Visiting Artist Workshops
at Vallejo Clay
We welcome ceramic artists to teach at our dynamic studio, where creativity and innovation in the ceramic arts thrive. Our mission is to offer our clay community a unique opportunity to discover new techniques, creative approaches, and surface design. By partnering with skilled and experienced artists, we strive to inspire and elevate the craft, encouraging artists to push the boundaries of their artistic expression.
March 2025
Lynne Meade
ynne Meade's works in clay exemplify stunning form, intricate detail, and subtle beauty. Lynne's modern design style is mesmerizing and her meticulous technique breathes originality. Meade collaborates with designers, architects, and individual clients to create unique pieces of art for both public and private spaces.
Meade has been exhibiting her sculpture and design work since 1987. She studied at Penland School Of Crafts and graduated with a BA in Ceramic Design from Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 1986. She has taught classes at MIT, The New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Walnut Creek Center for Community Arts, ASUC at UC Berkeley, and workshops around the country. In 2009, Meade received the Carol Duke Artist Award for Excellence In Craft at the Bellevue Arts Museum. She has permanent collections at American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, California and at Benedict University in Chicago, Illinois.
April 2024
Whitney Smith
Whitney's favorite approach to surface design on ceramics involves using underglazes and slips to achieve colorful and visually stunning one-of-a-kind surfaces, while employing sgraffito and mishima techniques for a contrasting tactile depth that makes the surfaces pop. Her workshop focused on applying slips and underglaze to pottery and carving simple designs to create a contrasting visual and tactile surface. The result was a visually striking effect where the inlaid underglaze created intricate patterns.
Whitney Smith is the owner and founder of Vallejo Clay Workshop. You can see more of her work on her site here!
Diana Fayt
February 2024
Diana Fayt is a studio potter, illustrator, and teacher. Her ceramic pieces are part folklore and part personal narrative, documenting both real and imagined stories. She has been featured on the cover of Ceramics Monthly as well as in numerous international and American Publications, such as The Journal of Australian Ceramics, American Craft, Domino, and Sunset Magazine. Her roster of clients include Heath Ceramics, Anthropologie and Terrain. Diana has taught workshops at Arrowmont School of Crafts, Santa Fe Clay, Metchosin School Of The Arts, Sierra Nevada College, The Potters Studio, Master Presenter at Clay Gulgong as well as pioneering early online ceramics education with her self-created teaching platform, The Clayer and is a graduate of California College of the Arts.
