Markeim Arts Center’s ceramic studio recently made some dramatic changes with new windows, new flooring, new wheels, new kilns and some new instructors, too.
Ceramics team members include:
Donna Los is a ceramic teacher and potter, she graduated from Moore College of Art with a bachelor’s of fine arts in ceramics and a bachelor’s of science in art education. Los started teaching children hand-throwing classes at Markeim in 1990. In 1997 she moved her studio of four potters wheels and large kin into Markeim and developed a pottery program for children and adults. She offers classes each class schedule.
Mary Ellen Stanzillis is a lifelong-learner. She has studied ceramics at University of Southern Maine, University of New Mexico, The College of New Jersey and University of the Arts. In addition to her degrees in art therapy, art education and photography, she has enjoyed teaching ceramics for several years. Stanzillis serves as Markeim Ceramics and Education Director.
Lillian Ding is the newest addition to the Markeim team. She graduated from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University in Cambridge Massachusetts with a bachelor’s of fine arts in sculpture, ceramics and painting. She did her post-BFA ceramics as a student member at the ceramics studio at Harvard University. In the fall of 2013, she moved back to New Jersey and has since joined as an intern artist at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia. Starting this summer, she joined Markeim as a studio assistant and instructor.
To learn more about Markeim Arts Center’s ceramics camps and other summer art camps, visit www.markeimartscenter.org.
