Alchemy Pottery Studio
Teachers
Amy Halko
Amy Halko is a studio potter in Cleveland, Ohio. Currently she teaches
ceramics at Alchemy Studio, Cuyahoga Community College, The Cleveland Institute of Art, and Orange Art Center. Amy has taught numerous workshops throughout the US, was a visiting artist at The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China and a resident artist at The Archie Bray Foundation. Together with fellow artists she founded The Dallas Pottery Invitational in Texas, and Clay Wood Cloth in Sonoma County to celebrate the beauty of handmade objects and support the artists who make them. Her work is in several collections and is shown nationally. Amy received a BFA in Ceramics and Drawing from Bowling Green State University and an MFA in Ceramics at The Ohio State University.
P.J. Hargraves
P.J is a ceramic artist from Philadelphia currently living in Northeast Ohio. He is an enthusiastic artist and educator, always having fun in the studio.
He is the Ceramics Department Coordinator and 3D Technician at the University of Akron, overseeing the ceramics, sculpture, and metalsmithing facilities and operations. In addition, he teaches ceramics at Cuyahoga Community College and Continuing Ed at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Before moving to Ohio he was an Artist in Residence at the LUX Center for the Arts in Lincoln Nebraska. He received his MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2020. He received his BFA in Ceramics from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 2017. He also received a k-12 Art Education Certificate along with my BFA.
In addition to teaching classes and workshops for kids and adults, P.J. enjoys the labor of the studio, including building and fixing kilns and helping students troubleshoot problems with materials and firing.
