Meet the Artists

Meet the Artists
Resident Artists
  • Aronin
    Ronni Aronin

    Ronni is a founding member of Baltimore Clayworks and a current resident artist

  • Kyle Bauer
    Kyle Bauer

    is a native of Southern Illinois. He graduated in 2003 with a BFA in Sculpture from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and again in 2011 with an MFA in Ceramics from Louisiana State University.

  • Amy Carnahan
    Amy Carnahan

    holds a BA in Architecture and minor in Ceramic Arts from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

  • Cloonan
    Mary Cloonan

    is a Clayworks resident artist and exhibitions director. She holds her MFA from Syracuse University and her BS Fine Arts from Nazareth College.

  • Jim Dugan
    Jim Dugan

    Jim is a resident artist of Baltimore Clayworks where he also manages all resident artists in addition to working as the wood kiln manager

  • Yoshi Fujii
    Yoshi Fujii

    was the Baltimore Clayworks 2008–09 Lormina Salter Fellow and remains a current artist-resident in addition to joining the Clayworks staff as Gallery Associate in August 2009. 

  • Matt Hyleck
    Matt Hyleck

    Matt is a resident artist of Baltimore Clayworks whose outstanding pots earned him a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship award in Craft both in 2005 and 2007

  • Shalya Marsh
    Shalya Marsh

    is the recipient of the 2010–11 Lormina Salter Fellowship.

  • Sonya Meeker
    Sonya Meeker

    Sonya has been a resident artist for over 8 years with Baltimore Clayworks

    • Nick Ramey
      Nick Ramey

      joined Baltimore Clayworks in the summer of 2010 as an Artist in Residence. He also teaches classes at Clayworks

    • Tim Sherman
      Tim Sherman

      Tim joined Baltimore Clayworks in the summer of 2010 as an Artist in Residence. He also assists with the noborigama firings and teaches classes at Clayworks

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    • Michelle Swafford
      Michelle Swafford

      Michelle came to Clayworks in 2010 as a visiting intern and subsequently became a resident artist in 2011.

  • Samuel Wallace
    Samuel Wallace

    Samuel is a traditional Jamaican potter who became a resident artist and kiln technician for Baltimore Clayworks in 1993

  • Lars Westby
    Lars Westby

    Lars is a resident artist whose earthenware sculpture has been exhibited in prestigious galleries in the Baltimore area region and across the U.S. and Taiwan