Pottery Northwest, a Seattle institution both literally and figuratively, was founded in 1966. As part of celebrating their 50th anniversary, they are posting weekly interviews with notable people in their history. Because of our School's long involvement with clay, it should be no surprise that some of these people are associated with us. Below is a list in order of publication as of October 13, 2016. We will add names as they appear during the remainder of the year.
Jean Griffith (MFA 1963)
Jamie Walker (BFA 1981, 3D4M Professor, and our current Director)
George Rodriguez (MFA 2009)
John Taylor (retired School staff member)
Patti Warashina (BFA 1962, MFA 1964, and a Professor Emerita)
Akio Takamori (Professor Emeritus)
Cheryl Johnson (MA 1976)
ClayFest Northwest is a weekend of events — September 9 to 11 — that is also celebrating the Pottery Northwest 50th anniversary. Two exhibitions are part of the activities. Among the artists showing, in addition to those listed above, are these people:
Marc Digeros (MFA 1998)
Andrew Hoeppner (MFA 2014, and current Pottery Northwest Artist in Residence)
Doug Jeck, 3D4M Professor
Amy Simons (BFA 2014, and current Pottery Northwest Artist in Residence)
Robert Sperry (MFA 1955, and Professor Emeritus)