Josh DeWeese is a Professor of Art teaching ceramics at Montana State University in Bozeman. He is currently the Interim Director of the School of Art at MSU. DeWeese served as Resident Director of the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana and holds an MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred, and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. He is the co-founder of the International Wild Clay Research Project at Montana State University, promoting the use of local materials and sustainable practices in the ceramic arts. In 2022 DeWeese received a Montana Governor’s Award in the Arts. He has exhibited and taught workshops internationally, and his work is included in numerous public and private collections.