Staff Highlight: Zoe Maris

Staff Highlight: Zoe Maris

Each month we will be featuring one of our fantastic staff members and their talents. This month we are highlighting instructor and staff member Zoe Maris! Read on to learn more about Zoe and what she’s looking forward to learning as a marketing manager and technical assistant, her connection with clay, and her clay-making superpower!

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Staff Highlight: Irene Stivers Nelson

Staff Highlight: Irene Stivers Nelson

Each month we will be featuring one of our fantastic staff members and their talents. This month we are highlighting instructor and staff member Irene Stivers Nelson! Read on to learn more about Irene and what she’s looking forward to learning as a technical assistant, her Antarctic adventures, and what valuable lessons she’s learned along her artistic journey.

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February 2025 Instructor Highlight: Jennifer Fujimoto

February 2025 Instructor Highlight: Jennifer Fujimoto

Each month we will be featuring one of our fantastic staff members and their talents. This month we are highlighting instructor Jennifer ‘Fuj’ Fujimoto! Read on to learn more about Jennifer and what she loves about teaching, her inspirations, and learn how she pushes through creative blocks.

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Visiting Artist Highlight: Alice Kay Lee

Visiting Artist Highlight: Alice Kay Lee

We are so excited to host Alice Kay Lee (she/her) as a visiting artist at Rain City Clay! Alice will be working in one of RCC’s semi-private studios for several months this summer. Alice is looking forward to having access to a studio space with unrestricted hours. She is excited to see what she can make when time isn’t a constraint to creativity.

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August 2024 Founder Highlight: Deb Schwartzkopf

August 2024 Founder Highlight: Deb Schwartzkopf

This month we are highlighting our Founder Deb Schwartzkopf! (she/her)
”In 2013 I purchased property in my hometown of Seattle, WA and began to establish Rat City Studios. Ten years later, I expanded and started a sister-studio, Rain City Clay. Through these two studios, and with the support of an incredible staff, we offer adult and youth clay classes, and community events… My highest hope is that RCC/ RCS engages and builds community and that the community cares about the organization.”

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July 2024 Staff Highlight: Finn Faydell Park

July 2024 Staff Highlight: Finn Faydell Park

Each month we will be featuring one of our fantastic staff members and their talents. This month we are highlighting staff member Finn Faydell Park! Read on to learn more about Finn and what they love about teaching, what surface decorating techniques they like, and learn what valuable lessons they’ve learned along their artistic journey that they wish they knew when you first began.

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Visiting Artist Highlight: Alison Kan Grevstad

Visiting Artist Highlight: Alison Kan Grevstad

We are so excited to host Alison Kan Grevstad (she/her) as a visiting artist at Rain City Clay! Alison will be working in one of RCC’s semi-private studios for several months this summer. She is looking forward to a dedicated space to work larger and the opportunity to connect with the clay community at RCC.

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