Jai has been involved with Baltimore Clayworks since 2023. They are currently the Lormina Salter Fellow Resident Artist. They will use the funds to attend the Sointula Art Shed Artist Residency Program located in Sointula, British Columbia, Canada. Jai plans to continue their Trans Passions series started at Baltimore Clayworks.
The Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development is an endowment fund begun in 2007 by friends and family of Mary Nyburg. Mary was a respected potter nationally, a crafts advocate, a board member of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and a life-long supporter of Baltimore Clayworks and at one time a Clayworks’ resident artist.
Following Mary’s death in April 2006, a fund was created in her honor to award a $1,500 stipend each year to allow a period of devoted study that would deepen an artist’s work in clay and also strengthen the Clayworks community. The stipend, awarded to one Clayworks’ artist annually helps support travel, study and/or working in another community outside of Baltimore. On return, the artist is required to make a presentation to the Clayworks’ community about their experience.