Beth Calengor

American, b. 1952

Calengor's first experience with pottery was a ceramics class she took as part of her BFA at Eastern Michigan University, where she studied painting. She took more ceramics classes when she moved to Salt Lake City, and this time she fell in love with the art form. Calengor bought a wheel and a kiln, and began her MFA at USU. She sold her work at fairs for a while, but said teaching ceramics was her dream job. Calengor has been teaching for twenty-five years at Cache Valley Center for the Arts, giving her the ability to have a studio, make her work, and teach.