Located at 225 Commerce St. Mineral Point WI,53565

Hours: Wednesday-Saturday 11am-5pm, Sunday Noon-4pm

Contact: theglobeclaycenter@gmail.com or call 815-238-6525.

Katie White and Joelle White are twin sisters who grew up on a farm in Stockton, Illinois. Both took an interest in art at a young age. Despite being twins, they each kept their own sense of individuality and were accepted into separate colleges. Katie graduated from Northern Illinois University with a BFA in Ceramics in 2012 before participating in various ceramic residencies including Red Lodge Clay Center and The Cub Creek Foundation. Joelle graduated from UW-Platteville in 2011 with a degree in Biology, but stayed true to her artistic side by studying ceramics with Bruce Howdle. Howdle was a world renowned ceramic artist who was an advocate for the arts and the preservation of historical Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

Joelle and Katie both became Bruce’s assistants in 2017 before his sudden passing in Aug. 2018. The sisters kept Howdle’s historically renovated gallery open to share his remaining work, before starting their own pottery business in 2019. The space was originally built in 1876 as an addition to the Globe Hotel.

The sisters pay tribute to the predecessors of the historic building by naming their partnership The Globe Clay Center where they create and display their ceramic sculpture, pottery, and jewelry.