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Erica Mao *Handbuilding on Wednesdays*
Erica Mao received her BFA from Parsons School of Design, NY, in 2016, and her MFA from Columbia University, NY, in 2020. Erica is best known for her atmospheric layered paintings that stitch together disparate spaces into alternate realities and her ceramics of houses and structures in states of disrepair. Mao had a solo exhibition at Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY, in 2023. She works and lives in Ridgewood, Queens.
Nathan Catlin *Beginning Wheel on Monday and Tuesday*
Owner of Scratch Ceramics, Nathan is a multidisciplinary artist working in printmaking, painting, ceramics, and glass. Nathan received his MFA in visual arts from Columbia University in 2012 and has been the Master Printer at the Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies since 2015. He had two solo shows at Davidson Gallery in NYC and continues to show nationally and internationally. His love for ceramics, art, craft, and community are what drove him to open Scratch Cermaics in 2024.
Cammi Climaco *Intermediate Wheel on Tursdays*
Cammi Climaco is a Ridgewood local. She's a multidisciplinary artist with a deep focus in ceramics and has shown in galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. She has an MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Crafts with a focus on Ceramics from Kent State University. Cammi currently teaches at BKLYN CLAY, Greenwich House Pottery and has previously taught at UNC Chapel Hill, Pratt and the 92Y. She is also the host of The Ceramics Companion podcast.
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Sara Beth Higgins *Wheel on Saturday and Sunday*
Sara Beth has been teaching ceramics in the city for the past 3 years. Her first love is the wheel and throwing large pieces. She has found her way more into handbuilding lately and finds beauty in altered vessels. She enjoys working with people new to clay and being part of their journey as they find their way to creative expression.