About Us
Mychal LaVia
My name is Mychal LaVia and I graduated from Pennsylvania School of the Arts in 1987. I’m currently running and teaching workshops at the Columbia Creative Factory. I also volunteer for the Lancaster Creative Factory and teach workshops at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center.
The mediums I enjoy are pottery, painting and glass blowing.
The Columbia Creative Factory strives to strengthen connections within the community by building personal and social relationships through shared arts experiences. We use the creative process to promote self-expression and develop unique problem solving skills. Where dreams become reality.
Kim Morrow
Kim Morrow earned a BFA from Kutztown University and an MFA from Marywood University. Her concentration of study was advertising and graphic design. In her professional career, Kim has worked as a graphic designer, book designer, art director and creative team supervisor. Additionally, she owned and partnered a graphic design studio for 19 years. Following this time, Kim began instructing at a technical school in digital graphic design. During the 18 years at the technical school, she also acted as program director and web design director. Kim’s recent focus has become an exploration in color, texture, deconstruction layering over a structure of basic intuitive design harmony. Her focus has included a wide range of mediums; acrylic, watercolor, collage, gelli-plate printing, drawing materials, book-making, and clay. Kim has incorporated her experience and design in her 3D projects, and enjoys encouraging these skills in others as she instructs clay classes at Columbia Creative Factory.
Bailey Troop
Bailey Troop graduated from Millersville University with a BSE in Art Education. He enjoys making functional work and learning new processes. Bailey continues to learn with people he works with and alongside his students as he teaches! Bailey has been teaching at Lancaster Creative Factory since 2023.
He also carries his skills over to Columbia Creative Factory to teach wheel classes!
Kim Wilder
Kim Wilder’s creative journey is a wandering path of self-discovery and healing through working with clay. Taking her inspiration from the natural world, she strives to create simple, organic, functional pieces that reflect her deep connection to nature. Alongside her yoga and mindfulness teaching and practices, Kim considers her pottery to be a significant part of her spiritual practice. She shares these skills, connections, and practices with her students, and looks forward to teaching workshops to grow with the community at Columbia Creative Factory.