artists in residence 2023-24
Foundation ResideNTS
Joel Pisowicz
Instagram: @Joel_Pisow_Pots
Bio
Born and raised in a small town in northwest Indiana, Joel Pisowicz began working with clay as a hobby when he was a teenager and eventually pursued a career in ceramics. After receiving a BFA from Indiana University in 2014 Joel built a studio and made a living as an independent studio artist in Porter, IN. He shows his work at art festivals, galleries, and exhibitions throughout the U.S. In 2019 he relocated his practice to Bloomington, IN and went on to receive an MFA in ceramics from Indiana University in the spring of 2023.
Gina Pisto
Bio
Originally from Columbus, OH, Gina Pisto (she/her) completed her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Ceramics at Grand Valley State University in 2016. Prior to the completion of her BFA, she was awarded a Leroy Niemen Fellowship at Ox-Bow School of Arts and Artists Residencies in Saugatuck, MI. Upon finishing her undergraduate studies, she then went on to complete a post-baccalaureate in Craft + Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2018. Most recently, Pisto completed her Master’s of Fine Arts in Ceramics at Ohio University in 2022. She has exhibited her work nationally in various group and solo exhibitions and has been awarded recognition from the National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts (NCECA) and the Michigan Ceramic Art Association (MCAA). Currently based in Ann Arbor, MI, Pisto’s work utilizes various materials such as clay, plastic, and flowers to explore notions of loss, memory, and permanence.
Logan Reynolds
Bio
Logan Reynolds is originally from Colorado. He received his BFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2017. He was a Project Network resident at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Skælskør, Denmark in 2018 and has participated in many group shows across the U.S. He completed his MFA in Ceramics from Ohio University in 2023. He works in clay to fabricate familiar material objects that are performative of a collective middle-class American memory.
Visiting Artist ResidentS
Jonathan Christensen Caballero (August - December 2023)
Bio
Jonathan Christensen Caballero is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Utah. He received his A.S. in art from Snow College, B.F.A in ceramics and sculpture from Utah State University and M.F.A. in ceramics from Indiana University Bloomington. He has exhibited nationally in shows such as The Regional at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, NCECA Annual: Social Recession at the Weston Art Gallery, Small and Mighty at the Red Lodge Clay Center. Christensen Caballero has been the ceramic Artist in Residence at the Interdisciplinary Ceramic Research Center at the University of Kansas, the Lawrence Arts Center, and is a Belger Arts Visiting Artist in Residence at the Belger Crane Yard Studios. Christensen Caballero’s work focuses on the human figure and advocates for the Latin American labor community.
Mike Cerv (January - April 2024)
Bio
Mike Cerv received his Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2017, was an artist-in-residence at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, NY, and received his Master of Fine Arts from Louisiana State University in 2021. He recently moved back to Kansas City and is currently building a ceramics tool business. Cerv works predominantly in handbuilt ceramics with the aid of tar paper templates. He has educated both children and adults in a variety of ceramic, wood, and digital processes.
Heidi Schultz (May - August 2024)
Bio
Heidi Schultz has been working in clay for 21 years. Born and raised in the Midwest she developed an imagination and interest in art that blossomed in her first college ceramics class. She earned a BFA from Northwest Missouri State University in 2004 and an MFA from Kent State University in 2007. Heidi has taught art at the college level for eleven years and maintains a studio in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, MO. Her work explores Buddhism through a personal lens using ceramic sculpture, pottery, and drawing. She has exhibited all over the country as well as in Kansas City having won multiple awards at the Kansas City Clay Guild Teabowl National. Aside from art, family is most important, but she also enjoys music, golf, biking, and indoor rock climbing.