Sandra McKenzie Schmitt leads the team at McKenzie River Pottery, a studio located in Washington, Illinois.

She has been a working artist since 1973, first showing her figurative sculpture at Gallery 10 in New York that same year. In 1964, she received her M.A. in Intaglio printmaking from the University of Iowa under the direction of Mauricio Lasansky.

Receiving her M.F.A. from Bradley University in 2000, her emphasis has been in ceramic sculpture with additional work in bronze, stone carving, and metal fabrication. Sandra's sculptures are represented in many galleries across the United States and offered to our discerning clientele.