# OFA Ceramics Staff and Teaching Artists ## OFA Ceramics Staff and Teaching Artists ![Ashton Keen teaching](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2026-08/26SP_AC_Metals%20Symposium-6457.jpg?h=b7fd181e&itok=abuLXPp5) ## expand\_more ## Ceramics Program Staff [### Kathy King ](/people/kathy-king) Director, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard Kathy King is an active studio artist in the Boston area, an instructor, and the Director of the Ceramics Program and Visual Arts Initiatives at Harvard's Office for the Arts. Before moving back to the Boston area in 2008, she was an Associate Professor... ![Kathy King Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/king100_0.jpg?itok=2TXisPsv) [### Ji Eun Kim ](/people/ji-eun-kim) Administrative Manager for Ceramics ![Ji-Eun Kim headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/ji-eun_kim.jpg?itok=hJJqw6_1) [### Darrah Bowden ](/people/darrah-bowden) Communications and Events Coordinator ![Darrah Bowden](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/darrah_bowden_002.jpg?itok=DEPBsOed) [### Mary Cale Wilson ](/people/mary-cale-wilson) Ceramics Instructional Operations Coordinator Mary Cale holds a BFA in Ceramics and Art Education from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. She received her MFA in Ceramics at San Diego State University. She recently completed a residency at The American Museum of Ceramic Art in... ![a person wearing a red shirt smiling at the camera](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/mary_cale_wilson.jpeg?itok=qravyHiG) [### Jenny Blicharz ](/people/jenny-blicharz) Administrative Assistant, Ceramics Program My first big break was as a production artist - and later, art director - on eight seasons of WordGirl , an awesome animated TV show for PBS Kids. Since then, I’ve worked as a freelance art director and production artist, managing creative teams and... ![Jenny Blicharz](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/jenny24.jpg?itok=Wph2Uv9h) ## Ceramics Program Instructors and Staff [### Amanda Aguiar ](/people/amanda-aguiar)Staff, Teaching Assistant at Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard Before joining the Ceramics Program as a Teaching Assistant and Lab Technician, Amanda began her journey with clay at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts as an undergraduate student studying biology. She began by taking wheel throwing classes... ![portrait of Amanda Aguiar](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/aguiar_amanda_su19_intern_photos-5252.jpg?itok=KaZ8gVvr) [### Bruce Armitage ](/people/bruce-armitage)Staff and Teaching Assistant, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard Bruce has been a member of the Harvard Ceramic community since 2014. In addition to being a Teaching Assistant, he also works as a Studio Technician and is a Harvard Ceramic Studio Resident Artist. Bruce is a also a Professional Member of The New England... ![Portrait of Bruce Armitage](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/armitage_bruce.jpg?itok=36FwcAg5) [### Rosanna Bonnet ](/people/rosanna-bonnet)Staff, Teaching Assistant at Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard Before clay, my work was printing limited edition Serigraphs entirely by hand, which I did for almost 15 years. Then I moved to Boston where started working with clay. Since day one it’s been Tiles all the way! ![Rosanna Bonnet](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/bonnet_rosanna_img_8247.jpg?itok=38B1NVIr) [### Sarah Carroll ](/people/sarah-carroll-0)Instructor at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard Sarah’s clay education began in 1998 when she enrolled as a full-time student in the two-year School for Professional Crafts at the Worcester Center for Crafts in Worcester, MA. There she studied clay materials and clay bodies, glaze formulation, learned... ![Sarah Carroll](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/SCarroll_headshot.JPG?itok=QWI1AkcM) [### Sarah de Besche ](/people/sarah-de-besche)Instructor, Staff, Resident Artist, Ceramics Program BA, Smith College, Northampton, MA. Electric kiln instructor, office assistant, and a Resident Artist at Harvard Ceramics Program, Sarah's functional work integrates clay and the natural world. ![Sarah headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/sarahheadshot.jpg?itok=OHBS5-d2) [### Anne Eder ](/people/anne-eder)Instructor at Ceramics Program MFA in Photography and Integrated Media from Lesley University College of Art and Design where she has worked as an adjunct professor. BA from Goddard college focused on historic photographic processes and photographic ethics. Anne Eder is an... ![Eder headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/instructor_anthotype.jpg?itok=R8-OTGM4) [### Katie Fee ](/people/katie-fee-0)Instructor at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard Katie Fee grew up in the American South. Fee earned her BA from the College of William & Mary and her MFA from Alfred University. Fee’s work has led her to kiln pads and clay studios around the world - most recently to France and Japan - as a visiting... ![Katie Fee](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/26SU-Katie_Fee-7025_copy_0.jpg?h=92fe87df&itok=6Rtds1l7) [### Janling Fu ](/people/janling-fu)Teaching Assistant and Staff, Ceramics Program ![a person smiling for the camera, standing in a spacious ceramic art studio](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Janling%20Fu24SU%20Staff-0182.png?h=c718e5b3&itok=IGPD3sVU) [### Forrest Gard ](/people/forrest-gard)Instructor, Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard 2023-24 Artist in Residence Forrest Sincoff Gard is an artist and an educator. He received his BFA in Ceramics from Ohio University in 2009, completed post-baccaleaute studies at the University of Florida in 2011, and earned his MFA in Studio Art from Louisiana State University in... ![Forrest Gard with mug.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/forrest_sincoff_gard_01_1_1.png?itok=NM79Yd8t) [### Ashot Gheridian ](/people/ashot-gheridian)Teaching Assistant and Staff, Ceramics Program Ashot Gheridian was born in Armenia and emigrated to the US at a young age. He has been living in the Boston area where he earned an MBA and Master's in Education. Now that he has retired from public education where he was a high school English teacher... ![a person wearing a clay-streaked apron smiles for the camera, standing in a spacious ceramic art studio](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Gheridian_Ashot.jpg?itok=21caawlt) [### Claudia Olds Goldie ](/people/claudia-olds-goldie)Instructor, Ceramics Program Claudia Olds Goldie is a 2017 Mass Cultural Council finalist. She received a nomination for a Boston Foundation Brother Thomas Fellowship, a Kiln God residency from Watershed Center for Ceramics, and a fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center. Olds... ![Claudia Olds Goldie](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/Goldie_Claudia_Olds%20-0407.jpg?h=f658e845&itok=lOKOEMuC) [### Pam Gorgone ](/people/pam-gorgone)Instructor, Staff, Resident Artist, Ceramics Program BFA, Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Pam has been a Non-Resident Tutor and Instructor at Harvard’s Mather House. Her small scale sculptural work, often focusing on sets and serial object, has been described as quiet... ![Gorgone headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/gorgone_pam_100_18.jpg?itok=3nD3Rhww) [### Chenlu Hou ](/people/chenlu-hou-0)Artist In Residence at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard Instructor at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard Chenlu Hou’s imaginative sculptures draw inspiration from Chinese folk art, ceremonial objects, and moments from her daily life. Blending personal memories with reinterpretations of traditional storytelling, Hou creates a distinctive artistic language... ![Chenlu Hou standing next to a kiln](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/BAR_Lulu-Hou_credit_Cameron_Kincheloe_SM_2.jpeg?h=64ddca5d&itok=9DQlyijI) [### Tom Hubbard ](/people/tom-hubbard)Instructor at Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard Tom Hubbard is an interdisciplinary artist. His practice includes ceramics, photography, mixed media works and public art installations. Tempered by a minimalist approach, loss, history, memory, and the passage of time are threads often running through... ![Tom Hubbard](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/hubbard_headshot.jpg?itok=Lf1SrvN2) [### Marek Jacisin ](/people/marek-jacisin)Instructor, Ceramics Program MS, University of Economics, Slovakia, Graphic Design Diploma, Clark University, Worcester, MA Marek’s slab built geometric sculptures and wall tiles reflect his interest in architecture and contemporary design. He has recently shown his work in the... ![Marek headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/jacisin_marek.jpg?itok=lR6gi28O) [### Kyle Johns ](/people/kyle-johns)Instructor, Ceramics Program 2019-2020 Artist In Residence Kyle Johns was born in and raised in the Chicago land area most all his life. Kyle found his passion for working with clay at Oakton Community College. Kyle then transferred to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) where he began studying under... ![Kyle Johns working on a mold.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/headshot.jpg?itok=MZk_J6Hj) [### Melinda Jordan ](/people/melinda-jordan)Staff, Teaching Assistant at Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard ![portrait of Melinda Jordan](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/jordan_melinda-8033.jpg?itok=jG8id0Uo) [### Matthew Katz ](/people/matthew-katz-0)Instructor at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard Matt Katz is a working ceramic artist with a B.F.A from Alfred and M.F.A. from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has worked as a Ceramic Engineer and researcher for almost 20 years. Katz uses his knowledge of Art and Engineering to make ceramic... ![Matthew Katz](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/matthew_katz-cmw-headshot-sm-1-021121_0.jpg?itok=3pUz8D0O) [### Ashton Keen ](/people/ashton-keen)Instructor, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard Artist-in-Residence, Office for the Arts at Harvard Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. Most recently, she completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed... ![Ashton Keen standing with a coffee mug and a brick wall background.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/ashotoncrop.jpg?itok=1PjLowHQ) [### James Keller ](/people/james-keller)Staff, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard ![James Keller](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/Keller_James_1.jpg?h=240c1b7b&itok=F8IU2Q2F) [### Mary Kenny ](/people/mary-kenny)Instructor at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard Mary Kenny is a resident artist in the Ceramics Program and teaches drawing, ceramics and sewing in many local community centers. She holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and a BFA from University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. She was a... ![portrait of Mary Kenny](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/Mary%20Kenny24SU%20Staff-7651.png?h=c870cd08&itok=Prg9Ypar) [### Diane Lulek ](/people/diane-lulek)Instructor, Staff at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard BFA in Ceramics, Rhode Island School of Design. Instructor and staff member at the Ceramics Program at Harvard, Diane makes functional pieces, as well as a variety of dinnerware for restaurants around New England. She is also a horticulturist and a... ![Diane Lulek](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/Lulek_Diane.jpg?h=28c86794&itok=0lhdkdQm) [### Manya Lulek ](/people/manya-lulek)Staff, Teaching Assistant at Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard ![Manya Lulek](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/LulekManya%2024SU%20Staff-0197.png?h=627f2a8f&itok=3TrDHOIA) [### Joanna Mark ](/people/joanna-mark)Instructor, Ceramics Program Joanna has been working in clay for 40 years, and specializes in functional and sculptural ware. Her work has been shown at Fuller Craft Museum, State of Clay (2012 Merit Award) and various galleries up and down the East Coast. ![Joanna Mark](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/mark_joanna19.jpg?itok=R8UWRBLw) [### Denny McLaughlin ](/people/denny-mclaughlin)Instructor, Staff, Ceramics Program MFA, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. BA, Southwest State University, Marshall, MN McLaughlin started his university studies as an art major concentrating on two-dimen­sional work at Southwest State University, Marshall, MN, but with his first... ![Denny headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/dennyweb.jpg?itok=yiIz4xDz) [### Steve Murphy ](/people/steve-murphy)Instructor at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard BFA, UMASS Dartmouth, 1983. Apprentice to Keiichroh Sato, potter in Nagano-ken, Japan, 1990-9. Steve is also a long-time instructor at Mudflat Ceramics Studio in Somerville, MA. ![Steve Murphy](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/Murphy_Steve.jpeg?h=8041b2e0&itok=qNNq8Ckt) [### Kyungmin Park ](/people/kyungmin-park-0)Artist In Residence at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard Instructor at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard Kyungmin Park is a South Korean-born ceramic artist whose work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Her work explores themes of introspection, diversity, societal expectations, and illuminating human connections across cultures and... ![Kyungmin Park kneeling amongst white jars with faces on them, set on a white backdrop](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/Kyungmin_Park_2026_Headshot_sm_4.jpeg?h=eba2044c&itok=ygLd2tIF) [### Nik Putnam ](/people/nik-putnam)Instructor, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard Independent Artist Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard Nik Putnam is a ceramic and digital media artist fascinated by symmetry and pattern and by the possibilities of human-machine collaboration. In addition to using traditional pottery techniques, he develops hardware and software “robotic assistants” to... ![Nik Putnam with ceramic sculpture in a studio setting.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/nik_putnam.jpg?itok=5hql2_ps) [### Adriana Sousa Estrella ](/people/adriana-sousa)Teaching Assistant, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard Instructor, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard ![Adriana Sousa](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/sousa_adriana_crop.jpg?itok=8LOJOEqM) [### Kathi Tighe ](/people/kathi-tighe)instructor, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard Teaching Assistant, Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard ![Kathi Tighe](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/tighe_kathi.jpg?itok=Z9tzpKmE) [### Brandon VanWormer ](/people/brandon-vanwormer)Instructor, Ceramics Program Brandon received his MFA from Indiana University - Bloomington, IN in May 2022. Before his master's work, he was a Post-Bacc/Special Student in Ceramic Art at Syracuse University. Brandon received his BFA in Studio Art from Central Michigan University... ![Headshot of Brandon VanWormer](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/vanwormer_brandon-2124.jpg?itok=E2ATh-Cv) [### Paul Wisotzky ](/people/paul-wisotzky)Instructor at Ceramics Program - Office for the Arts at Harvard Paul Wisotzky is a studio potter and educator from Truro, Massachusetts. He makes functional pottery from porcelain and stoneware and fires his work in soda and reduction atmospheres at his studio Blueberry Lane Pottery. Paul teaches at the Harvard... ![A potter holding a freshly thrown clay vessel while in the act of pulling a handle in wet clay directly off of the vessel](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/paul_wisotzky_2024.png?itok=znpKLpTk) [### Casey Zeng ](/people/casey-zeng)Instructor, Staff, Resident Artist, Ceramics Program BS in Computer Science, University of Massachusetts - Amherst. Casey heads the clay-recycling program at the Ceramics Program with the use of the pug-mills. He also facilitates the course, Glaze and Clay Chemistry with Instructor Matthew Katz and assists... ![Casey headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/makeart/files/caseyweb.jpg?itok=YBnjoac5)