The Nevica Project

 Ayumi Horie - Ayumi Horie is a full-time studio potter from Portland, Maine, who makes functional pots, mainly with drawings of animals. In 2022, she was the recipient of the Maine Craft Artist Award from the Maine Craft Association and was featured in the PBS show Craft in America. In 2015, she was awarded a Distinguished Fellow grant in Craft by the United States Artists and was the first recipient of Ceramics Monthly’s Ceramic Artist of the Year award. In 2020, she was awarded an Honorary Member at NCECA for “outstanding contribution” to the field. She has taught workshops and given lectures at many universities, art centers, and residencies in the US and abroad, including the Archie Bray FoundationHaystack Mountain School of CraftsGreenwich House PotteryPenland School of CraftsPeter’s ValleyArrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, the Northern Clay Center, and the International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark. In addition, she has served on the Archie Bray Foundation and American Craft Council board of directors. Currently, Ayumi is President of the board of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Her work is in various collections throughout the US, including the Museum of Art and Design in New York City.