Curiouser Clay in the News

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That’s where we post new workshops, last-minute spots, and all the muddy goodness in real time!

Life And Work With Eli Zemper as Featured in Voyage Michigan

May 29, 2024

Hi Eli, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
In March 2022, after 6 months of converting my garage into a ceramic studio, I launched a mobile clay workshop business called Curiouser Clay. The business model was in response to what I had seen in the previous two years: rampant depression, disconnection, and increasing polarization, where people were only interested in hearing their beliefs mirrored back to them and hanging out with others who shared those beliefs.

Continue reading the full article here: https://voyagemichigan.com/?post_type=interview&p=140903

The Saint Louis Center Brings Unique Art to the Chelsea District Library

May 13, 2024

Led by the artists of the Saint Louis Center, a very unique and special art display is calling the Chelsea District Library home this month.

An art opening was held earlier this month at CDL, exhibiting the wind chime/story project that residents from the St. Louis Center have been working on for the past four months or so. The exhibit will be open to the public for all of May.

Eli Zemper, owner of Curiouser Clay and supporter of local artists, helped out with this display and project, and said the show lasts through the end of May and involves 10 artists from St. Louis Center who have worked on ceramic wind chimes and a storytelling podcast that goes with each chime.

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Curiouser Clay Revives Curiosity in Chelsea as Featured in Ann Arbor Family

April 4, 2023

Creating art is one way to help address or manage stress, anxiety, and other mental health concerns. Eli Zemper started Curiouser Clay in Chelsea due to a lack of access to creative programming.

Curiouser Clay is a mobile clay workshop business that facilitates the use of clay art to relieve stress and encourage creativity. 

Read the full article here: annarborfamily.com/feature/curiouser-clay-revives-curiosity-in-chelsea

Meet Eli Zemper, As Featured In CanvasRebel

March 13, 2023

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Eli Zemper. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Eli below.

Eli, appreciate you joining us today. Can you take us back in time to the first dollar you earned as a creative – how did it happen? What’s the story?

I don’t know if it is the FIRST dollar I earned as a creative, but it’s the first dollar I earned after I decided to make the jump from being a high school teacher (what I’ve done for the last 26 years) to helping people address their mental health by offering clay workshops.

Read the Full Article Here: canvasrebel.com/meet-eli-zemper