Sarah Caruso – Meetinghouse Owner and Operator
Sarah Caruso
Email: sarah@meetinghouseclay.com
Sarah Caruso is passionate about clay, about art, about people, and about building community. And good food, but thankfully the rest of her passions often provide opportunities to make and share good food. Sarah brings three decades of experience as a working clay artist, 25 years teaching ceramics and 15 years of professional studio management and program direction to her resume as owner/operator of Meetinghouse Clay Center. Sarah graduated from Skidmore College in 1995 with a BS in Ceramics and Metalsmithing, and earned her MS in Art Education from The College of Saint Rose in 1998.
Alexa Nickandros
Instagram: @a_nickandros
Alexa has a BS in Cognitive Science from UMass Amherst but has always had a drive towards practicing
art and sharing its joys with others. She has been working with clay regularly for 4 years and is building her own pottery business – Little House Ceramics – based in West Yarmouth. Alexa enjoys bringing whimsy into her work and draws inspiration from nature and elements of design. Other than pottery she loves playing her saxophone, plants, her cat, plants, DIY projects, and plants.
Molly Frantz
Instagram: @mollyfrantz64
Molly received her MFA in ceramics from Ohio University in 2001. Previous to her ceramic career, Molly worked as a conservation biologist and holds a Master of Environmental Science from Yale University (1992). She taught ceramics at Colorado Mesa University and Tabor Academy, was a visiting artist at UMass Dartmouth, and completed residencies at Red Lodge Clay Center and Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project. She continues to incorporate themes of environment, human impact, and landscape forms in her work. Molly lives with her husband Andrew in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Between them they have five children, all in their 20’s and exploring the world. Currently she is devoting her time to work in her own newly built studio at her home and teaching when she can.
Fallon Navarro
Instagram @fallon_navarro
Fallon Navarro is an artist based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, working across ceramics, digital fabrication, and installation. Combining 3D printing with traditional ceramic processes, her practice explores how objects act as containers for memory, orientation, and lived experience, inviting moments of intimacy and quiet disorientation.
Ryder Gordon
Instagram: @ceramicsryder
Ryder grew up in the Boston area, where he was introduced to the potter’s wheel
at a young age. He graduated with a degree in art education and ceramics from UMass
Dartmouth. He has studied wood, gas, and soda firing with Chris Gustin and Chris
Smith, as well as raku with Stephen Branfman. Ryder has instructed and assisted at
The Potter’s Shop and School in Needham, Peter’s Valley School of Craft in Layton, NJ,
and Castle Hill Center for the Arts in Truro. Ryder’s work is defined by pushing the limits
of what can be accomplished both on and off the potter’s wheel. He creates functional
pottery with shapes that bulge, grow, and swirl as well as coil-built vessels where he
investigates the relationship between geometry and figurative elements. Ryder uses
glaze and atmospheric firing to highlight his complex forms, creating dynamic surfaces.
Joan Zagrobelny
Instagram: @joan.zag