Ben Carter is a studio potter, educator, and podcast host/producer based in New Jersey. He received his BFA in ceramics/painting from Appalachian State University and his MFA in ceramics from the University of Florida. His professional experience includes being an artist-in-residence at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT and Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, CO, as well as the Education Director of the Pottery Workshop in Shanghai, China. He has lectured and exhibited widely in the United States, Canada, China, Australia, and New Zealand. He was named 2016 Ceramic Artist of the Year by Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated. He has authored a full-length book, Mastering the Potter’s Wheel, published by Voyageur Press in 2016.
In addition to his studio work he is the creator/host of the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler podcast, where he interviews artists about their craft, creativity, and lifestyle. In 2021 he developed The Brickyard Network—a podcast network devoted to the ceramic arts—for the Archie Bray Foundation. He is the editor and producer for Clay in Color, For Flux Sake, The Kiln Sitters, Trade Secret and other podcasts developed for the network.