Jennifer Joyce, a native of Southern California, embarked on a life of creating functional and sculptural ceramics in 1995. Joyce is a sculptor and ceramist whose body of work is both thoughtful and whimsical.  She brings a unique background in dance, music, archaeology and photography to her art.  As a past modern dancer and working archaeologist, Jennifer weaves lightness and whimsy, movement, dance and music into her pieces.

Jennifer opened her own ceramics school in Santa Monica, California in 1995 for 18 years and established another location in San Clemente in 2013.  In her San Clemente studio she continued her ceramics school and also founded the Artists Studios of San Clemente, an artist studio collective that is still thriving.

 Since moving to Sonoma County, Jennifer has opened her private studio to teaching, has taught numerous classes and workshops at the Sonoma Community Center, teaches for the Mentor Program and has taught part-time at the Sonoma Academy in Santa Rosa.  Her emphasis is on hand building, wheel throwing and figurative sculpture.