Becky Allen
Becky (she/her) approaches art-making as a practice of presence, deep listening, and embodied connection. As a dancer, choreographer, and ceramic artist, she cultivates a bodily sensitivity—an attunement to sensation and the body’s dialogue with materials, landscape, and the natural world. Her work explores “physical thinking”: a tactile, intuitive exchange between the body and medium, particularly clay, that reflects her ongoing conversation with place and environment. Her teaching philosophy is rooted in curiosity, generosity, and mutual respect, creating learning spaces that invite inquiry, risk-taking, and authentic expression. She holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Dance Performance from Tulane University where she integrated ceramics into her choreographic research.
Emma Raynor
Emma Raynor (she/her) is a New Orleans based educator and multidisciplinary artist working in ceramics, photography, and printmaking. With over 14 years of experience in education and more than 8 years working in clay, her practice is grounded in material exploration, storytelling, and community engagement. Her work reflects a deep belief in the power of art to connect people of all ages through creativity and curiosity.
Lauren Rouatt
BFA, MAE
Lauren (she/her) takes a process-oriented approach to making work - crafting vessels that bring us into conversation with her ongoing inquiries into the natural world. She is interested in growth, decay, branching, cycles, and metamorphosis, as well as the textures and shapes that emerge when we look at the world both up close and from a distance. Lauren has a background in art education and early childhood education. You can see her work at www.laurenrouattart.com.
Rey Hansen
Rey (they/them) is an artist and educator who creates stories and space with their body, hands, and the endlessly interesting material that is clay. They are interested in the potentiality of embodied art-making with healing processes in mind, believing that the relationship between the maker and the craft has something to say about our shared futures and ability to connect with each other and the world around us. They work with improvisation and responsive processes, finding places of play and joy along the way, to create useful objects for every day. You can see their work at reyhopehansen.com. Rey is the Technical Director at Byrdie’s Pottery.
Rachael Hudson
Rachael (she/they) is a ceramic and fiber artist based out of New Orleans. She has a background in early childhood education, and is the Managing Director at Byrdie’s Pottery.
Rachael is the co-teacher of all our children’s programming, and believes that art should always be grounded in community, creativity and fun!
