Avi Arenfeld is a ceramic artist originally from Brooklyn, NY. He makes functional pots that explore the role of utility.Avi received his Bachelors of Fine Arts from The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and is currently a MFA candidate at The University of Nebraska Lincoln. Avi has been a resident at The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, The Mendocino Arts Center and received a resident scholarship from The Anderson Ranch Arts Center. He has exhibited around the United States as well as traveling and showing with The Artstream Nomadic Gallery and Harvey Meadows Gallery. He has taught workshops at Mendocino College, Penland School of Crafts, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Whitman College, and the Carbondale Clay Center.