Mark Vander Heide
As a child, growing up in Holland, MI, I was an avid drawer, often creating fantastical creatures and the worlds they lived in. It wasn’t until my last year of college, while studying sociology, that I found my way to the ceramics studio and the world of clay, where my art practice is currently rooted. The years […]
Ian Park
My name is Ian Park. I’m originally from the southern rural village called Hartman, Arkansas. The population is still about 600 people. From there, I began making art at a preschool age by sketching with pen in wide ruled notebooks on my grandparent’s couch and gluing popsicle sticks together to make sculptures, all while experimenting […]
Meet Maliya Travers-Crumb
Maliya Travers-Crumb, artist in residence at Main Street Arts, during the month of August 2018, is working in one of our two studio spaces on our second floor. We asked Maliya some questions about her work and studio practice: Q: Tell us about your background. I grew up in Avon, NY outside of Rochester. My mother is a quilter so our […]
Hedy Yang
I am a 21 year old artist at Michigan State University, majoring in ceramics and minoring in entrepreneurship. I started a small business in college, and plan on growing it after I graduate in May of 2018. Believe it or not, my career as an artist started pretty unintentionally. My high school required that we take […]
Meet Mandy Ranck
Mandy Ranck, artist in residence at Main Street Arts during the months of September, October, and November 2017, will be working on both sculptural and functional bodies of ceramic work. We asked Mandy a few questions about her artwork and studio practice: Q: Tell us a little bit about your background. I grew up in Lewisburg, WV, […]
Jessie Marianacci Valone: jmv ceramics
My name is Jessie Marianacci Valone and I am a potter and owner of jmv ceramics. I grew up in the Finger Lakes area and currently live in Bristol, NY with my husband and two labradors, Lola and Buxton. With a focus on utilitarian pottery forms, I strive to create beautiful, well crafted, functional forms that people will […]
Peter Pincus
The Upstate New York Ceramics Invitational at Main Street Arts will feature functional and sculptural ceramic work by 13 artists from the region. This invitational represents some of the most exciting contemporary ceramic work being made in upstate New York. The exhibition will be held July 11–August 29, 2015. Online purchasing will begin in mid-July. […]
Bryan Hopkins
The Upstate New York Ceramics Invitational at Main Street Arts will feature functional and sculptural ceramic work by 13 artists from the region. This invitational represents some of the most exciting contemporary ceramic work being made in upstate New York. The exhibition will be held July 11–August 29, 2015.Online purchasing will begin in mid-July. Bryan […]
Samantha Stumpf: Process and Perspective
I’ve recently been  working on tableware for Main Street Arts. I have always enjoyed eating off of handmade dinnerware, it is part of my everyday routine. Each day I get to choose my mug for coffee, my bowl for yogurt and my portion controlled plate for dinner. I enjoy sharing these rituals  with the people who made these […]
Samantha Stumpf: Ongoing Inspiration
Hello, and thank you for checking out my first Inside The Artist’s Studio blog post on the Main Street Arts blog! I would like to introduce myself… I am originally from Baltimore Maryland and started working with clay in high school. I was instantly hooked to the material’s responsiveness to the sense of touch. I […]