Red Lodge Clay Center – Short-Term Resident (AIA) 2025
Anna Valenti is an artist born in New York. Trained in ceramics, Valenti’s practice brings together fiberclay, hemp, and lime. Her work builds upon weaving structures and gathering spaces to explore connectivity. Valenti holds an MFA in Studio Art from the Maine College of Art & Design and a BA in Psychology with a Post-Baccalaureate in Ceramics from the University of Colorado Boulder. She received grants from Colorado Creative Industries, Boulder County Arts Alliance, and National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. Her work has been featured in publications such as Financial Times, Ceramics Monthly, Surface Design Journal and Basketry+. Valenti’s work is in the Betty Woodman Study Collection of the University of Colorado and currently in the Portland Museum of Art. She is an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts and the Ceramics Coordinator at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. Valenti lives and maintains a studio practice in Longmont, Colorado.
“Using fiber clay and hemplime blocks, my work centers around gathering spaces that cultivate connection. I draw inspiration from courtyard structures of support like trellises, pergolas, and woven vessels. Overlapping laths create anchors—forms to hold onto and grow from. The openness in my work invites empathy and human interaction. Fiber clay and hemplime are materials that shape our environment and provide shelter. Made from hemp shiv, lime, and water, hemplime is durable, insulating and acts as a carbon sink. My work invites viewers to gather, slow down, and linger.”- Valenti