Anna Valenti is a ceramic artist whose work centers around weaving structures and gathering spaces that cultivate belonging. Her research is in fiber clay bodies. She received her BA and ceramics post-baccalaureate studies from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2014 and a MFA from the Maine College of Art in 2020. Her work is featured in Financial Times, Ceramics Monthly, BOMB Magazine and Basketry+. She has exhibited her work nationally at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Maine, Bray North Gallery in Montana, The Clay Studio in Pennsylvania, Soo Visual Arts Center in Minnesota, and the Hyde Museum in New York. She is the grant recipient of the NCECA Graduate Fellowship (2019) and invited artist of the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts Outdoor Sculpture Project (2020). Anna serves as a Board Member for East Side Art Institute in Lafayette, CO.
Course Credentialing
ART 1110 – Ceramics I, ART 1120 – Ceramics: Handbuilding + Surfacing, ART 2000 – Fine Arts Sophomore Portfolio Review, ART 2100 Professional Practice Survey: Voice + Vision , ART 2210 – Ceramics II, ART 2400 – Form + Content, ART 2220 – Ceramics: Throwing in the Round, ART 3100 – Professional Practice: Act + Aspire, ART 3301 – Special Topics in Fine Arts, ART 3500 – Experimental Studies, ART 3601 – Fine Arts Internship Part I, ART 3602 – Fine Arts Internship Part II, ART 3100, ART 4600 – Professional Practice, ART 4710 – Ceramics Advanced Studio, ART 4803 – Senior Studio I, ART 4804 – Senior Studio II, FD 1600 – Studio Seminar: Methods of Inquiry, FD 2130A – 3D Design: Space + Materiality, FD 2510 – Special Topics.
