Sidney Lake
Sidney has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Ceramics Degree from Rochester Institute of Technology: School for American Craft.
She founded St. Johns Clay Collective in 2016 and has her own ceramic design business; Rock Bottom Pottery LLC, rockbottompottery.com. She continues to teach and evolve her businesses of helping everyone experience working with clay.
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Berdine Jordan
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Graduated from University of California Humboldt with a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art & Sculpture. She has 20+ years professional experience in arts administration and program management and 13 years experience in facilitating and teaching art in community education programs.
She is an instructor and program coordinator for St. Johns Clay Collective
Jared Jaffe
Graduated from The University of the Arts with a BFA in Ceramics in 1991. Received a MFA in Ceramics from The University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2005. Jared has taught ceramics, glass, 3D design and drawing at; Front Range Community College in Colorado, Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, Moorestown High School in New Jersey and at Keystone College in PA. He currently teaches ceramics for Central Valley Catholic School, and here at St. Johns Clay.
Brentwood Reid
Brentwood studied sculpture and 3D design at the university of North Alabama and apprenticed with studio potter Paul Dungan in Homer, Alaska before he decided a potter's life was "too settled". He left pottery for a career as a wildland firefighter and to travel the world. He is now resettled in Portland and has been a part of the SJCC community since 2021.
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Kari Thordarson
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Kari is excited to be working here at SJCC! She has been doing ceramics for six years now and enjoyed every moment. Some of her experience includes teaching classes as well as participating in an Artists in Residency program at the University of Portland.
She especially enjoys wheel throwing as well as being apart of a ceramic community!
Lisa Kerans
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Always a creative person, Lisa obtained a BA in studio art and art history and then built a career as a book designer.
She took a class at SJCC, and immediately loved the clay, the space, and the community. Being an avid life-long-learner, she loves working as a studio monitor in order to continue developing her skills, share discoveries and inspiration – and help make open studio hours available for everyone to enjoy playing with clay!
