Shana Salaff currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she teaches at both Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, and Aims Community College in Greeley, CO. When not teaching, she makes ceramic vessels that are designed for aesthetic pleasure as well as utility. Originally from Toronto, Shana received a diploma in Ceramics from the School of Craft and Design at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, and a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1998. She became a studio potter for 7 years, running Wareshana Pottery in Halifax. Returning to academia in 2005, she earned an MFA in Ceramics from California State University, Fullerton. After graduation, she was artist-in-resident at Art 342 in Fort Collins, where she fell in love with the area. After a second residency, at the PauKune Wanner Art Haus in Severance, CO, she moved into Fort Collins. Future plans include an 8-week residency at Gaya Ceramic and Design in Bali, Indonesia, in the summer of 2012.