Meet our Teachers
All of our teachers bring valuable experience and dedication to the classroom. We work on bringing the best individualized educational experience. We keep our class sizes small so that our instructors can work with each student one on one.
Our incredible team is truly the heart of Art Haus. It’s their dedication, passion and artistic talent that keeps students invested in the learning process. Take a look below to learn more about the team.
Owner/Adult Pottery Teacher
Stephanie Hillman (she/her)
Stephanie Hillman is a professional artist and educator with over 20 years of experience specializing in watercolor and ceramics. A lifelong artist, she founded Art Haus in 2016 to provide high-quality pottery, painting, and drawing classes for children and adults in Salt Lake City.
After being accepted into the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program in 2021, Stephanie expanded Art Haus into one of the area's largest community art schools. She is passionate about making art accessible to everyone and has volunteered with local nonprofits to help bring arts education to underserved communities.
When she's not teaching or running the studio, Stephanie enjoys hiking, backpacking, skiing, and spending time outdoors with her husband and their dog.
Operations Manager/Adult Pottery Teacher
Randee Lee (she/her)
Randee is a Salt Lake City based ceramic artist and instructor. She graduated from the University of Utah in 2014 and completed her master of education degree in 2024. From 2015 to 2017, she served as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama. She’s been throwing pottery since junior high and currently sells her work locally and online at randeepots.com. She specializes in clay marbling on the potter’s wheel and pet portrait mugs. Besides pottery, snowboarding and her kitty boy, Grr, are her other loves in life.
Drawing/Painting Teacher
Chyna Johnston (she/her)
Hello! My name is Chyna I am an artist in Salt Lake City and I specialize in watercolors, oil and digital design. I have been creating art as long as I can remember and it has been my one constant passion over the years. If I am not currently creating I am thinking about my next project. I have been teaching for over 8 years now and really love to help others grow skills in something I am so passionate about. I am so excited to be part of Art Haus!
Adult Pottery Teacher
Creelyssa Belnap (she/her)
I am a pottery instructor at Art Haus in Salt Lake City. I have practiced oil painting, printmaking, welding and ceramics. You can visit my website at creelyssabelnap.wordpress.com.
I started doing pottery in high school, I struggled with the wheel but found a love for hand building. I always had an interest in the arts starting with music at a young age.
After high school I withdrew myself from art. Only when I found myself at Weber State University, in 2014 I found myself back exploring the visual arts. After encouragement from a professor I changed my major to the fine arts, and I finally learned how to throw, and I spent most of my semester helping the new students with their first week of throwing and friends who didn’t trust themselves on the wheel. While being a student, I have worked in an art gallery as an assistant, and as the director of the Shepherd Union Art Gallery. I graduated from the program in 2018, after having many work experiences in the pottery studio at Weber State.
I have always found pottery to be meditative and relaxing. It is something I hope to pass on to my students.
Adult Watercolor Teacher
Connor Weight (he/him)
Graduating from the University of Utah with a Bachelor's degree in Painting and Drawing and a Minor in Printmaking, Weight is an emerging Salt Lake City artist that continues to produce work in a variety of different mediums. His work ranges from heavy political based narratives to lighthearted caricatures and surrealism. While exploring the depths of art creation, Weight is always seeking new sources for inspiration, types of creative work, and challenges that push him to new heights.
Adult Drawing/Painting Teacher
Ariel Corpuz (she/her)
Hi! My name is Ariel, and I’ve been an art lover all my life. I’ve been studying drawing and painting throughout my academic career. I recently graduated at UVU in illustration, gaining a great network of like-minded artists and mentors. Since graduating I’ve had the privilege of teaching painting to a wide range of folks, and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it! Along with teaching I paint pet portraits, family portraits, and do live wedding painting. I love to learn new mediums and ways to create. I can’t wait to meet fellow artists at Art Haus!
Children's Art Teacher
Cabby Steinmann (she/her)
Hi! My name is Cabby and I teach kids drawing and painting. I am from Louisville, Kentucky and have been making art for as long as I can remember, beginning with mini art lessons with my dad and my “how to draw animals” book. Once I began high school I started to take painting more seriously and would spend time outside of class creating paintings out in nature, which is still my favorite way to paint. I received a Bachelor of Arts at Transylvania University, majoring in studio art. During the summers of high school and some of college I worked as a summer camp counselor in North Carolina and it was always the highlight of my year. Teaching kids new skills and seeing them light up as they discover their talents was always so rewarding. After college I worked mostly in the service industry while making art on the side as much as I could. Now, having just moved to Salt Lake City this past September I am so grateful to be able to combine my passions of making art and working with kids at such a great studio as Arthaus. Outside of work you can find me hiking with my husband and our dog, painting in the canyons, baking ponderosa cake, or having a scoop of mint chip at Hatch Family Chocolates.
Drawing/Painting/Cartooning Teacher
El Early (they/them)
El Early was raised in Park City where they would spend most of their childhood exploring the mountains and appreciating nature. After four years at the Salt Lake School for the Performing arts, El moved to Manhattan to further their education in 2022, and Graduated with a BFA in Animation at the School of Visual Arts.
El specializes in illustration, animation and storytelling. Their love for the surreal and absurd art lead them to their first teaching job at PlayDay, as an after school art instructor for kids. With this newfound passion for teaching, El has come back to Utah ready to share it with Art Haus!
Adult Pottery Teacher
Hanna Bowen (she/her)
My name is Hanna Bowen and I am a ceramic artist teaching at Art Haus. I was drawn to art from a young age, from finger painting to making mud pies in the backyard. I have always found art as a great way to express myself. I started ceramic classes in 2010 and haven't been able to stay away since. I earned my Bachelor's of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Ceramics and a minor in Sculpture from the University of Utah in 2021. I'm always excited to share my love of art with others and help them express themselves as well.
See some of my art at: handbornceramics.com
Pottery Teacher
Ace Van Arsdale (they/them)
Ace is a local Utah artist who’s been painting and sculpting as long as they can remember. They are known for their cute and bizarre needle felted art sold in their online shop or at local markets. Ace works in a variety of mediums including ceramics, acrylics, watercolors and more. As a nature enthusiast they find inspiration in the flora and fauna of the natural world.
Children's Pottery Teacher
Kasandra Dennett (she/her)
Kasandra is a Utah native, born and raised in northern Utah. She enjoys expanding her creativity by using unique facets to do so. Kasandra is highly proprioceptive and uses creative sports such as skiing/snowboarding, soccer, and golf, where angles and physics matter most. She enjoys expanding her creative abilities in photography and ceramics.
Kasandra enjoys the outdoors, where she likes to camp, backpack, ski/snowboard, and hike.
Children's Pottery Teacher
Becca Twait (she/her)
Hey there! I am a Midwestern transplant, relocating to Utah in 2017 after getting my bachelor's degree at Indiana University. I love getting creative with just about everything—painting, clay, embroidery, photography, and more! Art has always been a way for me to express my authentic self, and I love the joy and happiness it brings others when I gift something that I hand crafted specially for them. Helping others, especially children, express themselves in this way is something I can relate to and hopefully help others feel the joy and pride in their work as well. Outside of art, I find solace in the outdoors, whether it's snowboarding, soccer, camping, or hiking with my husband and our black lab.
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Pottery Teacher
Emma Murdock (she/her)
Hi, my name is Emma! I am an artist from Utah currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Ceramics emphasis at Utah Valley University. I began practicing pottery in 2019, and it has since become my favorite creative outlet. I primarily work on the wheel, but also incorporate coil-building and sculptural elements into my pieces. My work explores abstracted designs found in nature, drawing inspiration from native wildlife.
Pottery Teacher
Colton Bean (he/him)
My name is Colton Bean and I am a local ceramics enthusiast in Salt Lake City, UT. A native of Texas, I moved to Salt Lake City in 2023 and began doing ceramics in early 2025. It’s been about a year of this wonderful hobby, and I can honestly say this is one of my favorite outlets I’ve thrown myself into. Pottery provides a space that I can not only channel my creativity into, but also focus on the habits that make me a better person - patience, consistency, curiosity and more. I come from a background in education, where I spent 5 years teaching music to middle and high school students. I’m incredibly excited to be bringing that experience to Art Haus and contributing to the pottery community of SLC!
Pottery Teacher
Olivia Lutz (she/her)
Hi, my name is Olivia, and I am originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. I took my first ceramics class in high school and was instantly fascinated by working with clay. I attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and earned my bachelor’s degree in botany. During my time there I was fortunate enough to take two semesters of ceramics classes and rediscovered my love of clay. Every spare minute I had was spent in the studio! In my personal work, I try to combine my botany background and passion for conservation by making unique wheel-thrown planters. I enjoy making art not only inspired by botanicals but functional for them! I do majority of my work on the wheel but I also do have a love for hand-building and sculpting! I came to Salt Lake for the thriving art scene and mountain views. Now I get to spend my days sharing my love of clay with others! When I’m not teaching I’m tending to my personal jungle of house plants.