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Meet the Instructors

Cathleen Sullivan

Cathleen has been engaged in art in one form all her life, but it wasn’t until 2003 that pottery found her. Clay satisfied her need to build sculptural forms and experiment with glaze chemistry. Following an art immersion trip to Italy with the International Ceramics Arts Network, Cathleen returned to college to earn her BA in Visual Art. She has been teaching since 2013 and has studied art history, new mediums, and expanded creative process that has catapulted her art into new directions. In 2020 she relocated her family to PSL, Florida, and was stunned to learn there were no local art studios. She became a member of the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance and is currently on its Board of Directors as well as a member of the Port St. Lucie Public Art Advisory Board.

As the owner of TCP, her mission is to get residents creating art and for the County to create an arts center the likes of which would rival any art center found in other major cities in Florida. After realizing that not much was happening any time soon, that became the impetus to create Treasure Coast Pottery: "I wanted art to be accessible to every resident who lives in PSL. Currently, I own, teach and manage the studio. As members of these various boards, I can only hope to do my part in perpetuating art and culture in our fine county." To see more of Cathleen's art and CV, visit her personal website at www.sullieart.com.

Zoey Bridges

Zoey Alyssa is a budding artist from Fort Pierce, Florida looking to spread the luxury of art within the community around her. Working predominantly in acrylics and clay, Zoey Alyssa is a muralist, ceramist and live event painter who enjoys creating art inspired by the surrounding biodiversity, Florida has to offer. In 2017, her art career got started at a local pottery & paint studio where she found herself teaching an array of people the power of a paint brush and the raw beauty of clay. Zoey has been teaching acrylic painting and hand-building since then. As a self taught painter and ceramist; painting as far back as she can remember, Zoey Alyssa was enthralled to learn she comes from generations of creatives. Her Great Grandfather, Herbert Neuburger was a predominant watercolorist who immigrated from Germany to Florida before the war. Herbert, in his lifetime befriended Beanie Backus and framed a lot of the international artist's preeminent work.

Now residing in Vero Beach and working out of her home studio, Zoey Alyssa is a full time artist creating residential and commercial murals (dba Tigress Mural & Design), paintings and teaching the fundamentals of clay. Her mural work will soon be seen as a public installation located in the Peacock Arts District in her hometown Fort Pierce, Florida. Treasure Coast Pottery is excited to have this talented artist as part of its team of instructors.

Learn more about Zoey Alyssa at www.ZoeyAlyssa.Art or inquire today about the services she provides such as mural work, live event painting and custom commissions. Find her on Facebook and Instagram @zoeyalyssaart

Eduardo Gomez Rojas

Eduardo was born in Colombia and moved to the USA as a young man. He graduated with a BA in Economics, and an MSW from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee where he started sculpting. Later, he completed his art major in sculpture at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock and received a post-baccalaureate degree in sculpture.

Eduardo has exhibited in various museums and international juried art shows. His work is collected internationally. In 2009, a book was published about his work titled, "Eduardo Gomez: Silent Messages". This work is available in an e-book format on Amazon. He has also completed multiple private and public commissions. Two of his public commissions can be appreciated locally at the Distinguished Service memorial Park in Stuart, Florida.

For the last 9 years, he has taught at the Lighthouse Art Center School in Tequesta, Florida. His sculpture studio is located in Jensen Beach, Florida where he also teaches privately. For more information, visit Eduardo's website at www.eduardogomez.com.

Rob Buller

Rob Buller is a semi-retired art teacher that recently relocated to Port Saint Lucie from North Carolina. He was born in Kansas, grew up in the Midwest, and moved to Cooper City, Florida, in the early 1980's. He began taking pottery classes at Broward Community College and considers himself lucky that his first pottery teacher, Joe Molinaro, inspired him to pursue ceramics as a career and lifestyle. Rob went on to complete his degrees at BCC (AA '86), Florida Atlantic University (BFA '88), and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (MFA '92). He served as an apprentice for a master potter in Japan, made his living throwing pots on production lines for pottery manufacturers, and co-operated a small wholesale pottery business that serviced over 200 retail accounts in 26 states and Canada. Rob has been exhibiting his art vases locally and nationally over the past fifteen years, and he is a member of Treasure Coast Pottery.