Mudroom Gallery
Mudroom Gallery is a contemporary artist-run, member-based ceramics gallery nestled within the Romero House Potters Studio’s north entrance.
Gallery hours during exhibitions:
Mon-Fri 9am-9pm, Sat- Sun 9am-5pm102 W Washington St. Tucson, AZ 85701
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Questions? Email: themudroomgallery@gmail.com
Want to show your work at Mudroom Gallery? Complete out our Exhibition Proposal Form.
Enjoy your visit to the gallery during First Saturday Art Walk and TMA’s First Thursday.
Visit our Gallery Store to purchase works from current shows.
Current Exhibitions:
January 3 - February 7, 2026
Trauma
Ceramic Sculpture by Jesse Berlin
Artist Receptions: January 3, from 6-9 pm
February 7, from 6-9 pm
“Trauma” combines two recent bodies of work by Jesse Berlin. “The Damaged” series consists of hollow ceramic statues that have been deliberately fractured, revealing a contrasting inner space as a representation of the unseen effects of psychological trauma. The “Smokestack Cenotaph” series presents several miniature towers that serve as models of imagined ruined architecture from a forgotten, despotic society, long since abandoned and left to decay. These buildings are totemic of the collective trauma that we share as victims and participants in the corrupt endeavor of human enterprise.
Jesse Berlin has been an avid sculptor from early childhood. He received a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While at SAIC he worked at the International Museum of Surgical Science as the curator of the Anatomy in the Gallery program, a rotating exhibition of contemporary artists who produce medically themed art. After graduating from SAIC, Jesse spent two years studying facial prosthetics at the James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center in conjunction with Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. In 2013 he received an MFA in Sculpture from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Jesse has exhibited from coast to coast, won several awards, and has had his work featured in several periodicals and on local network television. In 2022, one of his sculptures was used as the basis for a character in the hit Netflix series "The Sandman." Jesse now resides in his hometown of Tucson, Arizona where he remains an active member of the local art community. He has organized and curated local events including the annual Tucson Erotica exhibition and Tucson Sculpture Fest. Additionally, Jesse has taught classes at The Drawing Studio, The Sculpture Resource Center, Pima Community College, and Romero House Potters, where he served for three years as the Studio Manager and currently teaches Anatomy and Figure Modeling. He continues to produce visually arresting and provocative sculpture.
Upcoming Exhibitions
April, 2026 (dates TBD)
Cats!
Works by Romero House Members
Do you like making cats?
Calling all Romero House members and students to participate in a cat show!
Call for submissions: email to catcall.mudroomshow@gmail.com, with:
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your name and contact information
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picture of your piece
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size and price
Please submit by March 15, 2026
Past Exhibitions
November 8 - December 20, 2025
Wood and Soda Fired Pottery
Works by David (DC) Campbell
Tucson-based ceramicist DC invites you to “experience an exhibition of wondrous and oddball wood-fired and soda-fired pottery. Vessels fired exclusively in various Arizona atmospheric kilns will be displayed—from the masterful kilns at NAU in Flagstaff, to the legendary kilns at Reitz Ranch in Clarkdale, and the Anagama firings at Cochise College in Douglas. Come see the lively charm these atmospheric firings create. You’ll be delighted! I always am.”
September 20 - October 25, 2025
Not Quite Paradise
by Kathy Bangs
Kathy Bangs is a ceramic artist, glaze enthusiast and maker and retired school psychologist. Her current body of work focuses on functional ceramics adorned with fanciful animal designs achieved through hand-painted colored slip transfers. These playful, colorful designs reflect her unique ability to blend art and psychology, creating pieces that inspire a sense of curious delight.
May - August, 2025
Summer Showcase
Romero House Members
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March 1 - April 12, 2025
50 Year Retrospective
Janet K. Burner
Janet’s solo show at Mudroom Gallery includes work which represents her more than 50 years of achievement in Ceramics; from her earliest salt-glazed jar to finely carved porcelains, colorfully painted vases and sculpture. Award winning pieces from the Workhouse Clay International in Lorton, VA and the San Angelo National Ceramics Exhibition, as well as features in Ceramics Monthly magazine will also be included. This past May, Janet was invited to Jingdezhen, China (the porcelain capital of the world) to participate in the Taoxichuan Exhibition and Fair. Pieces from that exhibit will also be on display.
Janet K. Burner is a potter and artist with over 50 years of experience. Owner of Sabino Stoneware Pottery (www.sabinopottery.com) in Tucson, she apprenticed under Harry Holl at Scargo Stoneware Pottery in Cape Cod. Janet founded Southern Arizona Clay Artists (SACA) and Romero House Potters, Inc., and was named Phoenix Home & Garden Artist of the Year in 2011. A longtime ceramics instructor since 1972, her work is in the Cape Cod Museum of Art's permanent collection and has been featured in numerous national and international exhibitions.
January 4 - February 15, 2025
Transmutable Ground
Works by Samirah Steinmeyer
In Transmutable Ground, Samirah Steinmeyer reflects on the elemental language shared between landscape and ceramics, exploring ways to integrate actual bits of local geology into work that is visually inspired by shifting, fracturing, fragile, yet durable rock formations and the organisms that thrive within them. A small selection of responsibly gathered regional rocks and minerals are incorporated into each piece, either as a pulverized essential ingredient in her Caliche Aventurine glaze or embedded whole and fired into the body of the piece.
Samirah Steinmeyer is a professional ceramicist and former landscape architect born in Tucson, Arizona and raised on both sides of the US-Mexico border. She has exhibited work nationally, including the traveling group exhibition El Zodíaco Familiar, in collaboration with sculptor George Rodriguez. She has been selling her ceramics online since 2012, and her recent work focuses on experimental, meticulous pieces that reflect experiences of landscapes and nature.
November 9 - December 18, 2024
Women In Stories, Works by Cristina Cárdenas + Lauren Garlovsky
This exhibition celebrates the timeless power and resilience of women through clay. Drawing on themes of creation, feminine power, and transformation, the artists create vessels that carry the voices and struggles of heroines and deities, inviting viewers to reflect on the strength and endurance of women across cultures and time.
October 12 - October 25, 2024
Works by Rick Lear: A Memorial Show
July 6 - August 17, 2024
CUPS | RITUALS IN CLAY
by Adley Gin
Showcasing Gin’s cups, embodying the rituals of pottery making, firing, and daily use.
Adley Gin, a Tucson native, has been a potter since 2021. For Gin, cups are one of his favorite pieces to make, as they allow him to explore possibilities in form and texture while still being mindful of functionality. His wheel-thrown cups are layered with slip that captures the flow of glazes and wood ash from the kiln creating a unique sense of movement.
April 27 - June 8, 2024
Pottery and Pattern
by Petra Juarez
Petra Juarez is a potter currently living and working in Tucson, AZ. She makes functional pottery that often has a rustic or handmade feel. Pottery and Pattern presents Petra’s pottery in conversation with her snapshots of everyday objects.
March 9 - April 19, 2024
Spirit Birds
by Julia Hechtman
“Spirit Birds” is an ever-growing collection of hand built ceramic birds. They are meant to provide solace to those who are in need of support or cheer. Hechtman began the series in 2022 after encountering many dead seabirds in Iceland that had been killed by bird flu. She has been making the birds ever since.
Julia Hechtman Is a multi-media artist focusing on the intersections of absence and presence, the real and the imagined, and life and death
January 6 - February 17, 2024
Sculpture in the Wild
Recent Works by Nan Wollman
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October 14 - December 10, 2023
Tiny Wonders
Group Show
Mudroom Gallery presents their debut exhibition, Tiny Wonders, a small works community show. Tiny Wonders exhibit has over 75 ceramic works under 4″x4″ by 38 local artists.