Summer 2023
Tamzin Darden
Tamzin is originally from São Paulo, Brasil and was raised in a family passionate about the arts. Her mother was an avid painter and sculptor. Tamzin’s creativity is not a hobby but a way of life! She loves to do all forms of art and currently spends her time making jewelry, sewing, making pottery, and […]
Sarah Sprouse
Sarah Sprouse is a visual artist, educator, and art historian from the greater Seattle area. She holds a MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History from Azusa Pacific University. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of Edmonds College, the University of Montana, and the City of Spokane. Sarah is passionate about creative […]
Emilie Bouvier
Emilie Bouvier is an artist and community organizer in Minnesota’s Twin Cities. Emilie works in historic/alternative process photography and clay, finding her practice fueled by the process-oriented nature of these mediums. She is drawn to the places where land history, story, and spiritual/theological traditions meet – and how those intersections can open up through image-making. […]
Janet Gruman
Janet first learned about negative space in a drawing class at Lassen College. The instructor, Ben Barker, told the class to look at a particular tree and draw everything—every shape—we saw, except the tree. She was 19 years old, and though it wasn’t her first art class, she hadn’t ever heard of negative space. Years […]
Suzanne Halvorson
Suzanne Halvorson holds a Bachelor of Science in Fine Arts (BSFA) from Valpariaso University. She has been a studio textile artist in Bloomington, IN since the late 1970's. Suzanne is co-owner and charter member of By Hand Gallery. She is an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at the Eskinazi School of Art, Architecture, + Design […]
Nathan Himes
Nathan grew up in the Pacific Northwest just outside of Seattle. He graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a BFA, emphasis in sculpture and ceramics. He has worked as a pottery instructor teaching kids and adults as well as a retail manager and kiln technician at Clay Art Center in Tacoma. Five years ago Nathan […]
Ron Cole
Ron Cole is a digital artist, songwriter, and potter. Born in Pittsburgh and raised in Kentucky, Ron first came to the Guild as an intern for the 2013 Summer Program, then stayed on as an Artist in Residence, and later returned to work on staff for a few years. He currently resides in Plain, Wa […]
Pine Needle Basket Weaving, Interpreting Mud: Demystifying Functional Pottery,
Jill Ross
Jill Ross is a visual artist, writer, and poet who has experience as a studio artist, teacher, exhibiting artist, and published poet. For the past decade, her primary medium has been glass mosaic. She also works in clay and mixed media. Her mosaic art is incorporated into a project called "Making Wholeness From The Broken […]
Laurie Rudel
Laurie Rudel is a retired pastor who served the congregation of Queen Anne Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Seattle for nearly 26 years before retiring in 2017. Throughout her life, she has nurtured a love affair with the arts: music, dance, writing, fiber arts, as well as visual arts. She has formal training as […]
Bro. Mickey McGrath
From Bro. Mickey's website: In a nutshell, I paint, write, and tell stories- and then travel all over the place telling the stories behind what I paint and write. My first formal art lessons were at the Moore College of Art in downtown Philly, my hometown. They had classes for young people on Saturday mornings […]