Studio Instructors
Private lessons are a 2 hour intense session of individualized learning catering to beginners as well as those developing skills or exploring new media or forms. Student and instructor will coordinate on an agreed upon time.
2 hour private lesson for 1 person $165 * 2 hour semi-private lesson for 2 people $275 * For further options, arrangements can be made with your instructor.
Thank you for your interest in joining us!
Private Lesson in Painting w/Beth Northcut Williams
Elizabeth Northcut Williams (“Beth”) is a fine artist living in North Charleston, whose diverse body of work can be found in collections all over the country. Since receiving her BFA in painting from the University of Evansville, she has developed a wide range of techniques in oil painting, watercolor, drawing, and mixed media. Creating everything from portraits to murals, Beth loves to translate ideas into meaningful visual expression, often combining traditional techniques with more contemporary, expressive applications. Inspired by beauty and redemption, she is forever grateful to honor the significance of her subjects. She was a Gibbes Museum of Art Visiting Artist in 2023 and is currently preparing for a solo exhibition there in 2025.
In addition to her painting and drawing practice, Beth has always loved walking alongside aspiring artists of all ages and experience levels. Her experience leading classes and workshops includes working with the Louisville Visual Art Association, The Sawtooth Center, Childrens Discovery Center, Hope Scholars Academy, The Gibbes Museum of Art, the Blair Center for the Arts, Studio Union, among others, including private instruction in her studio.
View Beth’s work at @bethwilliamsart and at https://elizabethnorthcutwilliams.com/
Private Lesson in Encaustic w/Susan C Gregory
Susan is a multidisciplinary artist painting in encaustic, oil and mixed media while making ceramic sculpture, furniture and a line of functional pottery under the brand ceramic scg. She studied at Western Carolina University(NC) completing a B.F.A in Painting and Ceramics and learned Encaustics at Penland School(NC).
Her encaustic paintings are landscape interpretations derived from observations while walking which also incorporate oil, pen and transferred imagery. She has curated and shown locally and nationally with recent exhibitions including, Fifth LaGrange Southeast Regional, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA(2024), Combined Talents:Southern Futurisms, FSU Museum of Fine Arts (2023), ‘Studio Union; Art Outpost’(2022) and ‘Frontyard, Backyard, Street’(2020)at REDUX Contemporary Art Center. For almost 15 years she was an owning partner in cone 10 studios, a clay studio and gallery in Charleston, SC. Susan has since founded and directs Studio Union.
View Susan’s work at @susancgregory and at https://www.susangregoryart.com/
Private Lesson in hand-building
w/ Cristina Victor
Cristina is a Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist and educator currently working in textiles, public projects, installation and sculpture. As a ceramicist she goes by Sabia Ceramics and loves to teach handbuilding. Using slab and coil techniques, she folds elements of the Caribbean, deco architecture and uses color boldly in her sculptural and functional work. received her AA from the New World School of the Arts, Her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.
She has participated in various residencies nationally including Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Vermont Studio Center, ACRE Residency, and Signal Fire.
She is currently a Professor at the College of Charleston Studio Art Department.
View Cristina’s work at @sabiaprojects and at www.cristinavictor.com/
Private Lesson in Wheel throwing w/ Karen Casteel
Karen is a ceramic artist and instructor located in the Charleston, SC area. While earning a BFA in Graphic Design from Marshall University, she discovered ceramics. She lived in several states, working in design, sales, and management, then found her way back to clay and began advanced studies. Currently focused on teaching, she continues to make work that is inspired by function and design with the hope of creating connection between the user and the material.
Throughout her 30-year love affair with clay, Karen has continued ceramic exploration by attending many hands-on workshops and master pottery demonstrations at The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, NCECA and The Functional Ceramics Workshop. She has made functional and decorative pots as Full Circle Studios and was an active member of the Colorado Potters Guild and Parker Artist Guild. She has taught at Art Students League of Denver, Parker Monart School of the Arts and currently instructs in the Charleston area.
Private Lesson in Wheel throwing w/ Colin Peterson
Colin received his BFA from East Carolina University with a concentration in ceramics in 2007. He has been working in clay for close to 20 years, and after moving to Charleston in the winter of 2017 he decided to start his own pottery business called TRIM.
Being from North Carolina he grew up surrounded by a rich history of pottery. Pulling inspiration from the potters of Seagrove as well as the traditional pottery of Japan and Korea. Through his formative years he spent time learning under masters like Jim Tisnado, Seo Eo, Chuck Chamberlin, Adam Egenoff, Adam Landman, and John Peel. He specializes in making functional utilitarian vessels that incorporate slip techniques, decal work and glaze combinations. You can find his work around Charleston at places like Kweifei, Haegur, Moose Wears, Carolina Beer Candles, and Sea Green Farm.
See more of Colin’s work @trimpottery and at https://www.trimpottery.com/
Private Lesson in hand building w/ Nadia Stieglitz
Nadia is a self-taught ceramic sculptor who began her journey in 2020. In 2022, she was recognized as the Emerging Artist of Artisphere, and her work was featured in the Artfields competition. Her first solo show, Oceanic Drifts, was held during a residency at the Gibbes Museum in Charleston, SC.
Nadia was also selected as one of four artists for the annual Southeast Contemporary exhibition, which highlights professional artists shaping the future of American contemporary visual art. Her abstract ceramic forms have been featured in several publications such as Luxury Magazine, Charleston Magazine, ....
In 2023, she began a three-year mentorship residency at Anderson Ranch Arts Center and is represented by the George Gallery in Charleston, SC, as well as Vessels and Sticks. In 2025, her work will be part of the group show “The Matrix” in Aspen, Colorado.
See her work @nadiastieglitzstudio and www.nadiastieglitz.com.
Private lesson in wheel-throwing w/ Olivia Sangster
Olivia is a ceramic artist working primarily with porcelain and traditional wheel thrown and hand-building techniques. She received her B.F.A. with concentration in Ceramics and Certification in Art Education from Tyler School of Art in 2015. She has been a teacher of art and ceramics both in and out of public schools.
Olivia is the potter behind the small business Petrichor + Gold. She is always seeking ways in which she can create simple, beautiful and functional forms that draw from different inspirations. Her work focuses on form and function, while her initial training in drawing and painting are explored in the surfaces of her work. While she considers herself a teaching artist, she also believes that anyone working in art and especially in clay, is always a student: forever learning from the medium both in and out of the studio.
See more of Olivia’s work @petrichorandgold and at https://petrichorandgold.com/