Sara Alfieri is a design-driven ceramic artist originally from Rochester, New York. She received her BFA from Illinois State University, completed a post-baccalaureate program at Colorado State University, and received her MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Alfieri’s work investigates the layered relationship between design, function, and accessibility through digitally designed, slip-casted ceramic vessels and architecturally-inspired sculptures. She currently resides in Kansas City, Missouri, where she is a resident artist and ceramics instructor at Belger Crane Yard Studios, while also working part-time at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Alfieri has been featured in several publications including the “Exposure” section of Ceramics Monthly and the Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibition catalogues (2021, 2022, and 2024). She was awarded the “Studio Potter Merit Award” in the 2023 NCECA Student Juried Show and “Best in Show” in the 2023 Art Students League of Denver Biennial Exhibition. Alfieri has exhibited her work nationally in several recognized galleries and remains committed to supporting and engaging with gallery representation through the creation of both her ceramic vessels and sculptures.