Posts by Michelle Marshall

Brooke teaches both our youngest clay students and pottery workshops at Northwest Art Center. Brooke is a talented hand-building clay artist. When not teaching at NWAC, Brooke is an instructor at Wilderness Awareness School.  

Heather was 15 the first time she tried throwing on an old kick wheel and from there she went on to take ceramics classes in college. In addition to taking classes, she helped run the Merrill Pottery Co-op while attending UCSC. Heather discovered the Northwest Art Center when her family moved to Duvall in 2016.…

Amy is a drawing and painting artist, working both traditionally and digitally with a concentration in comic art. After graduating from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in ’23, she has used her minor in art education to help children of all ages work creatively. Now she works freelance, creating 2-D animations and digital…

Evan is a current student of the DigiPen Institute of Technology, looking to learn the skills to become a character designer in the video game industry. He loves storytelling—especially through art—and wants to create story-rich games with beautiful artwork to accompany them. He has taught art classes before and enjoyed being able to assist people…

Ryan is a current Illustration student at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. He is a mixed media artist who is passionate about working with any medium he can get his hands on. He specializes in oil pastel, graphite realism, and print making. Ryan hopes to guide students to express themselves through art.  

Jackie Heale is a current WWU art student. Jackie is a 2024 graduate of Lake Washington High School and has taught pottery and art classes at Northwest Arts Center in Duvall and volunteered at Kokanee Clay Studio in Bellevue. Jackie was recently a celebrated up and coming entrepreneur at the 2025 Northwest Arts Young Entrepreneurs…

Jentry Day is a potter based in Duvall, WA, creating small-batch ceramics in a community barn studio. In addition to teaching at NWAC, she teaches beginning wheel ceramics through the City of Redmond Parks and Recreation art department. Her work is guided by a vision of functional pottery that balances classic form with a modern,…

Gracen grew up in Snoqualmie Valley where she first learned how to work on a pottery wheel at Mt.Si High School. Quickly becoming more of an obsession, Gracen’s art mentor recognized her passion, allowing her to assist with classroom demonstrations. Gracen went on to get certified for instructing Kids Aerial Yoga, Adult Yin/Vinyasa Yoga and sound-bath…

Makenzie was born, raised and taught in Western Washington, though is now enjoying the beauty of our valley. She found her passion for art and handicrafts from as far back as she can remember. She has been taking art classes for 15+ 23+ years from fundamentals to specified mediums, though she has had a life long…