The Firebox Studio Community
Meet Our Team
Firebox brings together working artists, experienced instructors, and thoughtful studio leadership. Meet the people who make the studio a welcoming place to learn, work, and build an individual relationship with clay.
Studio Operations Lead
Elise Avolio
Elise is a multidisciplinary artist and arts professional with extensive experience in ceramic studio management, facilities operations, and education. At Firebox, she brings the artistic and operational sides of the studio together, supporting a safe, welcoming, and well-run creative space.
Meet Elise →Instructor Directory
Learn From Working Artists
Meet the artists teaching in Firebox’s opening quarter. Enrollment details will be announced with the Fall 2026 catalog.
Ceramic Artist & Educator
David LaPierre
David has worked in clay for 50 years and taught wheel throwing for more than three decades. His practice centers porcelain, classical open and closed forms, mid-century design, surface texture, altered forms, and alternative firing techniques.
Fall 2026 TeachingBeginner–Intermediate Wheel Throwing · Mondays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Intermediate / Advanced Wheel · Wednesdays, 6–9 p.m.
Intermediate / Advanced Wheel · Thursdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Artist & Educator
Natalie Dahl
they/them · Belmont, Massachusetts
Natalie creates functional wheel-thrown ceramics with painterly illustrations inspired by the natural world. They especially enjoy helping beginning students build confidence and strengthen foundational skills at the wheel.
Fall 2026 TeachingWheel Throwing Foundations · Thursdays, 6–9 p.m.
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Interdisciplinary Artist & Educator
Alejandra Cuadra
Medford, Massachusetts
Alejandra is an interdisciplinary artist whose clay practice explores the dance between control and letting go. Her work draws its motifs from observations and contemplations of the natural world.
Fall 2026 TeachingBeginner–Intermediate Wheel Throwing · Tuesdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
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Ceramic Artist & Educator
Anastasia Edry
Arlington, Massachusetts
Anastasia is an award-winning ceramic artist whose practice explores texture, color, and surface decoration. She adapts her teaching to each group and helps students develop technical confidence and personal style.
Fall 2026 TeachingAdult Handbuilding: Functional vs Decorative · Mondays, 1:30–4:30 p.m.
Kids Handbuilding: creatures and characters · Tuesdays, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
Adult Beginning Wheel: The Big Breakfast – Mugs and Bowls · Tuesdays, 6–9 p.m.
Ceramic Artist & Handbuilding Instructor
Moe Lewis-Wolf
Moe is a ceramic artist with more than 20 years of studio experience. Her organic handbuilt forms combine coil, slab, and pinch techniques with deeply textured surfaces made using carving, handmade stamps, natural materials, and everyday objects.
Fall 2026 TeachingParent + Child Handbuilding · Sundays, 10 a.m.–noon
Women’s Explorations in Clay · Sundays, 12:30–3:30 p.m.
Figurative Sculptor & Educator
Gabrielle LoTurco
Gabrielle is a multidisciplinary artist grounded in classical figurative sculpture and drawing. Her teaching emphasizes close observation, anatomy, proportion, structure, and the expressive potential of the human form.
Fall 2026 TeachingBeginner Figure Sculpture in Clay: Form + Observation · Fridays, 1–4 p.m.
Intermediate Figure Sculpture in Clay: Form + Observation · Fridays, 4–7 p.m.
Ceramic Artist & Educator
Mira Etingof
she/her
Mira is a multidisciplinary artist and educator. As a lifelong ceramics hobbyist with a background in graphic design and illustration, she is drawn to detail as well as utility, focusing her ceramic work on intricate surface design on vessels designed to be used and handled.
Fall 2026 TeachingClay Explorers – Figures, Vessels & Mini Worlds · Wednesdays, 4–6 p.m.
Handbuilding Functional Forms · Fridays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
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Interested In Joining Us?
Firebox works with instructors across wheel throwing, handbuilding, sculpture, surface, specialist techniques, youth programming, and community events.