DRINKING AGE: Mill Creek Apprenticeship Turns 21, October 3rd 2025

Including work from Simon Levin and Mill Creek Pottery's Past and current apprentices: Anthony Carrillo, Jenny Chamberlain-Yeaton, Brian Chen, Ian Connors, Mike Gesiakowski, Kenyon Hansen, Elin Hughes, Signe Kløve Kjær , Harry Levenstein, Jacob Meer, Hannah Meredith, Arwa Nasrulla, Ryan Strobel, Lars Voltz, Liz Vukelich

Available Friday, October 3rd, online at 10:00 am CST

Stop in and meet some of the artists on October 3rd, 5-8 pm during Iowa City Gallery Walk.

About the Apprenticeship, in Simon Levin's words:

"In 2004 we started an apprenticeship program at Mill Creek Pottery with the idea of creating a symbiotic experience.  In many ways, I designed the program to offer the experience I would have liked to have had when I was trying to find my voice in clay.  Today in the United States apprenticeships in the studio arts have become a vibrant educational avenue in arts education. The apprentices play a vital role in the success of the pottery allowing for more opportunities to travel, create and learn. Over the years my program has grown along with my business and now I generally have two apprentices at a time. The apprenticeship is an intense relationship, I am looking for young people to invest in, and who are committed to the field of ceramics. As of 2025 I have had the pleasure to work with 26 apprentices."

Click here to read what the apprenticeship has meant to the apprentices.