Madeline (Maddie) Gage is a ceramic artist and potter from Concord, Massachusetts. She began her work in clay as a freshman in high school, committing to pursuing a career in ceramics by her senior year. She graduated from Syracuse University in 2024, receiving her B.F.A. in Studio Arts with a concentration in ceramics. Maddie has attended several community studios as both a student and an intern, including the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis, Massachusetts, and at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Truro, Massachusetts. She currently works as an intern at the Umbrella Arts Center in Concord, Massachusetts. Additionally, Maddie teaches pottery classes at Indigo Fire in Watertown and youth clay classes at the Umbrella Arts Center in Concord.
Contact: maddiegageclay22@gmail.com
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Education
2024 BFA magna cum laude, Studio Art (Ceramics), Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2020 High School Diploma, Concord-Carlisle High School, Concord, MA
Teaching Experience
2023 Summer Intern, Cape Cod Museum of Art (Youth ceramics)
2024 Teaching Assistant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (Introduction to Handbuilding and Introduction to Wheel Throwing with Peter Beasecker)
2025 Introduction to Wheel Throwing (semester course), Indigo Fire, Watertown, MA
2025 Intermediate Wheel Throwing (semester course), Indigo Fire, Watertown, MA
2025 Youth Handbuilding (semester course), Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2022 Arrowmont Windgate Fellow
2024 Shaped Clay Society Award, Syracuse University
2025 Workshop Studio Assistant, Pocosin School of Fine Craft
Exhibitions
2021 Juried Exhibition: Terra Form, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2023 Group Exhibition: Spring Study Abroad Final Exhibition, Villa Rossa, Florence, Italy
2024 Group Exhibition: Inked, Art Rage Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2024 Senior Thesis: Resurfaced, Nancy Cantor Warehouse, Syracuse, NY
2024 Solo Exhibition: Gallery X, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
2024 Group Exhibition: Castle Hill Benefit Auction, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
2025 Juried Exhibition: Mudflat Cup Show, Mudflat Studios, Somerville, MA
2025 Juried Exhibition: Better Together: 20 Years of Teapots, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2025. Magazine Publication: Function Focused, Ceramics Monthly (September 2025 issue)