Peter Jadoonath is a teaching artist at Northern Clay Center, and maintains a studio practice in Shafer, Minnesota. Jadoonath received a BFA from Bemidji State University (MN), and has been the recipient of several honors, including a Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant, the Red Wing Collectors’ Society Foundation Award, and a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant. Jadoonath’s work is centered around functional, narrative-driven pottery with a sculptural presence. He describes it best in his own words: “My intent is to create pots that are drawings, and drawings that are pots”.

Beth Thompson studied ceramic sculpture at Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN) where she began to sculpt realistic, life-sized dogs out of clay. Animals are her visual medium, and through capturing them in moments of expression and connection she explores human emotions, intimacy and inner dialogues without the barriers of discourse surrounding human figurative work. Her sculpting process includes sketching from life, photo collection, and studying video to learn about the anatomy, musculature, kinesiology and gesture of her subjects. She then makes small scale models to find poses and form before moving on to sculpting the final work from a solid piece of clay on armatures. After sculpting, Thompson lets the clay begin hardening before cutting it into sections, hollowing it out, and reassembling.