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www.dontekhayes.com

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Donte K. Hayes is a research-based artist residing and working in Cliffwood, New Jersey. He graduated summa cum laude from Kennesaw State University in Georgia with a BFA in Ceramics and Printmaking with an Art History minor. Donte received his MA and MFA with honors from the University of Iowa and is the 2017 recipient of the University of Iowa Arts Fellowship. Donte has been awarded residencies at Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences ,MacDowell, Bemis Center and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Newark Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Gibbes Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum and the Des Moines Art Center among others. In 2022 he was awarded a prestigious Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Grant Award. He is also a 2019 Ceramics Monthly Magazine Emerging Artists and Artaxis Fellow. Donte K. Hayes is represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, Florida.

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Mary O'Malley is a ceramic artist based in Macon, Georgia. She holds an MA in Ceramics and Glass from the Royal College of Art in London and a BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. O'Malley first gained national attention with her Bottom Feeder series (2011-2013), exhibited with the American Craft Council, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, a solo exhibition at The Clay Studio, and more. One of her earliest career achievements was an Award of Excellence from the American Craft Council which included a residency at the Hambidge Center in 2013. She has since returned twice to Hambidge and is proud to be part of its fellowship network.
Her work has since shown internationally at institutions including the British Ceramics Biennial, Saatchi Gallery, Christie's, Chun Art Museum (Shanghai), and Parcours Caramique Carougeois (Geneva). She co-founded Collective Matter, a London-based artist collective that held a six-month Tate Exchange residency at the Tate Modern. Her work is represented by Taste Contemporary (Geneva, Switzerland) and held in public and private collections worldwide, including the, TaoXiChuan Art Center, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and 21C Museum Hotel. O'Malley has participated in residencies in China, Italy, India, Ireland, the UK, and the United States, with a forthcoming solo exhibition at Artlink at Fort Dunree in Donegal, Ireland (Summer 2026). The work donated to the silent auction is an early iteration of an installation in development for this show. Themes include: bricks as metaphor for colonization, degredation of empire, and the power of nature to overshadow human-centered conflict. She is currently Assistant Professor of Art at Mercer University.

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Jessica Smith was a Hambidge Resident Artist in 2025. Smith has taught at the University of West Alabama since 2005 and currently serves as a Professor of Art. Jessica's artwork has been exhibited nearby (in New Orleans, LA and Mississippi) and a little further away (in the countries of Slovenia and Nepal). Jessica grew up in Chicago, earned a BFA degree at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and completed her MFA degree at Tulane University in New Orleans. Chances are good you can find Jessica either baking in her kitchen or back-bending on her yoga mat when she is not the studio.

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Lydia C. Thompson is a mixed-media artist known for her ceramic sculptures. She earned her BFA from The Ohio State University and her MFA from the New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University.
Her honors include a 2025 South Arts Fellowship, a Fulbright-Hays grant for research on traditional architecture in Nigeria, a Windgate Distinguished Fellowship for Innovation in Craft, an Artist Support Grant from the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte/Mecklenburg, and a Lighton International Artists Exchange Program award for research in Ghana.

She has participated in residencies at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark, Medalta Ceramic Center in Canada, and Starworks in North Carolina.

Her work has been exhibited nationally at museums, craft centers, and galleries, including the Mint Museum and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. In addition to her studio practice in Charlotte, NC, she is a Professor of Art in the Department of Art & Art History at UNC Charlotte and has led workshops and served as a juror and curator for regional and national exhibitions.

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Sorina Susnea is a Romanian-born contemporary artist known for abstract paintings and metallic sculptures, currently recognized for her work with coastal, aquatic, and cosmological themes. She holds an M.A. from George Enescu University (2001) and an MFA from the University of South Florida (2005)

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Yoko Sekino-Bove, born in Osaka, Japan, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Musashino Art University in Tokyo. After working as a commercial designer in both Japan and the U.S., she shifted her focus to ceramic art, earning a Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the University of Oklahoma. Now based in Washington, Pennsylvania, Yoko works from her home studio and teaches ceramics at local colleges and art centers. Her porcelain works have been exhibited internationally, including in Canada, South Korea, Japan, Latvia, Turkey, Portugal, and the Dominican Republic. Notable exhibitions include the NCECA Invitational and the Icheon World Ceramic Biennale. Yoko's recent solo shows were held at the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media, The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, and Baltimore Clayworks. She has received recognition as one of the "Emerging Artists 2011" by Ceramic Arts Daily and completed residencies at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and the Archie Bray Foundation. Her work appears in several craft books, including 500 Cups, 500 Teapots Volume 2, and Humor in Craft, and her technical articles have been published in Ceramics Monthly and The Pottery Making Illustrated. Yoko is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor of Ceramics at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Debra Fleury is a multidisciplinary sculptor working in West Dennis, Massachusetts. Her figurative work is rooted in the expression of introspective energies. Fleury studied art and design at MassArt in Boston and received her MFA in sculpture from the Penn State School of Visual Arts. She has exhibited her work at The Archie Bray Foundation (MT), The Workhouse Clay Arts Center (VA), Wayne Art Center (PA), The Clay Center of New Orleans (LA), and Highfield Hall and Gardens (MA), among others. She is currently working on art installations for the Umbrella Arts Center in Concord (MA) and the Woskob Gallery (PA). In addition to her sculpture practice, Fleury has taught at MassArt and Penn State University.

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I grew up in both Illinois and Iowa along the Mississippi river. I was introduced to art and clay at a young age. I remember ordering drawing books and pencils from a magazine and how excited I was when it came. However, I knew at a young age I wanted to join the Marine Corps; I did right after high school.

I was stationed in Camp Pendleton, CA with the Raiders, Bravo 1/1 a Zodiac company and SOC unit. SOC is an acronym for Special Operation Capable unit. I was with them for two years as a Assult Climber. After returning from my first deployment two months later I deployed with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion as a Scout. We deployed Augest, 1990 the beginning of Desert Shield and then Storm. I got out of the Marine Corp after a challenging, tense, yet rewarding four years. I still have a band of brothers who I served with out there Semper Fi. I received an honorable discharge September, 1992.

https://www.emma-ramirez.com/

Emma is a ceramic artist from Woodstock Georgia, currently living in Atlanta, Georgia. She was first introduced to ceramics in early high school, where she built a foundation learning hand building. After graduating, Emma spent time as a studio assistant for professional ceramicist Betsy Oh. During her assistantship, she continued developing her skills, learned how a studio operates, and observed an artist in practice. Following the pandemic, Emma spent a summer doing an independent study at Art Center West in Roswell, Georgia. In the fall of 2021, she began her undergraduate studies at Georgia State University and received her BFA in Ceramics in 2025. Emma is currently creating and working at Grit Ceramic Studio in Atlanta.

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Corinna Cowles followed a traditional academic fine arts track, currently holding a BFA and MFA in painting and studio arts from Columbia College Chicago and the Tyler School of Art respectively. She is continuing her education through dialogue, self-determined projects, and skill exchange via teaching, a professional ceramics practice, and artist residencies, which include The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Women's Studio Workshop, the Vermont Studio Center, New Harmony Clay Project, and the Archie Bray Foundation.

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Caroline Maddox is a Georgia-based artist whose work celebrates the quiet beauty of everyday life. Rooted in mindfulness and a deep connection to nature, her pieces carry a contemplative spirit, designed to elevate daily rituals and invite presence. Her botanical motifs are created intuitively, inspired by what is blooming around her in the moment-an ever-changing reflection of season and place. A devoted yoga practitioner and teacher, Caroline finds that her art and yoga practices continually inform one another. Each discipline grounds and expands the other, helping her remain rooted, observant, and open. In addition to her studio and teaching work, Caroline serves as Deputy Director of Philanthropy at the High Museum of Art. She holds undergraduate degrees in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Georgia, a master's degree in Art Business from Sotheby's Institute of Art, and a Ph.D. in Art from the University of Georgia.

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Katrina DeMarcus Santiago is an Atlanta-based multimedia artist whose work is rooted in icons of nostalgia as markers of memory and preservation. Her work explores color, shape and light as it relates to her own layered identities as a boricua and a third-culture kid growing up in the South. DeMarcus Santiago has her BFA in Illustration from Pratt Institute in New York and focuses largely on reinterpreting central figures that line the memories of her coming of age in both Atlanta and Puerto Rico including the vejigante, orchids, and the soft turns of the body. Her textile mascara caretas are hand-knit and crochet - a softer adaptation of the iconic cultural symbol, and the vejigante is prominently featured on her ceramic works as well - marbled vessels reflecting the natural softness and shapes DeMarcus Santiago pulls from the world around her. Her work has been featured in the Rosehouse Art Residency in Cobbleskill, New York, on Adult Swim's Assembly Line Yeah!, and the Mijita Art Collective. She is currently working and living in Atlanta, GA.

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Mary O'Malley is a ceramic artist based in Macon, Georgia. She holds an MA in Ceramics and Glass from the Royal College of Art in London and a BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. O'Malley first gained national attention with her Bottom Feeder series (2011-2013), exhibited with the American Craft Council, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, a solo exhibition at The Clay Studio, and more. One of her earliest career achievements was an Award of Excellence from the American Craft Council which included a residency at the Hambidge Center in 2013. She has since returned twice to Hambidge and is proud to be part of its fellowship network.

Her work has since shown internationally at institutions including the British Ceramics Biennial, Saatchi Gallery, Christie's, Chun Art Museum (Shanghai), and Parcours Ceramique Carougeois (Geneva). She co-founded Collective Matter, a London-based artist collective that held a six-month Tate Exchange residency at the Tate Modern. Her work is represented by Taste Contemporary (Geneva, Switzerland) and held in public and private collections worldwide, including the, TaoXiChuan Art Center, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and 21C Museum Hotel. O'Malley has participated in residencies in China, Italy, India, Ireland, the UK, and the United States, with a forthcoming solo exhibition at Artlink at Fort Dunree in Donegal, Ireland (Summer 2026). The work donated to the silent auction is an early iteration of an installation in development for this show. Themes include: bricks as metaphor for colonization, degredation of empire, and the power of nature to overshadow human-centered conflict. She is currently Assistant Professor of Art at Mercer University.

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Sid Henderson is a graduate students at GSU. He's exhibited work in the UK, and is currently exhibiting at the Jurien National NCECCA Exhibition

www.JayHatfieldArt.com

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I grew up in both Illinois and Iowa along the Mississippi river. I was introduced to art and clay at a young age. I remember ordering drawing books and pencils from a magazine and how excited I was when it came. However, I knew at a young age I wanted to join the Marine Corps; I did right after high school.

I was stationed in Camp Pendleton, CA with the Raiders, Bravo 1/1 a Zodiac company and SOC unit. SOC is an acronym for Special Operation Capable unit. I was with them for two years as a Assult Climber. After returning from my first deployment two months later I deployed with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion as a Scout. We deployed Augest, 1990 the beginning of Desert Shield and then Storm. I got out of the Marine Corp after a challenging, tense, yet rewarding four years. I still have a band of brothers who I served with out there Semper Fi. I received an honorable discharge September, 1992

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LaDonna Benedict is a retired psychotherapist and current suburban folk artist who finds joy in the intuitive, nonverbal magic of porcelain clay. Her work has been juried into multiple juried cup and art shows in Georgia, including but not limited to the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning, The Hambidge Center for the Arts, and The Swan Coach House Gallery Emerging Artists Summer Invitational curated show. LaDonna holds two non-art related masters degrees, neither of which is in ceramics. She hopes her work is an antidote to the seriousness of life.

www.biggirlbabyartist.com

Katrina DeMarcus Santiago is an Atlanta-based multimedia artist whose work is rooted in icons of nostalgia as markers of memory and preservation. Her work explores color, shape and light as it relates to her own layered identities as a boricua and a third-culture kid growing up in the South. DeMarcus Santiago has her BFA in Illustration from Pratt Institute in New York and focuses largely on reinterpreting central figures that line the memories of her coming of age in both Atlanta and Puerto Rico including the vejigante, orchids, and the soft turns of the body. Her textile mascara caretas are hand-knit and crochet - a softer adaptation of the iconic cultural symbol, and the vejigante is prominently featured on her ceramic works as well - marbled vessels reflecting the natural softness and shapes DeMarcus Santiago pulls from the world around her. Her work has been featured in the Rosehouse Art Residency in Cobbleskill, New York, on Adult Swim's Assembly Line Yeah!, and the Mijita Art Collective. She is currently working and living in Atlanta, GA.

www.instagram.com/sid.henderson.art

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Sid Henderson is a graduate students at GSU. He's exhibited work in the UK, and is currently exhibiting at the Jurien National NCECCA Exhibition

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Sid Henderson is a graduate students at GSU. He's exhibited work in the UK, and is currently exhibiting at the Jurien National NCECCA Exhibition