Published November 08. 2025 04:00AM<\/p>\n
JuxtaHub, a new Lehigh Valley arts and innovation center nonprofit in Emmaus, has a new ceramics studio.<\/p>\n
The spacious studio includes eight pottery wheels and two kilns.<\/p>\n
Lehigh Valley artists Deb Slahta and Lisa Caruso are giving ceramics classes there. Caruso is instructor for \u201cCeramics for Beginners.\u201d Slahta teaches a \u201d\u2019Adventures in Wheel Throwing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe unseen potential in clay is what draws me to it,\u201d says Caruso, a retired Emmaus High School ceramics teacher.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait to share my passion for all things clay and to be a part of a community engaged through art,\u201d says Slahta, a JuxtaHub resident artist at the Oct. 14 studio opening.<\/p>\n
According to JuxtaHub Chief Programming Officer Ryan Hill, the ceramics courses will be offered again, as will one- or two-day workshops in 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn exploring how technology can intersect with the arts, we are excited to consider how the resources of our Convergence Makerspace will complement a traditional hands-on medium like ceramics,\u201d says John Oetting, a founding board member and Vice President of Programming at JuxtaHub.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn juxtaposing these two program areas, we can help ceramic artists bring their vision to life in new ways: creating their own custom decorative tools with our 3D printers as well as cutting intricate stencils with our laser and vinyl cutters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re offering state-of-the-art resources at JuxtaHub, and the possibilities are endless,\u201d Oetting says.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2019, JuxtaHub is home to 20 resident artists and has classrooms, art galleries and meeting areas. A variety of classes and workshops is offered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe chose the name JuxtaHub because a hub is an effective center of a network, and to juxtapose unlike things is to place them close together for contrasting effect,\u201d says JuxtaHub board member Shea Zukowski.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn combining these words, we communicate our purpose: to bring diverse experiences under one roof, stimulate creativity and generate new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n
The logo of JuxtaHub includes bees.<\/p>\n
\u201cBees are associated with community, productivity and collaboration. In our logo, symmetrical bees come from opposite directions yet share a common wing, indicating that they are purposefully working together,\u201d Zukowski says.<\/p>\n
JuxtaHub, 375 S 10th St., Emmaus. Gallery hours: 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. Tuesday – Friday. \u201cJuxTuesday,\u201d Reception and tours, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Second Tuesday. https:\/\/juxtahub.com\/<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIERFrom left, JuxtaHub ceramics instructors Deb Slahta and Lisa Caruso demonstrate how to throw a pot on newly-installed pottery wheels at the Emmaus arts center.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIERBees-themed logo sign directs visitors to former Rodale Press buildng that houses JuxtaHUb.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIERJuxtaHub board member Shea Zukowski with recently-purchased L&L kilns for use by instructors and students to fire ceramics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published November 08. 2025 04:00AM JuxtaHub, a new Lehigh Valley arts and innovation center nonprofit in Emmaus, has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-28639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}