The Founders

Wildling Collaborative Arts is a women-owned community art studio in Eugene, Oregon, founded in 2022 by mothers and artists, Sarah Root and Jayme Vineyard. 

We are a creative hub where people of every background and experience level come to make art, learn, and connect. 

Our studio welcomes everyone, from first-time makers to professional artists, to work at their own pace and in their own style.

Meet our People

We are a small and awesome team of artists, caregivers, animal lovers, Oregon transplants, Eugene locals, and friendly dreamers.

  • Jayme Vineyard, Co-Founder, with green hair stands smiling in front of an open wooden cabinet filled with colorful spools of thread or yarn. She is wearing a dark tie-dye dress with blue and white patterns.

    Jayme Vineyard (she/they)

    Leads outreach, works administration, marketing, and our clay and art supply shop, oversees private studios, coordinates workshops, and teaches handbuilding, block printing, and sculpture

  • Co-Founder, Sarah Root, standing with tattoos wearing a rust-orange and dark brown horizontally striped dress, standing outdoors in front of a wooden fence and trees.

    Sarah Root (she/her)

    Leads business affairs, works administration, marketing, oversees the Ceramics Lab, coordinates class offerings, and teaches handbuilding

  • Allie wearing glasses and tattoos sits on a stool in a pottery studio, wearing blue denim overalls over a white t-shirt. A pottery wheel is in the foreground, with shelves and racks in the background.

    Alli Currey (she/her)

    Wildling's primary wheel throwing instruction who teaches all ages and levels

  • Kate standing with dark hair and glasses wearing a light blue denim jacket over a checkered shirt, standing outdoors in front of tree trunks with string lights.

    Kate Thornhill (she/her)

    Leads operations and development efforts, works administration, coordinates workshops, handles the website, and teaches cyanotype, handbuilding, and kintsugi

  • Kyle smiling inside the glaze mixing workshop behind a countertop, wearing a black-and-white gingham shirt and dark pants. Shelves behind them are filled with many labeled jars and containers, and a blue研 mill machine is visible on the left.

    Kyle Jordan (they/them)

    Studio technician and oversees all glaze and clay without the studio

  • Michelle smiling with short blonde hair sits indoors wearing a dark green short-sleeve button-up shirt, layered necklaces, and bracelets. She is seated in front of artwork and a black equipment case in a room setting.

    Michelle Cristani (she/her)

    Works the clay and art supply shop, open studio, keeps all learning and making spaces organized, and is a studio technician

When Are We Open?

  • Our shop is open Wednesday- Friday 10:30am- 5:30pm & Sundays from 10am-4pm 

Visit Us at 250 Taylor Street in Eugene, Oregon

Get in Touch with Us