OUR TEAM
Samantha (Sam) is a porcelain ceramicist that utilizes forms of sketching, painting, and fine line drawing into her delicate works. She found her passion for ceramics in 2017 while enrolled in a sculpture class at Suffolk County Community College. After graduating from community college in 2019, she enrolled at Stony Brook University as an English major with a minor in creative writing. Literary genres such as poetry, short stories, novels, and screenwriting all act as translatory vehicles for her writing.
While exploring ceramics at a local art studio on Long Island during her undergraduate education, Sam began to integrate her curiosity for storytelling with the use of clay forms.
Today, she pursues a graduate degree in art education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Sam is the acting fellow of the Teachers College ceramics studio where she continues to tell stories through her favorite protagonist yet. Clay.
Samantha (Sam) is a porcelain ceramicist that utilizes forms of sketching, painting, and fine line drawing into her delicate works. She found her passion for ceramics in 2017 while enrolled in a sculpture class at Suffolk County Community College. After graduating from community college in 2019, she enrolled at Stony Brook University as an English major with a minor in creative writing. Literary genres such as poetry, short stories, novels, and screenwriting all act as translatory vehicles for her writing.
While exploring ceramics at a local art studio on Long Island during her undergraduate education, Sam began to integrate her curiosity for storytelling with the use of clay forms.
Today, she pursues a graduate degree in art education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Sam is the acting fellow of the Teachers College ceramics studio where she continues to tell stories through her favorite protagonist yet. Clay.
Aimee Ehrman is currently pursuing an Ed.D.C.T in Art Education and holds an Ed.M. from Teachers College. She has an M.F.A. from SUNY New Paltz and a B.A. from Baldwin Wallace University. Aimee’s research interest involves examining the intersection of embodied learning and ceramics, and how the embodied practices of ceramics can be explored in higher education. Aimee is also interested in how the educational setting can influence art-making practices and subsequent artworks. As an active artist and educator, she brings both her movement and artist practices to the classroom, where she challenges students to experiment with the material and considers the role of the body as a tool. Aimee’s artistic individual works and installations are held in private collections and exhibited in galleries nationwide.
Aimee Ehrman is currently pursuing an Ed.D.C.T in Art Education and holds an Ed.M. from Teachers College. She has an M.F.A. from SUNY New Paltz and a B.A. from Baldwin Wallace University. Aimee’s research interest involves examining the intersection of embodied learning and ceramics, and how the embodied practices of ceramics can be explored in higher education. Aimee is also interested in how the educational setting can influence art-making practices and subsequent artworks. As an active artist and educator, she brings both her movement and artist practices to the classroom, where she challenges students to experiment with the material and considers the role of the body as a tool. Aimee’s artistic individual works and installations are held in private collections and exhibited in galleries nationwide.
Derek Weisberg began his journey with ceramics at age 7. He unwaveringly pursued ceramics sculpture throughout his youth, in Benicia, CA, where he was raised. At age 18 he moved to Oakland, CA, to pursue his love for ceramics and art in general and attended California College of Arts and Crafts where he graduated with high honors in 2005 with a BFA. Since then Weisberg has founded and co-owned Boontling Gallery, curated numerous other exhibitions, and has worked with highly esteemed artists such as Stephen De Staebler, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Manuel Neri. In addition Weisberg has maintained a strong and demanding studio practice, presenting solo exhibitions both nationally, and internationally. He has also been invited to participate in residencies in Istanbul, Mexico, and France. Weisberg currently lives and works in NY and is faculty at Greenwich House Pottery and Teachers College at Columbia.
Derek Weisberg began his journey with ceramics at age 7. He unwaveringly pursued ceramics sculpture throughout his youth, in Benicia, CA, where he was raised. At age 18 he moved to Oakland, CA, to pursue his love for ceramics and art in general and attended California College of Arts and Crafts where he graduated with high honors in 2005 with a BFA. Since then Weisberg has founded and co-owned Boontling Gallery, curated numerous other exhibitions, and has worked with highly esteemed artists such as Stephen De Staebler, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Manuel Neri. In addition Weisberg has maintained a strong and demanding studio practice, presenting solo exhibitions both nationally, and internationally. He has also been invited to participate in residencies in Istanbul, Mexico, and France. Weisberg currently lives and works in NY and is faculty at Greenwich House Pottery and Teachers College at Columbia.
Stepanka Summer is a porcelain artist who blends art, design, and personal imageries from her childhood, inviting the viewer to take a deeper look at familiar encounters, as she transforms them into her own whimsical creations. For Summer it was love at first sight with porcelain, but there were many heartbreaks along the way, as the medium is notoriously difficult to work with. Summer relishes the unpredictability and excitement that firing up her porcelain pieces can bring. Originally from a medieval village in South Bohemia in the Czech Republic, she moved to New York City in 1995. In addition to her artwork, which can be found in galleries in the US and in private collections internationally, Stepanka Summer is a ceramic teacher at the Columbia University Teachers College.
Stepanka Summer is a porcelain artist who blends art, design, and personal imageries from her childhood, inviting the viewer to take a deeper look at familiar encounters, as she transforms them into her own whimsical creations. For Summer it was love at first sight with porcelain, but there were many heartbreaks along the way, as the medium is notoriously difficult to work with. Summer relishes the unpredictability and excitement that firing up her porcelain pieces can bring. Originally from a medieval village in South Bohemia in the Czech Republic, she moved to New York City in 1995. In addition to her artwork, which can be found in galleries in the US and in private collections internationally, Stepanka Summer is a ceramic teacher at the Columbia University Teachers College.
Thomas W. Lollar is an internationally renowned sculptor and professor of fine arts. Lollar was educated at Western Michigan University, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in sculpture, ceramics, and art history. Lollar has taught ceramics and sculpture since 1975 and is currently an instructor at Teachers College - Columbia University. Lollar has received several top-tier honors in his field, including the post of visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome. His work has been featured in gallery exhibitions nationwide. Lollar's work has been reviewed in The New York Times and other international art publications and is represented in a number of public, corporate, and private collections, including The Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, and The Museum of Arts and Design, New York. Photo credit: F. Deschamps.
Thomas W. Lollar is an internationally renowned sculptor and professor of fine arts. Lollar was educated at Western Michigan University, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in sculpture, ceramics, and art history. Lollar has taught ceramics and sculpture since 1975 and is currently an instructor at Teachers College - Columbia University. Lollar has received several top-tier honors in his field, including the post of visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome. His work has been featured in gallery exhibitions nationwide. Lollar's work has been reviewed in The New York Times and other international art publications and is represented in a number of public, corporate, and private collections, including The Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, and The Museum of Arts and Design, New York. Photo credit: F. Deschamps.