Meet Our Instructors

Owner, Shevon Sullivan Shevon Sullivan has been teaching pottery classes to the San Luis Obispo community for 18 years. In 1999 she opened Anam Cre' Pottery Studio. The name is Gaelic and means "the spirit or soul of the clay." Over the years, she has coordinated the Empty Bowls Throw Fest benefiting the Food Bank, the Live Oak Music Festival children's programs benefiting public radio and various programs that involve children and art. Her students consist of adults all the way up to 86 and children as young as 4. Her passion is working with kids who are underprivileged or with hurt backgrounds. Local community schools send students to Anam Cre' as well as mental health and group homes. Shevon herself throws pots, her medium is high fire and raku.
Pottery Instructor, Stephanie Raser Anam Cre' is proud to have Stephanie Raser as its most experienced instructor. Stephanie inspires precision and beauty in her student's work. As artist, Stephanie infuses her own pieces with serene functionality and graceful practicality. Specializing in high fire porcelain and hand-painted detail.
Drawing Instructor, William Silva For the past decade William Silva has been pursuing a greater understanding in the visual arts. Now 24 years old he has just graduated from the University of Southern Main with a Bachelor of Arts in art and a focus in traditional drawing. Before his enrollment in Maine, he had grown up in San Luis Obispo and still considers it home. He plans to pursue a career as an illustrator by further refining a broad understanding of visual techniques and philosophies of styles and artistic movements. He believes that a solid core understanding of basic drawing and life drawing techniques can be taught and used to aid any avenue of visual art one may be pursing. These skills can be incorporated into any art regardless of style.