Materials Technician & Studio Program Coordinator
Anastasia Speer was raised in the Twin Cities by a family of art appreciators. Her journey in clay began in high school, where she was placed into a ceramics class when all of the other art classes were full. She loved that class so much that she took every ceramics class offered by her school, and went on to earn her BFA from the University of South Dakota (Vermillion) where her interests in glaze chemistry and atmospheric firing practices flourished. After graduating with her MEd from the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), she worked as a production potter before pursuing teaching alongside her own pottery business Sprout Ceramics. Her work has been featured in galleries across the US, and she strives to continue a studio practice in which she can share her passion for clay with others. Anastasia and her partner live in Minnetonka with their pets Dany, Maggie, Luna, and Tuna. When she isn’t in the studio, you can find Anastasia reviving family houseplants, baking up extravagant desserts, and desperately trying to read through her growing TBR list.
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