The Shelburne Art Center was incorporated in 1945 as a nonprofit institution dedicated to providing a place for professional craftspeople to work at their craft and to teach that craft to the community.

Hoyt Barringer
Clay Resident
BA, University of Vermont

Hoyt is the clay resident at the Shelburne Art center, where he directs the ceramics program. Hoyt apprenticed to the sculptor Toshiko Takaezu for a year before living in the west of Ireland, operating a small wood-fired pottery with his wife, Nancy. Three years of apprenticeship with Todd Piker (a former student of Michael Cardew) followed. Hoyt and Nancy continue the pursuit of wood firing and the use of local natural materials to connect their work specifically to Vermont.

Joe Powers
Wood Resident

Joe has been building furniture for five years beginning his study of furniture design at Notre Dame followed by an apprenticeship under Timothy Clark. Following his apprenticeship Joe has been building commissioned furniture pieces from his studio off Pine St. in Burlington and serving as manager of Northend Hardwoods. His joinery utilizes machine and hand tools in combination to achieve the highest level of performance. His work combines graceful designs in solid wood and sawn veneer with sound construction and an experimental approach.