Ceramics Faculty

Meet Our Ceramics Faculty

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  • Audrey Yoeun An

    Audrey An

    Adjunct Faculty

    Audrey An’s creative research revolves around the notion of applying digital technologies to ceramics from the perspective of ‘convergence,’ whether it be cultural, technological, or interdisciplinary. She earned her BFA and Art History Minor…

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  • Charlie Cunningham

    Charlie Cunningham

    Adjunct Faculty

    Charlie Cunningham is a studio artist from Connecticut. He is the co-founder of the Orchard Art Collective in Philadelphia. His interdisciplinary background provides students with a multifaceted education in fine arts and professional practice. …

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  • Akiko Jackson

    Akiko Jackson

    Adjunct Faculty

    Akiko Jackson is from Kahuku, a rural North Shore community on the island of O'ahu, Hawai'i. She holds an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts. A recipient of numerous long-term residencies and fellowships nationwide,…

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  • Natalie Kuenzi

    Natalie Kuenzi

    Adjunct Faculty

    Natalie Kuenzi has served as a faculty member at numerous universities and art centers, including the University of Pennsylvania, University of the Arts, Drexel University, Saint Joseph’s University, The Clay Studio of Philadelphia, and Tacony LAB…

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  • Leonor Marion-Landais

    Leonor Marion-Landais

    Adjunct Faculty

    Leonor Marion-Landais is an artist and educator based in Philadelphia, PA. She received her BFA in Sculpture from Montclair State University and her MFA in Ceramics from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Leonor has taught at various…

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  • George Rodriguez smiling at the camera.

    George Rodriguez

    Assistant Professor

    Born and raised in the border city of El Paso, TX, George Rodriguez creates highly ornamented, figurative ceramic sculptures, often underlined by a connection to the sociopolitical issues the artist explores. His world curiosity grew as a…

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  • Lauren Sandler stands with her arms crossed in a ceramics studio at Tyler.

    Lauren Sandler

    Associate Professor and Program Head of Ceramics

    Lauren Sandler is a ceramic artist and educator whose work utilizes the layered and complex history of clay as a place to unearth stories, particularly those that have been erased, distorted, or rewritten. Through the familiarity and…

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  • Kukuli Velarde

    Kukuli Velarde

    Adjunct Faculty

    Kukuli Velarde is a Peruvian artist based in the United States since 1987. She has received awards and grants such as the Virginia Groot First Prize (2023), the Guggenheim Fellowship (2015), the United States Artists-Knight fellowship (2009), the…

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