Education
2026
2025
2025
2025
2023: • Exhibizone - “Tears/Smiles” • Gallerium - "Extinction" • Las Lagunas Gallery - "Women in Art"
• Artistonish Magazine 32nd Issue / March • Exhibizone - “Inspiration”
Teaching Ceramic Workshops experience
2026
• FRS - Fall Creekside and Columbine Elementary Schools (K-2 and 3-5 grade)
2025
• Holiday Ornaments & Presents • Fall Wind-chime • Young Explorers (5 to 14 Year Old) • FRS - Fall Creekside and Columbine Elementary Schools (K-2 and 3-5 grade) • Hand-Build Totem - Chicken Totem & Horse Totem • Sip & Scratch: Sgraffito • Bug Hinged Box • FRS - Spring/Summer Creekside and Columbine Elementary Schools (3-5 grade) 2024
• Creating Gratitude Wind Chimes • Holiday Ornaments & Presents • Sgraffito vs. Mishima • Women's Bust Sculpture • Garden Totem • Wind Chime • Safety in the studio, Slab Rolling, and tile texture decorating • Mask making workshop: Study of the face in clay
Memberships & Affiliations
- Graphic Design, AA Degree - The New World School of the Arts - 1996
- Art and Art Education - Miami Dade Community College - 1996
- Graphic Design - Villasmil de Leon - Caracas, Venezuela - 1989
- Ana Balzán LLC Ceramic Studio – Workshops | 2024–Present
- Ana Balzán Ceramic Studio – After School Program (FRS), Boulder, CO | 2025–Present &
– Young Explorers Erie, CO | 2025–Present
Taught ceramic classes at two elementary schools. Students create pieces with local Rocky Mountain clay, learning hand-building techniques—slabs, coils, pinching—and adding decorative textures. - Dignity Care – Elderly Caregiver | 2013–2025
Provided compassionate daily care, demonstrating patience, empathy, and strong interpersonal skills.
2026
2025
- Cristina Córdova: Figure ceramic sculpture
- Avi Ben Shoshan: The Slip Casting Technique
- Coralí Lecca Céspedes: Marbling Techniques for Ceramics
- Good Elephant: Handbuilding with Styrofoam/Plaster Molds and Low Profile Trays
- Ceramic Camp - Glaze & Fire
- Naomi's School: Terra Sig with Shalya Marsh
- Ceramic Camp - Create & Thrive
- Ceramic Camp - Surface Design & Decoration
- Ceramic Camp 2024 - Hand-Building
- Naomi's School: Cut it Out with Shalya Marsh
- Naomi's School: Screen Printing for Clay with Shalya Marsh
- Figurative sculpture workshop - Cristina Cordova
- Sculpture and Color: Polychrome Technique by Tomas Barcelo
- Sculpture Making: Clay modeling and assembly by Tomas Barcelo
- Clay Portrait: Model and full scale face by Efraim Rodrigues
- Classic Oil Painting for Naturalist Bird Portraiture by Sarah Margaret Gibson
- Modeling Torsos with Clay by Jose Manuel Martinez Peres
- Kara Bullock Art School - An expressive Portrait by Kara Bullock
- Quick Sculpting for Beginners by LeRoy Transfield
- Portrait Sculpting by Andrew Joseph Keith
- Figurative Sculpting Fundamentals by Andrew Joseph Keith
- Non-Fireable Surface Techniques: Milk paint
- The Head in Clay by Cristina Cordova
- Introduction to Clay Figurative Sculpture by Cristina Cordova
- Design and Create Portuguese Ceramic Tiles by Gazete Azulejos
- Ceramic: Modeling and Decoration by Paula Casella Biase
- Ceramic Glazing for Beginners by Paula Casella Biase
- Dyed Ceramics: Coloring Ceramic Paste by Paula Casella Biase
- Creation of Molds for Ceramic Reproduction by Xenia Bas
- Honorary Exhibition | Artist of the Year - Firehouse Art Center - Longmont, CO | 2024
- Solo Exhibition | Inspirations and Commonalities of the Human Condition - Firehouse Art Center - Longmont, CO | 2022
2025
- The Collective - City of Lafayette
- Lafayette Public Library - City of Lafayette
- Summer Art Show and Sales - Longmont Artist Guild
- EBCA Spring Open Studio Tour - East Boulder County Artist
- Degas Auction Exhibition to benefit the Centennial State Ballet - Firehouse Art Center
- Spring Art Exhibition - Longmont Artist Guild
- Members "HangTime" - The Firehouse Art Center
- Callahan House's - Club-A-Fair event - Demonstration of hand build a figurative piece.
- Boulder County Fair - Longmont Artist Guild
- Artist/Writes Collaboration - Firehouse Art Center
- Members exhibition - NoBo
- Degas Auction Exhibition to benefit the Centennial State Ballet - Firehouse Art Center
- Open Wall - Boulder Contemporary Museum
- Spring Art Exhibition - Longmont Artist Guild
- Sol 19 - Exhibition
- Members "HangTime" - The Firehouse Art Center
- 'Portrait Gallery' – THE DAIRY ARTS CENTER
- Catrina Exhibition and Auction - The Firehouse Art Center
- Summer Art Exhibition & Sale - Longmont Artist Guild
- Spring Art Exhibition - Longmont Artist Guild
- Sol 19 - Exhibition
- Autumn Art Exhibition - Longmont Artist guild
- Summer Show - Longmont Artist Guild
- Poetry/Art Collaboration Exhibition - The Firehouse Art Center
- Spring Art & Sale Show - Longmont Artist Guild
- Sol 19 - Exhibition
2025
- LAUGH Holiday Sale - Lafayette Art UnderGround Hustle - Lafayette, CO
- Holiday Sale - Firehouse Art Center - Longmont, CO
- LAUGH Holiday Sale - Lafayette Art UnderGround Hustle - Lafayette, CO
- Holiday Sale - Firehouse Art Center - Longmont, CO
- ArtWalk - Demonstration of hand build a figurative piece - Longmont, CO
- Dairy Art Center - Back to school Market - Boulder, CO
- LAUGH Holiday Sale - Lafayette Art UnderGround Hustle - Lafayette, CO
- Holiday Sale - Firehouse Art Center - Longmont, CO
- LAUGH - Lafayette Art UnderGround Hustle - Lafayette, CO
- ArtWalk - Demonstration of hand build a figurative piece - Longmont, CO
- Autumn Art & Sale Show - Longmont Artist Guild
- Summer Show - Longmont Artist Guild
- Sol 19 - Exhibition
- 2026: Longmont Artist Guild - Honorary Mention for sculpture '"Dream Sketch #1"
- 2025: Boulder Fare Grounds - Honorary Mention for sculpture '"Cesta de Frutas"
- 2025: Longmont Artist Guild - Honorary Mention for sculpture '"Cesta de Frutas"
- 2024: Boulder County Fair - 3rd place for sculpture '"La Pequeña Bailarina"
- 2023: Sol 19 - Exhibition - By popular vote I was awarded with tree free months of yoga classes
- 2022: Summer Show - 3rd place in acrylic painting for "Summer Fox at Flatirons" - Longmont Artist Guild
- 2021: Summer Show - 3rd place in acrylic painting for "Moo Day!" - Longmont Artist Guild
2023: • Exhibizone - “Tears/Smiles” • Gallerium - "Extinction" • Las Lagunas Gallery - "Women in Art"
• Artistonish Magazine 32nd Issue / March • Exhibizone - “Inspiration”
Teaching Ceramic Workshops experience
2026
• FRS - Fall Creekside and Columbine Elementary Schools (K-2 and 3-5 grade)
2025
• Holiday Ornaments & Presents • Fall Wind-chime • Young Explorers (5 to 14 Year Old) • FRS - Fall Creekside and Columbine Elementary Schools (K-2 and 3-5 grade) • Hand-Build Totem - Chicken Totem & Horse Totem • Sip & Scratch: Sgraffito • Bug Hinged Box • FRS - Spring/Summer Creekside and Columbine Elementary Schools (3-5 grade) 2024
• Creating Gratitude Wind Chimes • Holiday Ornaments & Presents • Sgraffito vs. Mishima • Women's Bust Sculpture • Garden Totem • Wind Chime • Safety in the studio, Slab Rolling, and tile texture decorating • Mask making workshop: Study of the face in clay
Memberships & Affiliations
- Firehouse Art Center - 2022 to present
- Longmont Artist Group - 2021 to present
- East Boulder County Art - 2025 to present
- LAUGH - 2023/25
- Firehouse Art Center - (2022 - to present)
- Creative Community Committee Member - Volunteer Front Desk - Longmont Artist Group - Volunteer Work (2021 - to present)
- East Boulder County Art - Volunteer Work (2025)
- Lefthand Artist Group - Volunteer Work and Art Donation (2023)
- Manatee Literacy Bradenton - Art Donation - The Historic Manatee Village Fare & Auction / Bradenton, FL
- Growing Garden Boulder - Art Donation - Farm Gala Auction / Boulder, CO
Graphic Design TESTIMONIAL
Dear Ana, I want you to know that I was very impressed by the map of American territory that once belonged to Mexico that you made for my book What’s to Know About Mexico. It’s the best I’ve seen on the subject. I was also pleased by your layout of a sample chapter.
John Virtue • Author, Academic and Journalist; Director of the International Media Center at Florida International University, Miami , FL
Dear Ana, I want you to know that I was very impressed by the map of American territory that once belonged to Mexico that you made for my book What’s to Know About Mexico. It’s the best I’ve seen on the subject. I was also pleased by your layout of a sample chapter.
John Virtue • Author, Academic and Journalist; Director of the International Media Center at Florida International University, Miami , FL
I absolutely adored working with Ana Balzan. She helped design my company logo, create and layout my company letterhead and business cards. The logo was exactly what I wanted and the creative process with Ana was fun and dynamic. I am complimented often on my logo and know that it has helped my business. I highly recommend her and would not hesitate to use her again in the future.
Chris Ketterhagen • Ketterhagen Properties, Boulder, CO
Chris Ketterhagen • Ketterhagen Properties, Boulder, CO
Ana’s professionalism and quality of work is impressive. We had a vague idea of our project at its start, and appreciated Ana’s ability to interpret our vision into a sophisticated, well designed product. It was a pleasure to work with her.
Michael Reis • Executive Director Longmont Housing Authority, Longmont, CO
Michael Reis • Executive Director Longmont Housing Authority, Longmont, CO
Thank you Ana again for your work. Our Ads that you did the graphic work for have received many compliments. It is always a pleasure to work with you. You have an uncanny ability of making our jewelry even more beautiful than it is.
Jackie Abraham • Jackie Abraham Jewelers, Bay Harbor Island, FL
Jackie Abraham • Jackie Abraham Jewelers, Bay Harbor Island, FL