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Playing in clay is a way for me to practice life lessons like being centered, getting messy, and letting go. I love the process of creating and being surprised by the result, and I am eager to learn more about this flexible and multifarious medium.

Steadily trying to show clay that I’m in charge! Hoping to improve my throwing skills so I will have a short supply of handmade gifts for all occasions. Thoroughly enjoying being a part of the SCS community :)

Driven to create, explore, and experiment.

Katie Natale was raised in New Jersey and moved to Vermont from New York City 16 years ago. She has been a member of the Shelburne Craft School since she moved to Shelburne 6 years ago. An inveterate dabbler in the arts, some of Katie’s more memorable experiences have been photography classes at the ICP in NYC, woodworking at Haystack Craft School (Maine), mixed media at Penland Craft School (North Carolina), and Animal Drawing from the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History (NYC). Katie has taken painting classes at SCS, but spends most of her ‘craft school’ time in the pottery studio. After taking pottery classes in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, for 6 years, she was thrilled to find such a supportive, welcoming clay community at SCS. After studying Anthropology/Spanish at UMASS/Amherst, Katie spent 16 years working in magazine publishing in New York City, mostly focused on international sales and promotion for Europe, Latin America and Asia. Katie has a passion for language study and international travel and has lived abroad in Spain, Italy and Chile. Katie enjoys spending time with kids and can often be found digging in the the raised beds and working with a ‘farm-to-school’ program at the Shelburne Community School. She also runs an Open Play program for preschoolers at the Shelburne Field House. Katie lives in Shelburne with her husband, Lou Natale, and their two children. She thrives on thinking up new ways to bring creative opportunities to our community.

I teach chemistry full-time at UVM but art has always been a huge part of my life. Finally, after years of watching my daughter enjoy the classes and camps at the Shelburne Craft School, I decided to take a clay class.

Hello, I was a teacher for camp there many, many years ago. My daughter now goes to the same camp! I enjoy all the classes I take and the school is always familiar and inviting.

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Marc has been a clinical social worker maintaining his own private practice for the past 25 years. He began ceramics in 1984 in high school, mainly on a Lockerbie kick wheel. Since then he's taken many ceramics classes on and off. In 2021 he returned to ceramics after a 10 year hiatus. He'll never willingly take another break from it. Pottery is his super happy place. A day touching clay is never a wasted one. Woodworking and gardening have also been ongoing passions. He lives in Charlotte, VT with his wife Annie, their two children Eliam and Pearl and their two dogs Rosie and Gillie.

I’m a writer, musician, gardener, yoga teacher, friend, and lover of making things.

Former network news anchor and longtime NYC public radio host, Claudia moved to Charlotte with her husband, Matt in 2012. She teaches spin classes at SAC and occasionally sings professionally.

eager to learn~