Clay Alliance Mentor Program

The Mentor Program is one of the many benefits of Clay Alliance membership. This program allows you access to members who are willing to advise you in their areas of expertise. Please do not hesitate to contact any one of the members listed here, as they have signed on willingly to offer their assistance. 

If you have an area of expertise and would like to share your knowledge with other members, send an email to: info@clayalliance.org. If you are a new member and would like to discuss your best possible fit with the mentors listed here, feel free to call our V.P. Sharon Long Kabbes @ 513-624-7764. 

Below are some suggested categories for mentors. If you have knowledge in another area that would benefit members of Clay Alliance, feel free to add it to the list.

Artists In School  Firing: Salt  Porcelain 
Bonnie Day Fred Cook Marcia Cochran
Tom Funke Greg Seigel Tom Funke
Terri Kern Anthony Wolking Pam Korte
Yuki Muroe Firing: Wood  Ulla Merz
Peggy Rosenbluth Fred Cook Ruth Radin
Barbara Terry Greg Seigel Production Studio 
Commissions  Anthony Wolking Carla R. Becker
Jan Brown Checco Gallery/Shops  Todd Feazell
Allan Nairn Bruce Canfield Allan Nairn
Computers  Allan Nairn Stoneware 
Steve Chrisman Getting Started in a Studio Debby Abrams
Trish Martindell Bruce Canfield Mike & Karen Baum
David O'Mara Sharon Long Kabbes Tom Funke
Craft Shows  Ruth Radin Joshua Hamaker
Kate Ball Marcilla Wolf Rose-Milavec Greg Seigel
John Mason Larry Watson Linda Suter
Allan Nairn Getting Started- Retail  Collin Taylor
Linda Suter Allan Nairn Teaching Pottery 
Larry Watson Leslie St. Clair Joyce C. Clancy
Crystalline Glazes  Linda Suter Yvonne Cooper
Ruth Radin Larry Watson Gabriela Coronado
Design of Show Booth Getting Started-Wholesale Patrick Dougherty
Maury Mountain Leslie St. Clair Jeff & Maureen Eller
Linda Suter Larry Watson Trina Feldhake
Larry Watson Glaze Calculation  Jana S. Glass
Display/Presentation  Joyce C. Clancy J. Harris
Bruce Canfield Todd Feazell Karen Herbert
Linda Suter Graphic Design  Pam Korte
Earthenware  Kelly Johnson Paul & Bonnie Mitchell
Debby Abrams Lori Martin Yuki Muroe
Joyce C. Clancy David O'Mara Dennis Mummert
Patrick Dougherty Jeff Prather Ruth Radin
Tom Funke Peggy Unkel Wolf Rose-Milavec
George-Ann Lawrence Kiln Building  Peggy Rosenbluth

Tracy Steger McClorey

Tom Funke Collin Taylor
Firing: Electric  Dennis Mummert Courtney Wilkens
Joyce C. Clancy Linda Suter Karan Witham-Walsh
Sue Cline Anthony Wolking Anthony Wolking
Tom Funke Kiln Repair 
Cathy Gatch Tom Funke
Jana S. Glass Cathy Gatch
Pat Holm Scott Kelley
Leslie St. Clair Linda Suter
Firing: Raku  Anthony Wolking
Jean Ann Bolliger Marketing 
Lisa Hueil Conner Tom Funke
Pat Holm Marketing You/Your Work
Denny Means Laura Davis
Brenda Tarbell Sharon Long Kabbes
Firing: Reduction  Mrs. Cindy Ann Syphax
Mike & Karen Baum Photography
Carla R. Becker Laura Davis
Jean Ann Bolliger Paul and Bonnie Mitchell
Tom Funke Linda Suter
Greg Seigel Anthony Wolking
Anthony Wolking