My name is Liz Welch and I am the owner and founder of Anyhow Studio - a community ceramics studio that offers classes such as Intro to the Wheel, and After Intro: Keeping the Dream Alive. We offer monthly memberships that provide studio access and mentorship to early-career artists, and we are the only ceramics studio in Providence that provides pay-as-you-go drop-in hours as well as public access to our equipment. Additionally, Anyhow includes studio space for two full-time working artists: myself and studio manager Mary Drake.
I opened Anyhow Studio for three reasons: to address the gap in services available to early-career ceramic artists and beginners; to create a supportive and inclusive creative community; and to enrich my love of teaching and mentorship.
I wanted to create a business that could serve as a prototype for the world I want to live in. I developed and implemented an equitable pricing model, center artists who belong to the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities, and pay my instructors an equitable hourly rate above market standards.
Everyone deserves an art education, and Anyhow Studio’s proven track record has demonstrated that we play a crucial role in meeting this need. But, the studio has outgrown its physical location. Therefore, I have secured 1000 sq/ft of additional space next to my current studio, and have developed a targeted expansion plan that will increase the number of artists we are able to serve by 73%.
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This is our new space:
It may not look like much right now, but with your help we will be able to turn this garbage heap into 1000 square feet of useable studio space.
Your donation will help us purchase:
- 8 pottery wheels
- shelving and furniture
- tools and clay
- a new sink!
- electrical work and lighting
Once outfitted, the new space will allow us to:
- triple membership enrollment
- hire a full-time studio manager
- add more classes
- continue to give folks space to make beautiful work!
Your donation means the world to us and we can't thank you enough for supporting this project.
