Baltimore Clayworks is a community-centered ceramics institution in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Baltimore, which was founded by nine artists in 1980. We posses a national and international reputation for artistic excellence, artists’ support, and community involvement. Our mission is to develop, sustain, and promote an artist-centered community that provides outstanding educational, artistic, and collaborative programs in the ceramic arts. Its core values are artist-centeredness, excellence, inclusivity, integrity, and joy. We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, access, and inclusion in all aspects of the organization. We seek to attract a diverse applicant pool for positions.
Current Opportunities
Instructor pay – $6000 per semester
The Program in Visual Arts, the undergraduate art program at Johns Hopkins University, is seeking an adjunct instructor to teach one section of Introduction to Ceramics during the Spring 2027 semester. The successful candidate will have an MFA in Ceramics. The successful candidate must have teaching experience at Baltimore Clayworks where the class will be taught, and experience teaching foundation level ceramics courses to undergraduate students, particularly non-art majors. The candidate should have experience with both hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques and be comfortable developing and teaching a college-level ceramics curriculum. Experience with Canvas, the university’s online learning platform, as well as syllabus development and course management, is expected.
Baltimore Clayworks is always looking for clay teachers for our Mt. Washington campus and accepts class proposals each session. If you would like to propose a class, please download and fill out our Class Proposal Form and email it to our Director of Education, Kevin Rohde, at kevin.rohde@baltimoreclayworks.org.
Download and email the completed application form to our Director of Education, Kevin Rohde, at kevin.rohde@baltimoreclayworks.org.
Baltimore Clayworks has a robust Internship Program. For more information, please visit our Internships page.