Ariana Stein is a ceramic artist based in Seagrove, NC. She is a member of The Triangle Studio and apprentice to Kate Waltman with the support of the 2025 Studio Potter Grant for Apprenticeship Program. Ariana has exhibited her work across the USA and internationally. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the First Annual NCECA Creative Research Fellowship to pursue a body of work in her country of heritage, Hungary. Ariana’s work combines historic making traditions from North Carolina pottery with the visual patterns and compelling folklore of Hungarian folk art.