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Meet the Yardies

The Founders

Nick Bauta

Nick Bauta is an artist and designer who crafts leather jewelry and clothes, urban furniture, and metal sculpture. He f... read more →

Clay Rockefeller

Clay Rockefeller is an artist/entrepreneur who values volunteerism and community. His personal experiences and his wor... read more →

The Staff

Drake Patten Executive Director

Drake Patten is a graduate in History and Material Culture from Skidmore College and holds advanced degrees from the Uni... read more →

Alma Carrillo Program Director

Alma M. Carrillo López graduated from Brown University with a MA in Public Humanities and Culture in 2008. Born a... read more →

Brian Dowling Associate Director

Brian Dowling has a BFA in sculpture from the Maryland Institute, College of Art and has worked on large-scale public sc... read more →

Howie Sneider Public Projects Director

Howie Sneider was born in Syracuse, NY. His childhood exploration of the forests and abandoned quarries of central New ... read more →

Islay Taylor Communications Director & Volunteer Coordinator

Islay Taylor was born in Wakefield, Rhode Island. She is a contemporary art jeweler, who uses the body as a pedestal to ... read more →

The Board

Peter Gill Case Chair

David Karoff Secretary

Kipp Bradford

Thomas Brendlar

Lisa Carnevale

Josh Gagne

Nate Nadeau

Frank F. Previti

Anna Shapiro

Monica Shinn

The Instructors

David Allyn Ceramics Cooperative Fellow

David Allyn is the founder of the Steel Yard clay department and a RISD MFA graduate. He has taught ceramics at RISD an... read more →

Curtis Aric

Born from a pile of rust in the corner of a shop, formed by society’s need for industry, filled with the vision of... read more →

Patti Barnatt

Patti Barnatt believes that making things is essential to one’s life and that sharing one’s expertise with o... read more →

Sarah Clover

Sarah Clover received her MFA in Sculpture from RISD and a BFA from The University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Sara... read more →

Heather Guidero

Heather Guidero is a 2002 RISD graduate with a BFA in jewelry and metalsmithing. After 3 years of goldsmithing in New Yo... read more →

Lu Heintz

Lu Heintz began metalsmithing when she was fifteen. Her studio has produced sculpture and architectural commissions sinc... read more →

Jacqueline Knight

Jacqueline Knight is an Australian artist currently based in Providence. Her work contains blown, solid-worked, and cas... read more →

Peter Lutz

Peter Lutz was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas where he spent much of his youth climbing trees; yes there are tre... read more →

Patrick McMillan

Patrick McMillan has been a practicing metalsmith since 2003 and received his MA in Jewelry and Silversmithing in 2007 f... read more →

Dan Neff

Dan Neff has been a professional welder for 8 years. In that time, rumor has it he has attached every weldable object to... read more →

Amie Plante

Amie Louise Plante is a native Rhode Island artist, jeweler, designer and teacher extraordinaire. She earned her BFA in... read more →

Nora Rabins

Nora Rabins received her MFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is interested in domestici... read more →

Will Reeves

Will is an artist, designer and maker.  Working in a range of materials-steel, bronze, wood, and concrete-as well a... read more →

Peter Scheidt

Peter Scheidt has been welding and tinkering ever since his shop teacher dad realized a son could hand him tools better ... read more →

Anna Shapiro

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Monica Shinn

Monica Shinn is a painter and a welder/fabricator. She also has experience as a set designer, electrician, scenic painte... read more →

Emily Steffian

Emily Steffian has a Masters in Industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Metals degree from the Or... read more →

Islay Taylor Communications Director & Volunteer Coordinator

Islay Taylor was born in Wakefield, Rhode Island. She is a contemporary art jeweler, who uses the body as a pedestal to ... read more →

Joan Wyand

Joan Wyand is inspired by the life and detritus that exists all around her. Her color palette is one of the most develop... read more →

Blacksmithing

Lu Heintz

Lu Heintz began metalsmithing when she was fifteen. Her studio has produced sculpture and architectural commissions sinc... read more →

Will Reeves

Will is an artist, designer and maker.  Working in a range of materials-steel, bronze, wood, and concrete-as well a... read more →

Ceramics

David Allyn Ceramics Cooperative Fellow

David Allyn is the founder of the Steel Yard clay department and a RISD MFA graduate. He has taught ceramics at RISD an... read more →

Patti Barnatt

Patti Barnatt believes that making things is essential to one’s life and that sharing one’s expertise with o... read more →

Peter Lutz

Peter Lutz was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas where he spent much of his youth climbing trees; yes there are tre... read more →

Glass

Sarah Clover

Sarah Clover received her MFA in Sculpture from RISD and a BFA from The University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Sara... read more →

Jacqueline Knight

Jacqueline Knight is an Australian artist currently based in Providence. Her work contains blown, solid-worked, and cas... read more →

Joan Wyand

Joan Wyand is inspired by the life and detritus that exists all around her. Her color palette is one of the most develop... read more →

Jewelry

Heather Guidero

Heather Guidero is a 2002 RISD graduate with a BFA in jewelry and metalsmithing. After 3 years of goldsmithing in New Yo... read more →

Patrick McMillan

Patrick McMillan has been a practicing metalsmith since 2003 and received his MA in Jewelry and Silversmithing in 2007 f... read more →

Amie Plante

Amie Louise Plante is a native Rhode Island artist, jeweler, designer and teacher extraordinaire. She earned her BFA in... read more →

Emily Steffian

Emily Steffian has a Masters in Industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Metals degree from the Or... read more →

Islay Taylor Communications Director & Volunteer Coordinator

Islay Taylor was born in Wakefield, Rhode Island. She is a contemporary art jeweler, who uses the body as a pedestal to ... read more →

Metalworking Foundry Blacksmithing

Will Reeves

Will is an artist, designer and maker.  Working in a range of materials-steel, bronze, wood, and concrete-as well a... read more →

Metalworking

Will Reeves

Will is an artist, designer and maker.  Working in a range of materials-steel, bronze, wood, and concrete-as well a... read more →

Anna Shapiro

... read more →

Welding

Dan Neff

Dan Neff has been a professional welder for 8 years. In that time, rumor has it he has attached every weldable object to... read more →

Nora Rabins

Nora Rabins received her MFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is interested in domestici... read more →

Peter Scheidt

Peter Scheidt has been welding and tinkering ever since his shop teacher dad realized a son could hand him tools better ... read more →

Monica Shinn

Monica Shinn is a painter and a welder/fabricator. She also has experience as a set designer, electrician, scenic painte... read more →