megan jorgenson
Megan Jorgenson resides in Kimball, MN, where she and her husband JD Jorgenson operate Maine Prairie Studio, a ceramics studio, teaching space and gallery. She received an MFA in Ceramics from Utah State University in 2012. She has been an Artist in Residence at the Red Lodge Clay Center, North Dakota State University, Northern Clay Center and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Marlboro College in Vermont. She has also taught at Saint Cloud Technical and Community College and Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Megan’s functional and sculptural work has exhibited in galleries nationwide and been featured in Ceramics Monthly.
jd jorgenson
JD is originally from Bismarck, ND. He now resides in Kimball, MN, where he and his wife Megan Jorgenson operate Maine Prairie Studio, a ceramics studio, teaching space and gallery. He received an BA from the University of Iowa in 1997. He apprenticed with Richard Bresnahan, at the Saint John’s Pottery from 2002 -2003. JD has taught ceramics classes and workshops at Northern Clay Center, Paramount Center for the Arts, White Bear Center for the Arts and the Grand Marais Art Colony. Currently, he teaches at Maine Prairie Studio.
JD’s functional work has exhibited in galleries nationwide. He has taught workshops focused on techniques he learned during his apprenticeship that incorporate Japanese and Korean influences at: Grand Marais Art Colony, Northern Clay Center, White Bear Center for the Arts and Marlboro College in Vermont. He received the Jerome Foundation Visiting Artist Award at the Saint John’s Pottery in 2002, Red Wing Collectors Society Foundation Award in 2011 and Individual Artist Awards through the Central Minnesota Arts Board. He was also a recipient of a 2024 Arts Education grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
Claire Volden
Claire Volden started her journey with clay when she was a sophomore in high school. She was quickly fascinated by the art. Claire continued to take ceramic classes throughout high school. She graduated from Buffalo- Hanover- Montrose school district in June 2024. Claire decided she wanted to do something with clay after graduating, so when she saw Maine Prairie Studio was looking for an apprentice she saw it as a perfect opportunity to learn more about ceramics. Claire started apprenticing with Megan and JD Jorgenson in September 2024. Since then she has started to learn more about firing kilns, mixing glazes, throwing techniques, and more.
Claire lives on a hobby farm in Buffalo MN with her family where they have miniature goats, chickens, ducks, bees, cats, dogs, and occasional pigs or cows. When she is not at the studio she enjoys being outside, hanging out with animals, going to the lake, and eating ice cream. Claire looks forward to learning more about ceramics throughout her apprenticeship at Maine Prairie Studio.