Meet the ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

Steph Kubish is a graduate from Endicott College with a BFA in Studio Art who has delved into the world of ceramics, which has captured her heart. She has completed residencies at the University of Hartford, Access Arts and served as the studio technician at Wesleyan Potters. She is a detail-oriented artist who finds inspiration in the human figure, faces, and animals. These subjects have a magnetic pull on her creative process and are a recurring theme in her pottery and sculpture. 

https://snkubish.wixsite.com/artbystephk

Sophie Lever is a ceramic artist who creates both functional and sculptural work. Fascinated with pattern,  geometry, and organization, her functional and sculptural work contains these elements through surface  decoration and form. Sophie recently completed a residency at Access Arts in Columbia, MO. Before Access  Arts, she was a resident at Brockway Center for Arts. Over the past two years, her work has been exhibited in  juried exhibitions across the country. She received her BA in Studio Arts from the University of Rochester in  2023.

https://www.sophie-lever.com/

Alison Purwinis holds a BFA in Ceramics from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford and completed a year of post-baccalaureate study in ceramics at the University of Colorado Boulder. She teaches at Anyhow Studio in Providence and South County Art Association in Kingston, RI, and is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Worcester Center for Craft. Her practice spans wheel throwing, handbuilding, and mold making, with work ranging from functional ceramics to whimsical mixed-media sculpture.

A roller derby retiree, Alison has called Providence home for over a decade, where she lives with her partner and two cats and is an avid plant lover, thrift-er, and all-around crafter.

Edward Steffanni received his Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design. In Edward’s interdisciplinary practice, he examines the relationships between queerness, concealment, nature,  and spirituality using print media, ceramics, papermaking, and performance. His work has been exhibited  nationally and has received numerous awards, and has been supported through research grants from the  Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and the Rhode Island School of Design’s SPUR Fund. He is a part of the  2025 New Voices cohort for the Print Center New York. His work is held in the collection of the University of  Richmond Museums, among others.

https://www.edwardsteffanni.com/