Caitlin Applegate earned a BFA from the Hartford Art School, finished a year of post-baccalaurreate study in Anchorage, AK and a residency at the Mendocino Art Center in Northern, CA. In 2004, Caitlin moved to Lincoln, NE to pursue an MFA from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. During this period of study, Caitlin received honors including several awards from the University, a commission from the Lincoln Arts Council, and a grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. After finishing her graduate study, Caitlin went on to work as an artist in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, NE.After leaving Nebraska, Caitlin moved to Upstate NY where she maintained an active studio practice in addition to teaching at SUNY Cortland and at the Cornell Ceramics Studio. In the year following, worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor in ceramics at the School of Visual Arts at the Penn State University Park Campus. Since then, Caitlin was a resident artist and Barbara Rittenburg Fellow consecutively at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, NY where she currently works and teaches. Caitlin’s work has been exhibited both regionally and nationally.

Chadwick Augustine is a visual artist whose work explores the lyrical network of materiality, landscape, and the nature of objects to imply myth. He has earned his MFA in 2004 from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and has exhibited his work throughout the U.S. and abroad including the Usdan Gallery at Bennington College, Jingdezhen International Ceramics Museum in China, and upcoming exhibits at Arena1 Gallery in Santa Monica and Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia. He lives and works in New York City.

Cammi Climaco is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Cammi studied Crafts at Kent State University and Ceramics at Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has taught at The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Pratt Institute of Art and Design. She has done residencies at The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen and the Lower East Side Print Shop. Cammi shows nationally.

Carol Cutler currently teaches ceramics in the Art Center's afterschool program and in the 60 Program of 92nd Street Y. In addition, she is director of Ceramics for the Y Camps at the Henry Kaufman Campgrounds, where she developed art programs for special-needs children. In conjunction with the American Craft Museum, Carol developed programs to bring art education in the NYC public schools. Carol has also taught art at the Trinity School Day Camp, the Calhoun School and the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Her work has been shown at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, the Paley Design Center, Wallingford Community Art Center and Arteffects Gallery in Philadelphia. She received a BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Carol Cutler is currently teaching the following classes:

Sculpture and Pottery / 9-12 yrs

Sculpture and Pottery / 13-17 yrs

Sarah Emond has a M.A. New York University in sculpture. Emond works professionally as both a sculptor and functional ceramist. She works primarily on individual commissions and designing unique ceramic pieces for culinary photo shoots. Her work is held in private collections in the U.S and in Germany. Emond lives and works in New York City. Sarah has taught at Crafts Students League, Jewish Community Center, City College and Hunter College. She teaches corporate classes and private lessons at 92Y. 

Sarah Emond is currently teaching the following classes:

Wheel (Beginner)

Veronica Frenning received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has taught ceramics classes at Abrons Arts Center/Henry Street Settlement, City College of New York, SUNY Nassau Community College, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Hudson Guild. Veronica has participated in residencies at The Edward F. Albee Foundation, Bamboo Curtain Studio in Taipei, Abrons Arts Center, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council SPARC and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. She has also completed the Artist in the Marketplace program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts and is a recipient of a Jerome Travel and Study Grant. Her recent work has been exhibited at Blackburn 2020, Proteus Gowanus, Wave Hill, Galerija Palach, Kunsthalle Galapagos, Abrons Arts Center and MASS MoCA. She lives and works in Brooklyn.

Veronica Frenning is currently teaching the following classes:

Sculpture and Pottery Intensive / 11-14 yrs

Claymation Animation / 7-10 yrs

Sculpture and Pottery / 5-7 yrs

Lana Hirsch studied at Hunter College and The Art Students League.

Lana Hirsch is currently teaching the following classes:

Sculpture and Pottery / 7-9 yrs

Patricia Hubbard-Ragette has taught handbuilding and wheel classes at 92Y since 2002. At Dowling College of Oakdale, Long Island she manages the ceramics studio and teaches as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Visual Arts where she received a Dowling College Outstanding Service Award For Adjunct Faculty, 2009. This fall, Patricia will also instruct ceramic classes at Adelphi University and SUNY Suffolk Community College. Ceramics Art & Perception and Ceramics Monthly have published Patricia’s work and writings. Selected exhibits and awards include the following: CLAY: COLLECT IT, USE IT, WEAR IT! Celadon Gallery, Hamptons, NY. Appalachian Women's Leadership Project, Visiting Artist, NEA/Challenge America Grant and the WV Commission of the Arts, 2008. “The Elegant Table”, a ceramic invitational at the Peters Valley Craft Center, NJ, “Skin Deep” at Francis Marion University, SC, 2nd Prize Award at the 14th San Angelo National Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, Texas, a solo exhibition at Ceres Project Room at The Elizabeth Foundation and 2001 Award Recipient, for the Arts Grants For New York State Craft Artists, Artist in Residence at Hunter College, NY. Patricia received a Masters of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1994 and continued her studies of ceramics sculpture and pottery at Faenza, Italy, 1994-1996. 

Carol Grocki Lewis has been on the faculty at the 92nd Street Y since 1995. She earned her M.A. in Museum Studies and Art History from the Gallatin Division at New York University in 1992 and her B.S. in Art Education from SUNY College at Buffalo. She has been a teaching ceramic artist from 92nd Street Y at P.S. 37 (River East K-5) in East Harlem (An Empire State Partnership). In addition to teaching at 92Y, Lewis has taught ceramics and art at Earthworks, Marymount Manhattan College and various public and private schools. Her work was most recently included in an exhibit, History in the Making: Ceramic Traditions and Contemporary Pots in Rochester, NY and received an honorable mention from the juror, Ron Meyers. Her work has also been included in Strictly Functional Ceramics Exhibits.

Carol Lewis is currently teaching the following classes:

Sculpture and Pottery / 5-7 yrs

Christian Dietkus Lord was born in Oakland California and received his BFA from the Cooper Union in 2005 and his MFA from Columbia University in 2013. Working across medias, including, ceramic, steel, paint and rubber, his work combines fine art, craft and activist modalities to explore issues of consumer culture, branding and colonialism. He has exhibited nationally and internationally including Deitch Projects, Family Business, Salon 94, Louis B. James in New York as well as the Nicaraguan Biennial, Central American Biennial and a forthcoming solo exhibition at 9.99 gallery in Guatemala City. He is also the recipient of the Michael S. Vivo Memorial Prize and the Fred A. Lane Prize.

Nori Pao lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She has taught at a variety of institutions including The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, MN; The Craft Students League, New York, NY; and the Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, CO. Pao received her MFA from Arizona State University in 1998 and went on to complete a residency at The Anderson Ranch Arts Center the following year. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, most notably an Artist Assistance Fellowship Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship.

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Bethany Pelle is a sculptor and educator living in Queens, NY. Her work investigates subjective and collective desire through the examination and manipulation of domestic material culture. Bethany received her BFA in ceramics from the University of Miami in 2007 and her MFA in ceramics from Tyler School of Art in 2012. As a University Fellow at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, she taught undergraduate ceramics courses and assisted with day to day studio operations. Prior to graduate school, Bethany worked as a studio assistant to Bonnie Seeman, an instructor at the Ceramics League of Miami and an intern at the St. Petersburg Clay Co. In addition to teaching an adult course at 92Y,  Bethany is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute and an editor for the Nicola Midnight St. Claire.

Sarah Sabourin holds a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts and Education from St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. She also received a BFA in ceramics from Alfred School for Ceramic Art in Alfred, NY. Sarah worked at the 92 Y's Art Center for nearly 3 years where she assisted the Director in Children and Adult programming and was also the Ceramic Technician. She currently manages a program at Free Arts NYC that brings underserved children together with adult mentors for arts programming. She has managed programming and taught in community centers focusing on arts education in Plattsburgh, NY at the Plattsburgh Housing Authority Community Center and at the Brookline Adult Education Program in Brookline, MA.

Allison Valchuis is a sculptor and educator with over eight years experience in community arts education. Her work explores process, material, weight and balance through various ceramic practices, drawing and a love of good craftsmanship. She has been awarded residencies at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle, ME, Ox-Bow, School of Arts and Artists Residencies in Saugatuck, MI, and Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, MT and shown work in New York, Rhode Island and Italy.Prior to joining 92Y, Allison worked with the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to implement professional development programs for K-12 educators on how to integrate design thinking in the classroom and teen programs to introduce youth to design careers. She also served as an Americorps*VISTA at Rhode Island School of Design’s free teen portfolio prep and outreach program Project Open Door where she organized community partnerships and developed college readiness programs. Allison first joined the 92Y Art Center staff in 2010 as the Assistant Administrator and Ceramics Technician and now holds the position of Manager of Daytime Programs. In addition, she is a ceramics faculty member specializing in mold making, slip casting, and sculpture and pottery programs for children. She received her BFA in ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design. Her website is www.allisonvalchuis.com.

Patrice Renee Washington was born in Chicago, Illinois and received her BFA from Metropolitan State University of Denver and MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University in 2014. Through a multidisciplinary practice her work explores domesticity, humor and cultural production. She has exhibited nationally, including MoCADA, Center for Visual Art Denver and Blackburn 2020.

Works by Patrice Washington

Sarah Camille Wilson holds a BFA in ceramics from Maine College of Art (2007) and an MFA in ceramics from Syracuse University (2013). She was the 2014 Teaching Artist in Residence at Golden Bridge Pottery in Pondicherry, India. Sarah has been an artist in residence at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, where she was the recipient of the Kiln God Fellowship, and at The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen China. You can find out more about Sarah and her work at sarahcamillewilson.com.