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!

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.

Each month we will be featuring one of our fantastic staff members and their talents. This month we are highlighting instructor Krista Cortese! Read on to learn more about Krista, her teaching journey at RCC, and her Secret Garden pottery collection.

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.

Each month we will be featuring one of our fantastic staff members and their talents. This month we are highlighting instructor and staff member, Brooke Felix! Read on to learn more about Brooke and what she loves about teaching, her inspirations, and favorite part of the clay process.

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.”

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.

Each month we will be featuring one of our fantastic staff members and their talents. This month we are highlighting staff member Hayley Reed! Read on to learn more about Hayley and all the different “hats” they wear at RCC, what they love most about teaching, and their favorite clay tools.

Each month we will be featuring one of our fantastic staff members and their talents. This month we are highlighting RCC & RCS Outreach Coordinator staff Brooke Hanson! Read on to learn more about Brooke and her inspirations, her experience working with youth, and what she loves about clay.