"

Brandon Reintjes has concentrated most aspects of his life on creating art and celebrating art made by others. Though he works as Senior Curator at the Missoula Art Museum, he maintains a regular studio practice. He received his undergraduate degree in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his MA in curatorial and critical studies from the University of Louisville.

Potsketch by Karl Schwiesow
Pool Balls, Resin on panel, 5x5x0.5"

Karl Schwiesow is an interdisciplinary artist who works in a variety of media. He has a background in carpentry and furniture design, sculpture, ceramics, a variety of 2-dimensional media, including photography. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art from Sierra Nevada College and a Masters of Fine Art from the University Of Montana. He has been an artist in residence at a variety of prestigious ceramic artist residencies including the Red Lodge Clay Center, Sonoma Community Center, and the Archie Bray Foundation. Karl is teaching a variety of fine art classes at the University of Montana.

"Celestial Collector" - Potsketch by Kelly Seitz
Ink, colored pencil, and acrylic, 8x8x1"

Kelly Seitz is an artist and educator working in Missoula Montana, and the Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Clay Studio of Missoula. Kelly received a BFA in Ceramics and licensure to teach from the University of Montana in 2019. It is their passion to make art accessible to everyone. Having grown up in a low income family and a part of the LGBT+ community, they especially strive for young people from struggling communities to have the chance to express themselves and explore their identities through the arts. In their work, Kelly loves to toy with visual storytelling and highly detailed imagery. There's always more than meets the eye at first glance.

Potsketch by Richard & Martha Shaw
Mixed media, 5x5"

Richard Shaw was educated at the San Francisco Art Institute where he received his BFA in 1965. He completed his MFA at the University of California at Davis in 1968. He began teaching at the San Francisco Art institute in 1966 where he taught for twenty years. He recently retired from teaching at the University of California at Berkeley where he taught ceramics and drawing. One of two National Endowments Grants allowed him to explore a photo silkscreen method of reproducing decals and allowed him to work with a professional silkscreen artist, perfecting ceramic transfers. Richard has been a resident artist at Shigaraki Cultural Ceramic Park in Japan, the Manufacture National de Sevres in Paris, the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine, and the Peter Voulkos Fellowship at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. He was elected as a fellow of the American Crafts Council in 1998, Honorary Member of NCECA (the National Council of Education in Ceramic Arts) in 2010 and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Legends Award 2011. His work is collected in both private and public collections nationally and internationally. Public collections include the Whitney Museum of American Art, The San Francisco Museum of Art, The Taipei Museum of Modern Art, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the Victoria Albert Museum.

"Sea of Green"- Potsketch by Kelli Sinner
Colored porcelain, grog 4.5x4.5x0.25"

Kelli Sinner received an MFA in Ceramics from Penn State University and a BFA in Ceramics from Utah State University. Before moving to Montana, Kelli was a Professor of Art at Minnesota State University Moorhead, teaching ceramics, papermaking, exhibitions, and design.
Kelli has completed artist residencies at the Zentrum fur Keramik, Berlin, Germany; Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina; Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana; and The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT.

"Wall Tile" - Potsketch by Kelly Stevenson
Ceramic and dried flowers, 6x6x3"

Kelly Stevenson has a BFA from Montana State University and an MFA from Georgia State University. After three years of teaching ceramics as an Assistant Professor at Berry College in Georgia, she returned to her beloved Montana roots as an artist-in-residence at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena. Kelly has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally, has works included in private and public collections, and is featured in a handful of prominent publications. In 2021, Kelly and her mother-ceramic artist Marie Stevenson-opened Teslow Art Center in Livingston, MT.

"Potsketch"- Potsketch by Marie Stevenson
Mixed media, 5"x5"

Fourth and fifth generation Montanans, mother-daughter team, Marie and Kelly Stevenson have a combined 60 years of ceramic experience. In May of 2021, the Stevenson ladies brought their years-long dream of sharing their passion for the ceramic arts, to life in Livingston, MT by opening Teslow Arts Center, a community-based, teaching arts center. Kelly and Marie chose to name their endeavor, Teslow Art Center, to celebrate their familial tie to the iconic Livingston landmark: the Teslow Grain Elevator. Teslow is Marie's maiden name, and her Grandfather and Father were the creators, owners, and stewards of these celebrated Montana structures.

"Secret Garden Series Study: 2026" - Potsketch by Heather Shibahn Stockton
Hand-stitched cyanotype print 5x5"

A second generation born and raised Missoulian, Heather Shibahn Stockton spent most of her youth being encouraged to explore, learn, and create art in the mountains that surrounded her parents' home. With continued support from her family and friends, Heather earned a BA in Fine Arts, an MFA in Media Arts with an emphasis in Integrated Digital Media, a K-12 State of Montana Teaching License through The University of Montana. She is currently in her 7th year serving as Operations Executive for the Zootown Arts Community Center. Her spare time is spent exploring the nearby mountains and water with her husband Sam, and pups Larry Walker & Peter Forsberg.

"Human Art" Potsketch by Lee Stuurmans
Porcelain, 3x5x0.5"

Lee Stuurmans is a real human boy, who resents any attempt by computers to improve his writing. When Lee Stuurmans is being an artist, he recognizes that he has no innate ability to render anything by hand, and must instead, heap process on top of process as each ensuing step further removes his hand from the finished product. The way God intended. Is this so different from using AI to create art? Yes. Yes it is. For when AI is used to make art it debases all of humanity, enriches the wealthy, and impoverishes the skilled working class. Whereas when Lee Stuurmans chooses to make art, he only debases and impoverishes himself, which is a clear moral victory over the former.

"Try Just A Little Bit More" - Potsketch by Monica Thompson
Textile collage, block printing on raw silk, 5x5"

Monica Thompson lives and works in Missoula. She studied Fibers and Graphic Design at the University of Michigan and Textiles at the Penland School of Crafts in Penland, NC, where she was awarded the Edwina Bringle Scholarship for a student showing excellence in textiles. She has exhibited in solo and juried group exhibitions throughout Montana and the northwest, including at the Paris Gibson Museum of Art, the Montana Museum of Art and Culture, and the Yellowstone Art Museum. In 2025 her work was featured in The New York Times as "art to see" at museums and galleries across the United States. Thompson teaches Elementary art in the Missoula County Public Schools, and was voted the Pacific Region Elementary Art Teacher of the Year for 2026 by the National Art Education Association

Potsketch by Patricia Thornton
Ink on paper, 5x5"

"For me, art is all about storytelling and connection. I love printmaking because it's an accessible way to share ideas-it's affordable, easy to reproduce, and makes it possible to reach more people. Whether through screen printing, mono printing, stamping, or relief techniques, I enjoy layering colors, textures, and images to create playful, thought-provoking work. I focus on using non-toxic, eco-friendly materials, because I believe creativity and sustainability should go hand in hand.

In 2025, I founded M Press - A print studio in Missoula, Montana that offers a creative space where artistry and sustainability meet. Beyond the studio, I'm passionate about making the arts welcoming and accessible to everyone. I've spent over a decade curating exhibitions, leading workshops, and building community through creative programming. My work often features whimsical characters and narratives that explore themes of connection, resilience, and belonging-because I believe art should be both meaningful and fun.

At the heart of it all, I love bringing people together through art. Whether it's mentoring emerging artists, organizing community events, or hosting hands-on workshops, my goal is to create spaces where creativity thrives, ideas are shared, and everyone feels inspired to make something of their own."

"Spilling the Tea" - Potsketch by Shalene Valenzuela
Cone 6 porcelain, 5.25x5.25x0.25"

Shalene Valenzuela was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California. She received a BA in Art Practice at the University of California at Berkeley and an MFA in Ceramics from California College of Arts and Crafts. She has participated in artist residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and the LH Project and has taught at Flathead Valley Community College, University of Montana, Oregon College of Art and Craft, and various art centers in Montana and California. Shalene has been a guest artist and speaker at several art centers, colleges, and universities and her work has been featured in many group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally. She currently serves as the executive director at the Clay Studio of Missoula. Shalene is the recipient of the Artist's Innovation Award in Ceramics (2013) and an ARPA Grant (2021) from the Montana Arts Council.

Potsketch by Patti Warashina
Pencil and ink on paper, 5x5"

Patti Warashina was born in Spokane, Washington. She went to college in Seattle, and received her BFA, and later her MFA from the University of Washington. While in college, she studied with sculptors Robert Sperry, Harold Myers, Rudy Autio, Shoji and Shinsaku Hamada, and Ruth Penington. Her first solo exhibition was in 1962 at the Phoenix Art Gallery. Warashina later married fellow student Fred Bauer, and from 1964 to 1970, exhibited as Patti Bauer. Warashina's work is best known for satire, humor, and dream-state figures, expressed through low-fire polychrome ceramic material. She has received numerous awards for her achievements. Together with fellow artists Robert Sperry, Howard Kotler, and Fred Bauer, Warashina helped to bring national recognition to the department of ceramics at the University of Washington's School of Art in the late 1970's.

"Crybaby Beefcake" - Potsketch by Dagny Walton
Screenprint, 6.33x6.33x0.5"

Dagny Walton, aka Stray Dog Press, is an illustrator and printmaker. Originally from Colorado, she received her BA in Classical Studies from the University of British Columbia and her MFA in Fine Art from the University of Montana. Dagny applies her background in Classical Studies to a literal interpretation of the myth of the American West and incorporates themes and visuals from Greco-Roman mythology in her work. Her work explores the inheritance of stolen land, the industrial exploitation of the landscape, and the deification of the cowboy archetype. She also examines the interplay between human ambition and natural entropy: the permanent consequences our actions have on the land, and the chaotic nature of the environment that threatens our own existence.

"Missoula Valley Sunset IV" - Potsketch by Teresa Garland Warner
Oil on wood panel, 5x5"

After balancing a medical practice and painting for 30 years, Teresa turned to art full time in 2009. Based in Missoula, she has shown locally at Cassens Fine Art (with solo shows in 2019 and 2025), Dana, Radius, MAM, and Paws Up. Nationally she juried into Salon International, National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 (Receiving a Merit Award); Oil Painters of America 2020 Western Regional Exhibition, American Artists Professional League 92nd Grand National Exhibition 2020 at Salmagundi Club in New York City, Brinton 101 in 2022 at Brinton Museum, Wyoming, and Sears Museum (Utah) Annual Invitational in 2025, 2026. Art Renewal Center juried one of her paintings as finalist and two more as semi-finalists in the 17th ARC International Salon in 2024. In 2025 ARC International Salon selected 2 paintings for finalist and 3 more for semifinalist. In 2026 she received a Finalist Award in Plein Air Category of 18th International Art Renewal Center Salon Competition.

"Flower House"- Potsketch by Eliza Weber
Found wallpaper scraps, drawer liner, envelope liner, wallpaper sample, 6x6"

Eliza Weber's work explores interconnectedness and materiality in a variety of mediums including ceramic, paper, found objects, and textiles. Through considerations of duality and context, with explorations in emotion and play, individual pieces and installations become abstracted reflections of the world around us. Influenced by the curation of domestic places and the management of environments, interior and exterior overlap, acknowledging the ways in which objects, the self, and others occupy space.

Eliza Weber completed her MFA at Arizona State University and BFA at The University of Montana. She has completed short residencies at Medalta in Alberta, Canada and The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China. Eliza was also an Artist in Residence at Pottery Northwest in Seattle, Washington. Returning home, she was Director of Education at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art in Great Falls, Montana. She served on the boards of NCECA and the Ceramics Research Center, presently serving on the NCECA Green Task Force. Eliza is currently a Long-Term Resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana.

"Only Time (I)" - Potsketch by Kaitlynn Webster
35mm Film Photo Collage, 5x5"

Kaitlynn Webster is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the links between time, our relationships to one another, and the self. She is fascinated by and devoted to collaboration. She does not know how her camera works and frankly, she likes it better that way. She completed her BA at Fresno State, and went on to earn an MFA from the National University of Ireland, Galway and a certificate in curation from the School for Curatorial Studies, Venice. She now works at The Clay Studio of Missoula and lives in a very, very small commune.

"After Dark"- Potsketch by Adelheid E West
Papercut collage, 5x5"

Adelheid West found home in Missoula's Northside neighborhood in 2009 after a long drive from Stillwater, Oklahoma. She raises food and a family, and turns pots at the Clay Studio of Missoula. Heidi recently held elected office as Ward 1 City Council Representative. Heidi has BAs in Political Science and Studio Art with minors in German and Horticulture as well as a MS in Plant and Soil Science, all from Oklahoma State University.

"Potsketch"- Potsketch by Janet Whaley
Watercolor, ink, acrylic, 5x5"

Janet Whaley's images on her hand-painted porcelain works depict personal and traditional mythologies - both the realms of the imagined and not imagined. She explores the subjects of aging, birth and rebirth, and relationships, blending her own personal experiences with myths and fairy tales and images from nature. Born in Idaho and raised in Missoula, Janet started her art studies at the University of Montana in 1966. After a time, she switched gears and began a twenty-six-year career in nursing. During this time, she continued her art studies and finished her MFA in ceramics from the University of Montana in 1996. She now maintains her studio practice in her Missoula home.

"Ghost Raven going for help" Potsketch by R David Wilson
Punch needle on linen with beads, 8x8x0.75"

R David Wilson was born and raised in the Flathead Valley. Since early childhood he has been making art and continues to expand his passion in several mediums. Primarily a self-taught artist, David's artistic vision has been greatly affected by years spent in Latin America. His Impressionist oeuvre is divided between works that document the Missoula topography and motifs that draw from Mexico, Central, and South America. Scenes are generally punctuated with vivid color and characteristic impasto texture. He is represented in several Montana galleries and has often been part of invitational shows in the Pacific Northwest as well as in central Mexico. His works are mostly in the hands of private collectors in the U.S., Mexico, and Europe.

"Alchemist's Folly" Potsketch by Derick Wycherly
Etching, drypoint, handmade paper, 5x5"

Derick Wycherly is an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy, Montana and a visual artist who specializes in printmaking and papermaking. Derick received an MFA in 2022 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Printmaking and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design with a concentration in Film/Animation/Video in 2011. Between degrees he worked at Harlan & Weaver, a renowned intaglio studio in New York City. Derick's prints on handmade paper can be found in Hand Papermaking's Paper Portfolio #14, "The Language of Color". Derick is currently the Associate Curator and Collections Manager of the Montana Museum of Art and Culture in Missoula, MT.

"Potsketch" - Potsketch by Kensuke Yamada
Graphite and ink, 5x5"

Originally from Japan, Kensuke earned his MFA from the University of Montana in 2009 and a BA from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. He has participated in many artist residency programs and visiting artist opportunities, including The Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana, and The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and is included in various museum and institutional collections. He is currently an assistant professor at Chico State University in Chico, CA.

Potsketch by Ron Meyers

Pen on paper, 5x5"

Ron Meyers holds a 1967 M.F.A. degree in ceramics from the School for American Craftsmen, Rochester Institute of Technology, and B.S. (1956) and M.S. (1961) degrees in art education from State University of New York College at Buffalo. He taught at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC from 1967-1972. He then spent the next 20 years teaching at the University of Georgia in Athens where he retired as Professor Emeritus.

Ron has an extensive history of professional activities within the ceramics community. He has presented numerous workshops and demonstrations in the United States and abroad, most recently at the Lill Street Studio in Chicago, Il, Arrowmont School of Crafts, the Huntington Museum of Art, University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Curaumilla Clay Studio in Chile.

He was the recipient of the National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts Excellence in Teaching Award and the Northern Clay Center's 2008 Regis Masters Award which honors senior artists who have had a major impact on the development of 20th and 21st ceramics in the United States.

Potsketch by Priscilla Mouritzen
Mixed media on paper, 5x5"

Priscilla Mouritzen was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She studied at the School of Art, Durban, South Africa. In 1979 she moved to Denmark where she serves on the board of directors for Guldagergaard, International Ceramic Research Center, and maintains a studio north of Copenhagen. Priscilla's work has been shown at the Museum of Anthropology, Xalapa, Mexico, 20+1 Tozan Kilns, Arizona Presenters Exhibition, and The Clay Studio of Missoula, where she had a solo exhibition in 2006. Most of Priscilla's work is pinched in porcelain clay and wood fired. The scale is intimate, as demanded by the pinching process. The works show a use of pattern that echoes memories of her childhood in Africa.

Chris Alveshere
Pink Speckle Sculptural Baby Jar
Colored porcelain, handmade grog, wheel thrown + slabs, 4.25x3x3.25

Chris Alveshere is an artist, educator, and co-owner of Workroom Montana, a community arts space in Missoula, MT, and Flecks + Specks, a ceramic grog business. He currently teaches adult and youth community education classes in addition to maintaining a full-time studio practice. Originally from North Dakota, Chris received undergraduate degrees in ceramics and art education from Minnesota State University in Moorhead, MN and his MFA in ceramics from Alfred University.

Dudley Anderson
Benchmark
Raku and gold leaf, 4x8x8"

Dudley Anderson was regularly exposed to and inspired by commercial art while assisting his step-father as a child. Even then, he was often directed by his art instructors to explain his "out of the box" creations. He began his journey with ceramics in 1969 at the Ketterer Art Center in Bozeman, MT. In the 80's his ceramic work was displayed in the Missoula Art Museum and consequently, he received invitations to enter works in shows in other states. In more recent years, his interests led him to use exotic woods, leather, resins, and brass to create art, golf putters, and knives. At present, he is creating highly textured vessels by utilizing drying methods while throwing on the potter's wheel with a stick and only one hand and often firing with the Raku method.

Salome Aydlett
People Pile
Earthenware, glaze, 15.75x15.75x15.75"

Salomé Aydlett is a sculptural ceramicist based in Missoula, MT, and a 2024/2025 Ceramics BFA recipient at the University of Montana. Originally from Winona, MN and a family of artists, Salomé grew up playing with clay. It is their first language and their child-like relationship to clay remains present in their work. Salomé's work primarily centers on the human body and its physical connection to language--how language is formal (shape based and three-dimensional) and can be integrated and manifest in the physical composition of the body.
Salomé balances their art practice with spending time outdoors and just generally trying to do as the plants do and photosynthesize. They love to ski, bike, and hike. In addition to their passion for the natural world, Salomé fosters a deep-hearted appreciation for a good bowl of soup. Soup is the main fuel for their artistic practice, and for that they will forever be grateful.

Steve Belz
Atmospheric Series
Ceramic, terra sig, seaweed, copper oxide, 6x6x6"

Steve Belz is a sculptor, educator, and artist whose work investigates the intersection of contemporary life and the natural world, seeking to foster deeper connections with others and nature. Raised in Olympia, Washington, Steve developed a lasting reverence for the environment that continues to inform and inspire his creative practice. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Studies from The Evergreen State College before moving to a small mountain town in Colorado, where he spent more than a decade working as a potter and carpenter. His commitment to both art and learning eventually led him back to academia, culminating in an M.F.A. from Kansas State University. In 2015, Steve returned to Washington State to lead the ceramics program at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, where he is a tenure-track professor of art. His work has been widely exhibited, and he remains active in presenting workshops and lectures across the country.

Jesse Brinkerhoff
Rest and Bloom
Earthenware and maiolica cremation urn, 6x5.5x3.5"

When my brother and his wife passed in 2020, I knew they needed handmade cremation urns that celebrated the beauty of their lives - something that honored who they specifically were. That knowledge created an opening in me. I quit my job, dove fully into clay, and drew on my ceramics degree from the University of Montana to discover what I hadn't yet known: that my own experiences with grief and gratitude would find their way into the work.

Although I've been a full-time ceramic artist for six years, it was my first summer at farmers markets where I discovered how deeply people wanted their loved ones commemorated in clay. I said yes to five complete strangers who reached out asking for custom urns. I had never made a single one.

I believe deeply in making things with our hands. My work slowly but beautifully has become about celebrating both grief and gratitude - the highs and the lows along the way. So with no real plan and one real intention, Gratitude Ceramics has become a place that holds the complexities of love and loss. My studio sits just outside Missoula, MT. This is where all the transformation happens - where clay becomes ceremony, and memories take form.

Sara Catapano
Flower Tile
Porcelain, nichrome wire, gold luster, 9x5x2"

Sara Catapano employs the use of forms, textures, and compositions found in nature as design elements in her ceramic sculptures to juxtapose against architectural components that exist in materials reminiscent of industry. She fuses an abstracted reference to plants, bacteria, and geological systems with patterns of growth, decay, degradation, erosion, and gestation to create a biomorphic ingredient which both confronts and reacts to the minimal and formalistic component.

Sara was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended UNC - Wilmington for two years before transferring to UNC - Charlotte where she graduated with a BFA in Fine Art, Ceramics in 2012. She received her MFA in Ceramics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2018. Sara was a resident at Studio 740 (Helena, MT) before arriving as a long-term resident at The Clay Studio of Missoula in Fall 2020.

Tatum Ernst
3 of Wands
Woodfired ceramic, 5x1.5x1.5"

Tatum is a ceramic sculptor born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Her passion for clay brought her to Missoula where she received her BFA at the University of Montana in 2024.She joined the Clay Studio of Missoula as one of the University of Montana Resident artists in summer 2024. She is currently a studio apprentice for artist Casey Zablocki and a Clay Studio of Missoula intern.

Tatum is interested in pushing the boundaries of functionality, re-imagining how ceramic objects can operate beyond their obvious roles in our daily lives.

Robert Harrison
Bray Brick Shard Silo With Two Figures
Collected vintage porcelain multi fired with china-paint, ceramic decals, gold luster, reclaimed steel wire, mesh with vintage Archie Bray brick shards, 10.5x8x6"

Robert Harrison is a practicing artist who lives and works in Helena, Montana, USA. He has built his 30+ year career in the large-scale site-specific architectural sculpture realm along with smaller-scale studio activity out of his Granitewood Studio just west of Helena.He holds BFA and MFA degrees in Ceramics and is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (Geneva), founding member of the World Association of Brick Artists (WABA) and Fellow of NCECA (the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts). His exhibition and installation record is global and extensive.

Amanda Krolczyk
Lumiere
Soda fired ceramic, 15x4x7"

Amanda Krolczyk is a woodworker and ceramic artist based in Missoula, Montana. Her artistic practice is deeply rooted in the natural beauty and rugged landscapes of the Rocky Mountains, which have profoundly influenced her choice of materials and thematic elements across her diverse body of work. Amanda earned her BFA in Ceramics and Sculpture from the University of Montana in 2014. Following her graduation, she immersed herself in the local art scene, serving as a curator for a gallery in Missoula before joining Opportunity Resources Inc., where she taught ceramics to adults with disabilities. In 2017, Amanda founded Plaid Beaver Co., her own business dedicated to creating and selling artwork. Since then, she has been a prominent figure in Montana's art community, with her work featured in numerous curated and juried exhibitions and publications throughout the West. Amanda's journey into the arts was unconventional; initially a pre-med student, she found herself disillusioned with the medical field. It was through a serendipitous course enrollment that she discovered her passion for ceramics under the instruction of Beth Lo, a pivotal moment that redirected her career path. Her background in biology continues to inform her artistic practice, blending scientific curiosity with creative expression.

Phil Mahn
Green Tea
Midrange Woodfired, thrown/altered, found objects, 9x8x8"

Philip Mahn was born and raised in Great Falls and currently lives near Missoula. His development as a potter has been through independent study, mentoring, and a variety of community ceramic studios like the Paris Gibson Square, The Clay Studio of Missoula, University of Montana, and the Archie Bray Foundation. His work is a collaboration of the intuitive interaction with clay and the embracement of the firing processes that make it uniquely ceramic.

Melissa Mylchreest
Pair of Vessels
Stoneware, larger: 4x3x3" smaller: 4.5x2x2.5"

Melissa Mylchreest is a freelance writer, editor and maker based in western Montana.
She writes about everything from bluegrass bands to architecture, barn raisings to evolutionary biology, ranch hands to fine artists. She holds a MS in environmental studies as well as a MFA in creative writing, both from the University of Montana, and has taught college-level classes in composition, creative writing, and environmental literature. Her nonfiction has been published widely, and she is also an award-winning poet. She occasionally works as an editor, and especially enjoys collaborating with artists and scientists on their written work: Artist's statements, pedagogy, research findings, etc.
When she's not writing she spends her time working as a director of a national journalism nonprofit. And when she's not writing OR working, she likes making functional art - usually out of clay, but not always. She also enjoys cooking, growing food, and spending as much time as possible outdoors with her two-legged and four-legged friends.

Kelsey Ochs
Jar Bottle
Stoneware/wood fired ceramic, 13x4.75x4.75"

Kelsey Ochs is a ceramic artist, and the owner of Throw Ceramics in Missoula. Her ceramics practice focuses on functional stoneware and porcelain forms intended for everyday use. She has been working with clay in one form or another for over 20 years. Her training as a studio artist and architect informs her work, and she is constantly refining her choices of clay bodies and glazes with functionality and aesthetics in mind.

Mary K Porter
Moon Shots
Cone 6 porcelain, 10x8x2 (tray) and 3x3x2.5" (each cup)

Mary K. Porter is a ceramic artist formerly based in Kansas City MO. She now lives in Missoula, MT and celebrates "the precious ordinary" by making art that is out of the ordinary.

Marnie Prange
Boreal Forest Delta Vase
High-fire porcelain, 6x8x4"

"Ceramics have been a constant in my life since early childhood. My mother, Sally Bowen Prange, maintained a studio in the basement laundry room of my childhood home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where her career as a ceramic artist flourished. She was my earliest teacher and greatest influence.
After receiving a BA in Art with an emphasis in ceramics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, I pursued graduate degrees in creative writing from Hollins University and the University of Alabama, later teaching at universities across the United States. I returned to ceramics in 2016 after raising two sons in the Bitterroot Valley.
Currently I am a poet, journalist, and functional potter working as a studio artist at The Clay Studio of Missoula."

David Scott Smith
Swamp Joker
Cone 6 stoneware, 8x4x4"

David Scott Smith is originally from Spokane, WA. He has lived for extended periods of time in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Louisiana. He received his MFA from Louisiana State University and worked for several years at Southern Louisiana University and Flathead Valley Community College teaching ceramics and 3-D design. He currently is an Assistant Professor of Ceramics Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD. David has been featured numerous times in Ceramics Monthly magazine, including the article David Scott Smith: A Bricolage of Light.

Salyn Yancey
Mug Pair
Ceramic, glaze, 3"x3.75" each

Salyn Yancey is from Martha's Vineyard, an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Raised in commercial kitchens and the restaurant industry, she was immersed in production, design and presentation. Salyn is a BFA graduate of Alfred University where she became intrigued in industry. Sharing a familiar connection to mass produced tableware and architectural elements, the work is drafted, formed, molded and cast. Her practice explores the synergy between hand crafted arts and technology of the past.

Valerie Yardley
Sunney
Ceramic crackle glaze, 10x6x3"

Valerie Yardley sometimes feels she is a ceramic artist by chance. She was a weaver many moons ago, had success in Philadelphia and started a tapestry studio. She went on to begin a fabric workshop for adults who were intellectually challenged - she was much more successful with them at keeping straight edges than teaching other adults! Her weavings became dimensional and tubular figures so it was no surprise that when she turned to ceramics she enjoyed the same. She feels her pieces are narrative and is never quite sure what will happen. When people asked me about her weavings as to how long they took, she learned to answer, 'My whole life!' The same is true of ceramics.

Amy York
Have coffee with us!
Ceramic, cone 6 electric, 3.5x4.5x3.5" each

Amy York is a potter and general clay enthusiast. She has a BFA in painting and education from Ohio University. She taught high school art, ceramics and adult education ceramics for a decade in the Montana public school system.
Amy makes functional ceramic wares specializing in wheel throwing and cone 6 surface decoration. She currently resides in Huson, MT and her pots are featured in many businesses in western Montana.

Mount Sentinel Pattern Button with Partly Cloud Sky (Cup #1)
Limited edition cup by Shalene Valenzuela

Slipcast porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 3x3x3"

Shalene Valenzuela created an exclusive series of just six cups for this year's Potsketch auction, each one a small tribute to Missoula's Mount Sentinel. Incorporating signature elements from her work such as buttons, thread, and dress patterns, each cup is finished with a uniquely hand-painted sky, making every piece one of a kind.

Only six were made, and no additional cups will be produced-making this a rare opportunity to collect a truly limited work rooted in Missoula's landscape.

Mount Sentinel Pattern Button with Blue Sky/Pink Clouds (Cup #2)
Limited edition cup by Shalene Valenzuela

Slipcast porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 3x3x3"

Shalene Valenzuela created an exclusive series of just six cups for this year's Potsketch auction, each one a small tribute to Missoula's Mount Sentinel. Incorporating signature elements from her work such as buttons, thread, and dress patterns, each cup is finished with a uniquely hand-painted sky, making every piece one of a kind.

Only six were made, and no additional cups will be produced-making this a rare opportunity to collect a truly limited work rooted in Missoula's landscape.

Mount Sentinel Pattern Button with Clear Sky (Cup #3)
Limited edition cup by Shalene Valenzuela

Slipcast porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 3x3x3"

Shalene Valenzuela created an exclusive series of just six cups for this year's Potsketch auction, each one a small tribute to Missoula's Mount Sentinel. Incorporating signature elements from her work such as buttons, thread, and dress patterns, each cup is finished with a uniquely hand-painted sky, making every piece one of a kind.

Only six were made, and no additional cups will be produced-making this a rare opportunity to collect a truly limited work rooted in Missoula's landscape.

Mount Sentinel Pattern Button with Hazy and Cloudy Sky (Cup #4)
Limited edition cup by Shalene Valenzuela

Slipcast porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 3x3x3"

Shalene Valenzuela created an exclusive series of just six cups for this year's Potsketch auction, each one a small tribute to Missoula's Mount Sentinel. Incorporating signature elements from her work such as buttons, thread, and dress patterns, each cup is finished with a uniquely hand-painted sky, making every piece one of a kind.

Only six were made, and no additional cups will be produced-making this a rare opportunity to collect a truly limited work rooted in Missoula's landscape.

Mount Sentinel Pattern Button with Sky at Sunrise (Cup #5)
Limited edition cup by Shalene Valenzuela

Slipcast porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 3x3x3"

Shalene Valenzuela created an exclusive series of just six cups for this year's Potsketch auction, each one a small tribute to Missoula's Mount Sentinel. Incorporating signature elements from her work such as buttons, thread, and dress patterns, each cup is finished with a uniquely hand-painted sky, making every piece one of a kind.

Only six were made, and no additional cups will be produced-making this a rare opportunity to collect a truly limited work rooted in Missoula's landscape.

Mount Sentinel Pattern Button with Stormy Fall Sky (Cup #6)
Limited edition cup by Shalene Valenzuela

Slipcast porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 3x3x3"

Shalene Valenzuela created an exclusive series of just six cups for this year's Potsketch auction, each one a small tribute to Missoula's Mount Sentinel. Incorporating signature elements from her work such as buttons, thread, and dress patterns, each cup is finished with a uniquely hand-painted sky, making every piece one of a kind.

Only six were made, and no additional cups will be produced-making this a rare opportunity to collect a truly limited work rooted in Missoula's landscape.

A HUGE Curated Basket of Ceramic Supplies from Frame of Mind!

This basket contains all the ceramic tool essentials and some wonderful specialty items. Great for someone getting their start in clay, as this huge variety of supplies is great for both functional and sculptural approaches. PLUS you get a nifty basket included with your purchase!

This package includes:

• Numerous ceramic tools, including multiple ribs, shaping and texture tools, sponges, and more!
• Speedball underglazes and glaze
• Set of 6 underglaze pencils, assorted colors
• IMCO paper clay, cone 04-10, 25 lb

Dirty Girls Pottery Tools Square Bat System
Donated by our friends at Frame of Mind!

The Dirty Girls Pottery Tools Square Bat System is a nicely made bat system with square inserts that goes on top of your pottery wheel. It also includes 10 inserts! This bat system saves shelf space when throwing bowls and cups on the potters wheel as the inserts take up a much smaller footprint than a larger, round bat.

Bat pin placement: 10" from the middle of one bat pin hole to the other Master bat: 12.5" in diameter .

Extra Long Raku Tongs - 39.5"
Donated by our friends at Frame of Mind!

This item is a must for raku enthusiasts - take your items safely out of the raku kiln and place into your combustible filled can with these extra long raku tongs.

Yve Holtzclaw
Tangled
Stoneware, glaze, slip thread, 8x6x6"
100% donation by artist

Yve is a genderqueer artist and educator originally from Atlanta, GA. Since graduating from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with their BFA in ceramics and art history in 2020, they have been awarded the Donis. A. Dondis travel grant, completed a residency in ceramics at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art, and organized shows both locally and nationally. Their work focuses on the intersection of the metaphysical and the tender through immersive and nostalgic installations of anthropomorphized climate, animals, and architecture. Yve is currently a long term resident at the Clay Studio of Missoula

Courtney Murphy
Vase
Coil built earthenware, 15x10x10"
100% donation by artist

Courtney Murphy began working in clay while living in Brooklyn, NY. After several years of working for potters around the city, she moved to Portland, OR and received a post-baccalaureate in ceramics from the Oregon College of Art and Craft. Courtney moved to Montana in the summer of 2009 for a ceramic residency at the Archie Bray Foundation. She was a resident at the Clay Studio of Missoula from 2012-2014, and currently serves on the board of directors.

Elisha Harteis
Fluffle
Porcelain and underglaze. Large bunny: 18x4.5x2.5 ; Medium bunny: 10.5x4.5x2 ; Small bunny: 8x4.5x2
100% donation by artist

Elisha is a ceramic artist living in Missoula, MT. She received her BFA in Ceramics from the University of Montana and has continued her education by completing a short term residency at Red Lodge Clay Center, a studio assistantship at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and a short-term and long-term residency at the Clay Studio of Missoula. She loves working with kids and sharing her passion with ceramics by teaching in after-school programs and other art programs in Missoula.

Tara Wilson
Basket
Woodfired Stoneware, 18"x9.5'"x9.5"

Tara Wilson was captivated by the woodfiring process during her undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee. Armed with an MFA from the University of Florida she ventured westward for a transformative residency at The Archie Bray Foundation. Montana's rugged beauty stole Tara's heart and in 2008 she planted roots and set up her studio near Helena. She has shared her expertise through lectures and workshops throughout the United States and her work has been exhibited internationally. She facilitated the Cultural Confluence Woodfire Symposium in 2018 and serves as a founding host of The Montana Clay Tour. When not in the studio, Tara can be found roaming the hills on her mountain bike.

Richard Notkin
Those Who Do Not Learn #5
Ceramic, sawdust-fired, copper painted surface 2.75x7x1.25"
100% donation by artist

Richard Notkin's teapots, ceramic sculptures and tile murals are stages for social/political commentary. He has had 50 one-person exhibitions, taught workshops and lectured at over 350 venues worldwide, and is in more than 80 museum collections internationally. Awards include three Fellowships from the NEA, grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and United States Artists Foundation. Notkin was featured in the premier "Craft in America" episode on PBS and elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2008. He received the Honorary Membership Award from NCECA in 2014 and the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the Virginia A. Groot Foundation in 2025.

Heather Lepp
Tray
Handbuilt soda fired earthenware, 25.75x8x2"
100% donation by artist

Heather is an artist and educator originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She received her BFA from the University of Manitoba, and her MFA from West Virginia University, and has apprenticed with four professional potters. She has been an artist in residence at Medalta (2019) and Red Lodge Clay Center (Summer 2023) and was awarded the Marilyn Levitt Prize in Functional Ceramics from the Manitoba Arts Council. She is inspired to create pottery that fits a need in her daily life with an emphasis equally placed on beauty and practicality. Heather is currently a long term resident at the Clay Studio of Missoula

Casey Zablocki
Woodfired Platter
Woodfired ceramic, 17x17x3.25"
100% donation by artist

Casey Zablocki was born and raised in the Upper Peninsula. He received his BFA from Finlandia University and studied ceramic design in Kuopio, Finland. He has studied as an apprentice to Peter Callas and designer/artist Hun-Chung Lee. He did post baccalaureate studies at Montana State University for one year. Casey was the Woodfire resident at the Clay Studio of Missoula from 2013-2015, and currently maintains an active studio practice in Missoula.

Warren MacKenzie
Platter
Stoneware, 18"diameter, 2" high

This piece was originally donated by Julia Galloway in 2019 and generously donated back to CSoM by 2019 purchaser Robbie Mason Estimated retail: $1200

Warren MacKenzie (1924 - 2018) is recognized as a true master of 20th Century ceramic art. Through his traditional wheel-thrown vessels, Mr. MacKenzie's pottery embodies strong influences from Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada. His work consistently represents the confidence of where the potter's hand is felt and touched through the utilitarian pots that are produced for use in everyday life.
Among other numerous awards, Warren MacKenzie was named a Regent's Professor, a Fellow of the International Academy of Ceramics, and was the first to receive the Minnesota Governor's Award in Crafts in 1986. In 1997, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Crafts Council and in 1998 was honored with the Gold Medal from the American Crafts Council. His work is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; The National Folk Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England; Contemporary American Crafts Museum in New York; Bernard Leach Study Collection in Bath, England, the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul; the Weisman Art Museum and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis.

Susan Carlson
House in Order
Porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 15"x11"
100% donation by artist

Susan Carlson is a local Missoula artist who is a member, student and studio artist at the Clay Studio of Missoula. She attended Gonzaga University and the University of Montana where she earned a BFA.

Ceramic Cups by Five Montana Artists
Adrian Arleo, Josh DeWeese, Julia Galloway, Steve Young Lee, and Beth Lo

Donated by Jason Neal of Radius Gallery for the Potsketch 2026 Auction

Arleo Cup -2.75x3" ; DeWeese Mug-3.5x4x5" ; Galloway Cup -4x3" ; Lee Cup -3.25x3.25" ; Lo Cup: 3x3"

George McCauley
Covered Jar
Thrown earthenware, glaze, underglaze, 14"x12.5"x12.5"
60% donation by artist

George Metropoulos McCauley, a Greek/American potter, has had 30 solo shows and has been included in 300 exhibitions. He has taught and conducted workshops internationally. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants and his pottery and sculpture are included in international collections in 12 countries and multiple publications. McCauley continues to have a busy workshop and exhibition schedule and still finds time to produce his own local television show," George's House of Interesting Things" on HCTV, and "GHOC Wednesday Night Videos on the internet. He has 2 films to his credit, "Archie C. Bray, Life at the Brickyard" 2008 and "Ron Meyers and the Usual Suspects" 2013. Additionally McCauley has been working with the low income and disabled community for 40 years. He maintains a studio at his home in Helena, Montana where he makes colorful earthenware pots, high temperature wood firing, earthenware wood firing and narrative sculpture. Along the way he has worked as a chef in a Greek restaurant, full-time cowboy/horse trainer, concrete inspector, aluminum siding salesman, western catalog model, lifeguard and carpenter.

Brooke Armstrong
Cloud Cluster 3
Porcelain, wild clay inclusions, mason stains, glaze, wire, thread, recycled pillowcases, steel, wood and paint, 22x35x2", 2025
75% donation by artist

Brooke Armstrong is a ceramic artist interested in creating sculptural forms from processes tied to traditional craft. Her work uses thousands of hand made parts, creating repetitive texture interacting viscerally with our bodies. Brooke grew up in a rural mountain town in the Adirondack Park in New York State. She received a BA in Communication with a minor in Art from SUNY Potsdam, a ceramics Post-Baccalaureate from the University of Colorado, and her MFA from The University of Montana. She has attended residencies at The Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino, CA and The Red Lodge Clay Studio in Red Lodge, MT. She has exhibited across the US including the American Museum of Ceramic Art in California, The Houston Center of Contemporary Craft and The DeLand Art Museum in Florida. She is currently an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas in San Antonio.

Adrian Arleo
Goat Vase, Tulipiere
Porcelain, cast, hand built, 9.25x9x5", 2025
100% donation by artist

Adrian Arleo is a ceramic sculptor living outside Missoula, Montana. She studied Art and Anthropology at Pitzer College (B.A. 1983) and received her M.F.A. in ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design in 1986. Arleo was an Artist in Residence at Oregon College of Art and Craft in 1986-87, and at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in 1987-88. For nearly thirty years, Arleo has focused her work on the human figure, often combining it with animal imagery, and other elements of the natural world. Some works allude to a relationship of understanding or connection between the human and animal realms. In others, human figures possess animal features in a way that reveals something hidden about the character or primal nature of the human.

Jack Schwarze
Basin
Woodfired Stoneware, 9"x 22"x22'"
100% donation by artist

Jack Schwarze is a Montana raised artist currently working and living in Missoula. He received his BFA from Montana State University in his hometown of Bozeman in 2019. Jack went on to complete artist residencies at Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology and Red Lodge Clay Center. Most recently he has worked as a studio assistant for Casey Zablocki and is currently the Wood Fire Resident Artist at the Clay Studio of Missoula.

Renee Brown
Verdite, Rose Quartz and Pepper Mica
Ceramic, multimedia, 7"x7"x10"
100% donation by artist

Growing up in Georgia, Renée spent summer days playing in the creek bed next to her home. Clay has always been under her nails.

In 2002 Brown left the Interior design field to pursue her MFA in Ceramics at the University of North Texas. Upon receiving her degree, she completed several artist residencies in Montana including: ​The Archie Bray Foundation, Red Lodge Clay Center, and The Clay Studio of Missoula. Renée now maintains an independent studio in Missoula, Montana.

Julia Galloway
Urn for the Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily
Carved Porcelain, 7x8x11"
100% donation by artist

In addition, Julia Galloway will send 10% of what this urn sells for to a land trust (https://theconservationfoundation.org/) that is close to the silica mine (https://www.ussilica.com/locations/ottawa-il) in La Salle Illinois.

Julia Galloway is a Regents professor at the University of Montana and maintains an active studio practice here in Missoula. She is currently 5 years into an 8 year project, carving an urn for each endangered Species in the United States. Though trained as a traditional functional pottery, through using metaphor and the powerful visual impact of large scale art installation, Julia hopes to bring attention and education to the relationship between people and the natural world. Julia's artwork is in more than 25 museums, and she was named artist of the year in 2023 by the Ceramics Arts Network.

Burial urns are an iconic form used by almost all cultures going back thousands of years. The shape and carving of this urn are rooted in Asian Ceramics, specifically the Sung Dynasty, and the surface treatment and color is reminiscent of early Edgewood ceramics. Julia is combining a powerful cultural iconic shape, with two of the most influential historical ceramics traditions to address her concern for the condition of and our relations to the natural world.

Cathy Weber
4 Season Birds with Night Sky
Found wood, carved cone 6 porcelain, 16 x24x6"
75% donation by artist

Cathy Weber grew up in the Midwestern US, studied at the Herron School of Art and Indiana University, and completed a formal painting apprenticeship in Mexico City. In 1981 she moved to Montana, where she maintains a studio in historic downtown Dillon. Skilled in a variety of media, Weber's work is motivated by an increasing sense of urgency to make things of beauty in response to war, injustice, greed and violence. Weber finds comfort and hope in the process of creating beautiful images of common objects.

Casey Burton
Bucket
Soda fired ceramic, 17"x20"x20"
100% donation by artist

Casey Burton was born and raised on Chicago's South Side and earned a BFA in ceramics from the University of Iowa in 2019, followed by post-baccalaureate study at the University of Kansas and an artist residency at Cobb Mountain Art & Ecology Project in Northern California, experiences that deepened her connection to body and land. She received her MFA from Penn State University in 2024 and was an adjunct professor at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. Casey is currently an artist-in-residence at the Clay Studio of Missoula.

3 Cups
A collaborative work by Beth Lo and Steven Young Lee
Porcelain, 3.5x3.5x3.5" per cup
75% donation by artists

Steven Young Lee is a contemporary artist living in Helena, Montana. He was the Director of the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts for 16 years where he maintained an active studio practice along with orchestrating an organization devoted to excellence in ceramics. In 2004-05, he lectured and taught at numerous universities throughout China as part of a cultural and educational exchange in Jingdezhen, Shanghai and Beijing and spent two months in Seoul, South Korea studying ceramic tradition and history. In 2005-6 he was a visiting professor at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. Lee earned his BFA and MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University.

Beth Lo is a ceramic artist and retired professor from the School of Art of the University of Montana. She has exhibited her work internationally and has received numerous awards for her work including the USA Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Beth and her sister, author Ginnie Lo, have collaborated on two children's picture books, Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic (2012) and Mahjong All Day Long which won the 2005 Marion Vannett Ridgeway Award. She has also collaborated with her mother, Chinese brush painter, Kiahsuang Shen Lo. Beth is also active as a bass player and vocalist for several musical ensembles including The Big Sky Mudflaps and Salsa Loca. The Big Sky Mudflaps is a swing and jazz ensemble that has played on the NBC Today Show and the Kool Jazz Festival among other national venues.

Karen Van Galder
Earth and Sky
Reduction fired ceramic, 15x15x8"
100% donation by artist

Having lived in many places, I have never encountered such a dynamic and inspiring community of artists, nor such a rich variety of firing techniques to explore as there are in Missoula. My recent body of work delves into the wildlife of the Northwest and the profound connection that native cultures have with the land and its creatures. Through sculpting, I seek to evoke a sense of wisdom, resilience, and quiet strength-especially in older beings whose stories are etched into their forms. My goal is to create pieces that not only capture a viewer's interest but also invite them to reflect on the depth and spirit of the subject. Each sculpture is a narrative, a moment suspended in time that speaks to the enduring relationship between nature and humanity.

Phil Mahn & Eva Champagne
Large Jar
Ceramic, 25x21x21"

This work was originally made for the 2016 Potsketch auction and recently donated from Mo Gary's collection to the Clay Studio of Missoula for the Potsketch 2026 Auction.

Philip Mahn was born and raised in Great Falls and currently lives near Missoula. His development as a potter has been through independent study, mentoring, and a variety of community ceramic studios like the Paris Gibson Square, The Clay Studio of Missoula, University of Montana, and the Archie Bray Foundation. His work is a collaboration of the intuitive interaction with clay and the embracement of the firing processes that make it uniquely ceramic.

Eva Champagne is an American ceramic artist and educator, raised in the great cultural melting pot of Hong Kong. She has taught in both university and workshop settings in the US and abroad, focusing on such topics as soda firing, soda kiln building, ceramic surface techniques for all temperatures and firings, wheel throwing, and a wide variety of hand building methods. Her work and writing have been featured in Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated, among other publications. Eva's ceramic work is exhibited in the US and internationally. She received her B.A. in Studio Art from Humboldt State University, completed Post-Baccalaureate study at the University of Florida, and earned her M.F.A. in Ceramics from the University of Montana-Missoula. Eva has traveled extensively for artist residencies including AIR Vallauris in France, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine, Red Lodge Clay Center and The Clay Studio of Missoula in Montana, and Gaya Ceramic Art Center in Bali, Indonesia. She returned to Gaya Ceramic Arts Center twice after her residency to lead workshops, before joining to serve as Managing Director for five and a half years. Recently, she returned to western Montana and continues her studio practice.

Scott Ross
Set of 3 Bowls
Woodfired stoneware, natural ash glaze 3.5x7.5x6"
100% donation by artist

Scott Ross was born and raised in Union Lake, MI. and earned BA (1997) degrees in Ceramics and Creative Writing from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. He has earned his MFA (2012) in Sculpture from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Since 1997, he has also been building and firing wood-kilns at his home studio in Union Lake, MI.

Sue Tirrell
Blue Chicken Pitcher
Wheel thrown porcelain with underglaze sgraffito design, 7.5x6x4.5"
100% donation by artist

Born and raised in Red Lodge, Montana, Sue Tirrell received an AA from Cottey College in Nevada, MO in 1995 and a BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1997. Her work draws inspiration from her experiences living in Montana and the West, her fascination with animals and interest in folk art, illustrated fairy tales and vintage kitsch. Sue's work has been exhibited widely in the US, Canada and Australia and she has taught ceramics and multi-media workshops across the country from college classrooms to one-room schoolhouses. Sue lives and works north of Yellowstone National Park, in Montana's Paradise Valley.

I came to clay as a college freshman, intent on studying Graphic Design and was won over by the prospect of activating sculptural and functional objects with narrative surface design. My pots employ mythic animal imagery, crisp design and riotous color to bring playfulness, character and storytelling to daily kitchen rituals and special occasions.

Crista Ann Ames
Halcyon
Ceramic stoneware w/ underglaze + oxide wash, 7x9.5x6"
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Crista Ann Ames is a studio artist and teaching artist living in Ellensburg, Washington. Raised on a small hobby farm, she often draws on her own experiences to explore pastoral life, animal husbandry, women's craft and fertility.

Crista received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics with a minor in Art History and Disability Studies from Washington State University. She went on to attend Utah State University for Post Baccalaureate studies in Ceramics. While receiving her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Montana she began studying dance and movement to help inform the way she sculpts the figure.

Richard Smith
Epiphany (Out of Your Mind)
Gas and Wood Fired Stoneware,10x13x5 inches
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I am a ceramic artist exploring the methodology and aesthetic of wood and soda fired ceramics. Through abstraction of objects and shapes, I convey a vague sense of visual familiarity, while rejecting traditional depictions of these forms. My intent is to build a sculptural form that will initially grab the viewer's attention, followed by a more detailed inspection of the surface color, crackage and texture. My goal is to build contemporary sculpture that lends itself to this fascinating niche expression.

Ethan Arias
Rusted Water Jar
Wheel thrown with coils, stoneware, soda fired, 10x8.25x17.25"
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Ethan, a Coral Springs, Florida native, started studying ceramics in 2021 at the University of North Florida. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Engineering Studies with a focus in Fine Arts Materials and minors in Marketing and Ceramics in May of 2024. While in his undergraduate studies he earned two research grants to enhance his study of ceramics materials. As an artist, Ethan is focused on wheel-thrown, functional ceramics that are fired in atmospheric kilns. Ethan is currently a long term resident at the Clay Studio of Missoula