Meet your lovely instructors
Our instructors bring a wealth of experience and diverse backgrounds to the studio. Each teacher is not only a skilled ceramic artist, but also a strong supporter of ceramic arts education.
Many of our instructors have advanced degrees in Fine Arts or Ceramics from well-known schools. They share their knowledge of both traditional and modern techniques.
Years of practical experience in pottery-making, glazing, and kiln operation complement their academic backgrounds. They have shown their work in local, national, and international galleries. This gives them a good understanding of the artistic and technical parts of ceramics.
Our instructors are also artists. They have taught at community colleges, universities, and art centers. They are committed to helping students of all levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners, be creative and improve their skills. Students learn not just how to work with clay, but also the history and importance of ceramic arts through their teachers.
Our team has experts in different ceramic processes, like wheel throwing, hand-building, sculpting, and raku. They also know about the artistic and technical parts of ceramics.
David (DC) Campbell
DC works mostly on the wheel, but is adept at hand building and sculpture as well. He creates a nurturing, fun, and informative environment while offering guidance to beginner, intermediate, and advanced potters.
Jesse Berlin
Jesse Berlin is a local sculptor and sculpture teacher. He received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in Sculpture from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
YeRin Kim
YeRin Kim is an artist from South Korea. She holds a BFA in fine art from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in sculpture from the California College of Arts. YeRin's artwork has been featured in galleries and museums in South Korea, Germany, and various parts of the United States.
Noa Soladar
Noa Solodar is a ceramic artist specializing in functional kitchenware. With over 12 years of experience, she has mastered her skills in various ceramic techniques. After moving to Arizona from Israel in 2024, Noa continued to develop her craft and share her passion for pottery.
George C. Peñaloza
Penaloza’s work consists of sculptures expressing iconic American issues, ideals, and popular figures in a surrealistic manner. “His inspirations for moving to the more free-form and intricate art form of sculpture include fantasy movies and special effect design. Ceramic sculpture gives him an opportunity to give life to what exists within his heart and imagination.”
Nan Wollman
Nan Wollman is an artist, teacher and preparator, and a recent transplant to Tucson. Ms. Wollman has a B.F.A. in ceramics from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia College of Art and an M.F.A.
Zachary Gordon
Zach combines wheel throwing and hand-building techniques to create ceramic sculptures that are influenced by nature: ocean animals, plants, trees, and rock formations. He draws inspiration from the community of artists around him and the writers and filmmakers he loved as a child, in particular, Ray Harryhausen. Zach earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey in 2014.
Janet Burner
Award-winner Janet Burner is a long-time local ceramic artist with over 40 years of instructional experience, and one of the original founding members of Romero House. After graduating from the University of Arizona, she studied ceramics at Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO and apprenticing with Harry Holl in Dennis, MA, Janet opened her business, Sabino Stoneware Pottery. From throwing to hand building, sculpting, glazing, and firing, there isn’t anything Janet can’t show you how to do.
Olivia Tuller
Olivia Tuller has been doing ceramics since 2017 when she discovered it as part of the art history curriculum at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Or. Since then, she’s furthered her clay education at the Multnomah Arts Center, Pima Community College, and Romero House Potters, as well as attending NCECA in 2018
Lisa Rooney
Lisa Rooney is a transdisciplinary artist whose work surrounds connection to land and community. She has worked with clay for over a decade, specializing in hand built ceramics. Her work explores clay through many outlets, including earthen architecture, architectural relief work, and painting with natural pigments.
