Maia Danks grew up in Berkeley, CA. She graduated from Carleton College in 2022 and majored in Studio Art and Biology. She’s based in the Twin Cities, where she works as the Marketing and Education Associate at Northern Clay Center and as a teaching artist for all ages. She has been teaching ceramics to children and adults for the last 10 years.
Danks is fascinated by the process of creating functional ceramics and the life of an object after it has left her hands. She loves that the act of using a handmade object in a daily routine connects the user and the artist, regardless of physical distance.