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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Madeline Gage 

maddiegageclay22@gmail.com

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Instagram: @mgageclay


Education

2024 BFA magna cum laude, Studio Art (Ceramics), Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY


Work Experience

2024-2025 Studio Intern, Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA

2024 Summer Intern, Truro Center for the Arts (studio intern), Truro, MA

2023 Summer Intern, Cape Cod Museum of Art (studio technician assistant), Dennis, MA

Teaching Experience 

2026-ongoing: Intermediate Wheel Throwing (adult semester course), Indigo Fire, Belmont, MA

2025-ongoing: Introduction to Wheel Throwing (adult semester course), Indigo Fire, Watertown, MA

2025-ongoing: Intermediate Wheel Throwing (adult semester course), Indigo Fire, Watertown, MA

2025-ongoing: Youth Handbuilding ages 5-8 (8 week course), Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA

2025-ongoing: Youth Handbuilding ages 8-12 (8 week course), Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA

2025 Workshop: Alter, Elaborate, and Embellish, Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA

2024 Teaching Assistant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (Introduction to Handbuilding and Introduction to Wheel Throwing with Peter Beasecker)

2023 Summer Intern, Cape Cod Museum of Art (Youth ceramics)


Residencies

2026 Summer Residency (2 weeks), Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME


Awards/Grants/Fellowships

2026 Workshop Studio Assistant to Ben Owen III, Penland School of Craft

2026 Mass Cultural Council Creative Individuals Grant

2022 Arrowmont Windgate Fellow

2024 Shaped Clay Society Award, Syracuse University

2025 Honorable Mention, ViewPoint57 Juried Show at ARTclectic Gallery

Exhibitions 

2026 Invitational: Yunomi 2026, Clay AKAR, Iowa City, IA

2026 Group Exhibition: Enormous Tiny Art (ETA), Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH

2026 Juried Exhibition: Touché, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE

2026 Juried Exhibition: Mudflat Cup Show, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA

2025 Juried Exhibition: By Hand, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA

2025 Juried Exhibition: Teapots XI, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

2025 Juried Exhibition:Clay Cup VII: Icon, Vessel, Canvas, Bingham Gallery at University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

2025 Juried Exhibition:ViewPoint 57, ARTclectic Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2025 Juried Exhibition: Put A Lid On It,Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2025 Juried Exhibition: Holding Space, Studio & Gallery, Durango, CO

2025 Magazine Publication: Function Focused, Ceramics Monthly (September 2025 issue)

2025 Juried ExhibitionBetter Together: 20 Years of Teapots, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

2025 Juried Exhibition: Mudflat Cup Show, Mudflat Studios, Somerville, MA

2024 Group Exhibition: Castle Hill Benefit Auction, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA

2024 Solo Exhibition: Gallery X, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA

2024 Senior Thesis Show: Resurfaced, Nancy Cantor Warehouse, Syracuse, NY

2024 Group Exhibition: Inked, Art Rage Gallery, Syracuse, NY

2023Group Exhibition: Spring Study Abroad Final Exhibition, Villa Rossa, Florence, Italy

2021 Juried Exhibition: Terra Form, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA