Dudley Anderson - Visions Above Center

Media: Raku, wheel thrown with sodium silicate

Dimensions: 6x7x7"

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.

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Crista Ann Ames - RGB Portrait Vessel.

Media: Stoneware, slipcast

Dimensions: 7.5x5.5x5.5"

Crista attended Washington State University where she obtained her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics with a minor in Art History and Disability Studies. After receiving her BFA, Crista attended Utah State University for Post Baccalaureate studies in Ceramics. While receiving her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Montana Crista began studying dance and movement to help inform the way she sculpts the figure. She has been an artist in residence at A.I.R. Vallauris in France, Guldagergaard International Ceramics Research Center in Denmark, the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Santa Fe Art Institute, and Red Lodge Clay Center. Crista is currently an artist in residence and studio manager at Gallery One Visual Arts Center in Ellensburg, Washington.

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Lisa Marie Barber - Small Lidded Jar.

Media: Ceramic

Dimensions: 7x4.5x3"

Originally from Tucson, AZ, Lisa Marie earned her BS in Sociology/Art minor at Northern Arizona University and MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a full Professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside where she teaches ceramics, art foundations, and studio seminars; Lisa also serves as Director for Liberal Studies and Academic Director for the UW Collaborative Associates of Arts and Sciences program.

Prior to her professorship, Lisa Marie worked as a university and youth art instructor in the San Francisco bay area, including positions at Santa Clara University and the Palo Alto Art Center.

In addition to exhibiting nationally (with over 50 solo/two-person exhibitions to her credit) Lisa Marie has held Artist-in-Residence positions at City University of New York, Hunter College; Northern Clay Center; Watershed Center for Ceramic Art; Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts; Works, San Jose; Clay Studio of Missoula; and Mendocino Art Center. She has received numerous honors and led workshops and outreach activities from New York to California.

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Ben Blackwood - Planter

Media: Soda Fired Stoneware

Dimensions 9x9x9"

Ben Blackwood grew up on the move until he finally settled into his family's hometown of Bozeman, Montana where he has stayed throughout his adult life. Several years of pouring concrete for a living inspired him to return to school at Montana State University where he earned his BFA in Ceramics in 2019. His time at MSU sparked a passion for woodfiring and an interest in the physical and chemical properties of Montana's local clays. This has allowed him to make work that satiates his cravings to labor and create, while also satisfying his urges to engage with the secluded wilderness of Montana. Ben was the Wood Fire resident at The Clay Studio of Missoula from 2019-2021.

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Renee Brown - Large Vase

Media: Mid-range terracotta, slips, glaze

Dimensions: 13x6x6"

Renee Brown spent many summer days playing in the creek bed next to her home growing up in Conyers Georgia. 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. She now maintains an independent studio in her home in Missoula, Montana.

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Ryan Caldwell - Pink Fruit Bowl

Media: Thrown, hand built, altered terracotta and terrasig fired to cone 1 soda,

Dimensions: 11x16x16"

Ryan Caldwell received his BFA with emphasis in Ceramics and Sculpture from Washburn University, in Topeka, Kansas, and was awarded the Charles A. and Margaret Pollak Art Purchase Award in 2015. In 2020 Ryan received his MFA from the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. He has been a short term artist in residence at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana and Medalta in Alberta, Canada. His work resides in the art collections of the The Mulvane Art Museum, the Shimpo permanent collection, and the Montana Museum of Arts and Culture. Ryan currently resides in Missoula Montana where he is one of three Co-Owners of Wildfire Ceramic Studio, a private artist studio and gallery. Ryan's work deals with the dichotomy between the visual stimuli of the world around us and the use of utilitarian ceramics in the home. He pulls inspiration from compositions found in the industrial landscape of which he lives. His work is subtle in shape and form while having a clean contemporary take on traditional ceramics.

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Gabs Conway - Worm Vessel

Media: Stoneware cone 6

Dimensions: 5x5x16"

Gabs Conway is a ceramic artist born in the Midwest but grew up in Missoula, MT. Gabs obtained her BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Ceramics at the University of Wisconsin - Stout. She holds a strong connection with sculpting but has a familiar relationship with wheel throwing and functional pottery.

Gabs is interested in the tension that is created between the dualities of existence. In which she considers the human essence, and the human physicality as two separate entities. The body is merely a vessel for human existence; a continuator of survival. She explores what of the human experience is an emphasis of living, and what is a strain of human accomplishments. As of late, she is interested in forming tension in space by that of the viewer and that of the work.

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Mo Gary - Watering Can.

Media: Ceramic, glazed

Dimensions: 9x13x.5"

Mo Gary's passions are gardening and art. Thirty years ago she started growing vegetables, making pottery, and weaving baskets. Dirt, clay and plants consumed her as they kept her in the natural world. Mo must have flowers with her always. Wood firing clay drives her wild. Mo's work is diverse, organic, intricate, and personal. She cannot keep her hands off of it. It speaks of growth and bloom.

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Debbie Kupinsky - Swirl Cup

Media: Stoneware

Dimensions: 3x3x3"

Debbie's creative practice explores the intersection of the natural and man made world, as well as how narratives can be constructed as a collaboration between artist and viewer. Her sculptural work ranges from individual pieces to wall and floor installations sometimes paired with drawings. She has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, The Appalachian Center for Crafts in Smithville, Tenn., and the Arts in Industry program at Kohler in Sheboygan, Wis. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach, Calif., and The Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Mont., as well as the John Michael Kohler Art Center. She has been included in exhibitions at the Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach, Calif., Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Mass., the Clay Studio of Philadelphia and the Red Lodge Clay Center. She is currently an assistant professor in sculpture at St. Norbert College and maintains a studio in Appleton, Wis.

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Debbie Kupinsky - Flower Cup

Media: Stoneware

Dimensions: 3x4.5x4.5"

Debbie's creative practice explores the intersection of the natural and man made world, as well as how narratives can be constructed as a collaboration between artist and viewer. Her sculptural work ranges from individual pieces to wall and floor installations sometimes paired with drawings. She has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, The Appalachian Center for Crafts in Smithville, Tenn., and the Arts in Industry program at Kohler in Sheboygan, Wis. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach, Calif., and The Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Mont., as well as the John Michael Kohler Art Center. She has been included in exhibitions at the Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach, Calif., Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Mass., the Clay Studio of Philadelphia and the Red Lodge Clay Center. She is currently an assistant professor in sculpture at St. Norbert College and maintains a studio in Appleton, Wis.

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Bruce Kitts - Woodfired Vase.

Media: Woodfired stoneware with gold luster

Dimensions: 7x7x7"

Bruce Kitts was born and raised in Central Illinois where he received his BFA from SIU at Carbondale in 2009 that followed up with a two year residency at Terra Incognito in Oak Park, Illinois. He received his MA from EIU in 2012. As a member of the Illinois Artisan Program, his work has been displayed in various galleries and museums throughout Illinois. In 2015, Bruce left for the west coast where he was a studio tech and artist in residence at the Mendocino Art Center. Since then, his work has been displayed in several nationally juried exhibitions. In 2017, Bruce moved to Helena, MT to work as a studio potter and currently resides in Missoula where he is a Co-Founder and handles Community Outreach at Wildfire Ceramic Studio.

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Joshua Kuensting - Stem Vase.

Media: High Iron Stoneware/ Wheel thrown, Wood fired, Controlled Cool, Dimensions: 5x3.75x3.75"

Joshua Kuensting received his MFA in Ceramics from Utah State University in Logan, UT. He was a Long Term Artist in Residence at the Clay Studio of Missoula, MT, and a Core Fellow at Penland School of Craft in Penland, NC. Joshua fires his utilitarian ceramic work in atmospheric kilns so that the firings may alter his chosen palate of glazes and slips to create unique and hopefully intriguing finished surfaces on his pots.

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Susan Maruca - Flow vase.

Media: White stoneware, cone 6

Dimensions: 6.5x5.5x.3"

Susan Maruca is a scientist, educator, and ceramic artist/enthusiast in Missoula, Montana. She is intrigued by the patterns, textures, and forms in nature, as well as the relationships between living beings and inanimate objects. She makes mostly functional ceramic work that attempts to reflect the organized randomness, slow movement, and structural coherence abundant in organic systems.

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Carey Nathanson - MP Gooey.

Media: Woodfired porcelain with natural ash glaze

Dimensions: 2.25x3x3"

Carey Nathanson started working with clay during his high school years in his hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina. The bulk of his education in ceramics came in 2018 and 2019 studying wood firing as a studio assistant under John Dix in Kobe, Japan and Nick Schwartz in Comptche, California. Since his time as an assistant, Carey has completed residencies at the American Museum of Ceramic Art, the Mendocino Art Center, STARworks Center, The Clay Studio of Missoula and most recently Red Lodge Clay Center in 2022. He is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Cider Creek Collective in Albion, California.

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Mary K. Porter - Circle Vase: Where Two Meet

Media: Cone 6 porcelain, Oxidation

Dimensions: 6x5x5"

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.

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Marnie Prange - Buddies (set of two).

Media: Soda fired stoneware bud vases

Dimensions: 4x3x3"

Marnie Prange is an award winning poet and journalist. She has taught poetry in the schools with The Missoula Writing Collaborative for a quarter of a century. When she isn't in the classroom with young poets, she usually is found riding a horse, making a pot on the potter's wheel, practicing yoga, or reading a good book.

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Krissy Ramirez - Nopalito Cup

Media: Ceramic Earthenware Cone 04 With underglazes

Dimensions: 4x3.25x3.25"

Krissy Ramirez is a Mexican artist born and raised in a small border town of Douglas AZ. She graduated with a BFA from Western New Mexico University in 2017 and then awarded an Artist in Residence position for 2 years. After New Mexico she moved to Missoula MT, for a post baccalaureate at the University of Montana 2019-2020. Now, she still resides in Missoula and is treasurer and resident artist at Wildfire Ceramic Studio.

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Karen Schroeder - Plains Jewel

Medium/Methods used: stoneware ceramic, glaze, woodfired

Dimensions: 7"x 3"x 6"

Karen Schroeder is a sculptor that currently lives in Missoula with her husband and giant Airedale, Nora, and multitude of relatives. She has lived in the Bay Area, New York, Toronto, and Tokyo.

Presently I'm obsessed with the bison figure. I love the fact that its insanely massive yet extremely agile! One of the most challenging aspects of the bison figure is its huge head compared to its body, trying to balance the sculpture constantly keeps me considering what other avenue I might consider. There is so much history and cultural information associated with the bison that possibilities for creation are limitless!

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Karen Schroeder - Blue Bison

Medium/Methods used: stoneware ceramic, glaze, woodfired

Dimensions: 5"x 3"x 6"

Karen Schroeder is a sculptor that currently lives in Missoula with her husband and giant Airedale, Nora, and multitude of relatives. She has lived in the Bay Area, New York, Toronto, and Tokyo.

Presently I'm obsessed with the bison figure. I love the fact that its insanely massive yet extremely agile! One of the most challenging aspects of the bison figure is its huge head compared to its body, trying to balance the sculpture constantly keeps me considering what other avenue I might consider. There is so much history and cultural information associated with the bison that possibilities for creation are limitless!

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Chad Steve - Pourer

Media: Wheel thrown and altered porcelain

Dimensions: 7x5x4"

Chad R. Steve was born and raised in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. He received his BFA from University of Wisconsin-Stout. In 2009 he moved to Hawaii and received his MFA from University of Hawaii at Manoa. While living there, he worked at the University as an adjunct professor and a lab technician. Chad has instructed at a variety of institutions such as Hawaii Potter's Guild, Honolulu Art Museum, Montana University, and Western Montana University. Chad was a resident artist at The Clay Studio of Missoula from 2013-15, and is currently Director of Ceramics & Sculptureat the Lighthouse Art Center in Tequesta, FL.

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Chad Steve - Small Vase

Media: Wheel thrown and altered porcelain

Dimensions: 4.25x4x3.25"

Chad R. Steve was born and raised in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. He received his BFA from University of Wisconsin-Stout. In 2009 he moved to Hawaii and received his MFA from University of Hawaii at Manoa. While living there, he worked at the University as an adjunct professor and a lab technician. Chad has instructed at a variety of institutions such as Hawaii Potter's Guild, Honolulu Art Museum, Montana University, and Western Montana University. Chad was a resident artist at The Clay Studio of Missoula from 2013-15, and is currently Director of Ceramics & Sculptureat the Lighthouse Art Center in Tequesta, FL.

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Sue Tirrell - Winter Kiln Mug.

Media: Wheel thrown porcelain with Sgraffito design

Dimensions: 4.25x4x3.25"

Sue Tirrell was born and raised in Red Lodge, Montana; a small ranching and tourist community on the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park. She 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 functional and sculptural work draws inspiration from her life-long experiences in Montana and the West, her fascination with animals and interest in folk art, vintage kitsch, western art and culture. Her work has been exhibited widely in the United States, as well as Canada and Australia. She has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT; California State University, Chico; and the Custer County Art & Heritage Center in Miles City, MT. She has logged hundreds of hours teaching ceramics and multi-media workshops across the US and Canada in community art centers, college classrooms, retirement homes and one-room schoolhouses. Sue makes her home and studio on the banks of the Yellowstone River in Montana's Paradise Valley.

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Janet Whaley - Hummingbird Pitcher.

Media: Porcelain with underglazes and luster

Dimensions: 8x7x4"

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.

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Valerie Yardley - Monkish

Media: Raku ceramic

Dimensions: 12x6"

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.

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