Lisa Orr . Resume

catalog artist statement resume   biography

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts 1992 New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Bachelor of Fine Arts 1983 University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas

PROFESSIONAL
Studio 1996-Present 1502 Alta Vista Ave, Austin, Texas
Founder and Organizer, Art of the Pot Studio Tour and Sale, Austin TX

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS
2008 Grant from Los Amigos del Arte Popular to produce Folk Ceramics, DVDs on Mexican village pottery
2005 Cups of Merit Purchase Award, NCECA
2003 1st Place, Attorney’s Award 11th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National
1995 Mid-America Arts Alliance NEA Fellowship
1992-1994 Fulbright Student Scholarship to Bulgaria

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Harvey-Meadows Gallery, Aspen Co
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

PUBLISHED
DVD Pottery of Mexico: Pineapples of Patamban and San Jose de Gracia. Producer. 2008. www.potteryofmexico.com
The Studio Potter, Synaesthesia: A Potter’s Experience and Research, 2006 Featured on Cover
Diverse Domain, Contemporary North American Ceramic Art, Catalog by Yingge County Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 2005
World of Teapots: Delightful Teapot, World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, 2005
Ceramics Monthly, “A Dialogue with Lisa Orr,” May 2000, Cover Photo
The Studio Potter, “A Macedonian Pottery Village,” Spring 1998

RECENT EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2009
More Than Skin Deep, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Pitchers, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Salad Days Pottery Invitational, Watershed Center, Newcastle, ME
Art of the Pot, Show Organizer, Austin TX
Dallas Pottery Invitational, Dallas TX
Small Favors IV, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Tempe AZ
Spoon It! Fork It! Cut It Up!, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
ArtStream Show at NCECA Conference, Tempe AZ
Potters for Peace NCECA Show, Tempe AZ
Sculptors as Potters, Potters as Sculptors, Mesa Community College, Mesa AZ
Studio Potter Celebrates Studio Potter, John Malloy Gallery, New York NY
Helen Drutt: Philadelphia, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
20 Below 22 Above, Moorhead State University, Moorhead MN
2008
Transformations 6×6, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Artful Tabletop, Lyndhurst Nat. Historic Trust Site, Tarrytown, NY
Functional Ceramics Invitational, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
Sip, Slurp, Gulp, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM
Speaking Low-Surfaces in Earthenware, The Clay Studio, Phila. PA
ArtStream at NCECA Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Pittsburgh
Out of the Madness, Heinz Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Other Mad Potters, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
“Another Cup?”, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Pots that Pour, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY

COLLECTIONS
Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery, Icheon, Korea
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
American Museum of Ceramic Art
South Texas Institute for the Arts
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
San Antonio Museum of Art
New York State College of Ceramics
Joan Mondale
Robert Turner
National Council for Education in Ceramic Arts
Otto Heino
Marlin and Ginger Miller
Linda Schlenger
Karen Johnson Boyd
Susan Peterson
Bob Tichane
Pamela Joseph
Arlen and Joan Specter
Bob Pfannebecker
Tony and Pauline Hepburn
Ramona Bass
Helen Berschad
Sandy Besser
Dwight Holland
Ken and Happy Price
Chris Gustin
Douglas Peck
Michael Zakin
Joan Lincoln
Sara and David Lieberman
Arthur S Goldberg

TEACHING
June-July 2006 Texas State University, Ceramics and 3D Design, San Marcos TX, Summer Session I
2003 University of Texas at Austin, Beginning Ceramics, Austin TX Spring
2001-2003 The University of the Arts, Mentor for MFA Candidate, Philadelphia PA
1999, 2000 Art School at Laguna Gloria, Beginning-Intermediate Throwing, Austin TX
Fall 1995, Fall 1996 Trinity University, San Antonio, TX Throwing course

WORKSHOP/TEACHING
2009 Haystack Mountain
2009 Eastfield Community College, Dallas TX
2009 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
2008 Lewis and Clark College, Portland OR
2008 Oregon Potters Assn, Eugene, Portland, OR
2008 Presenter, East Carolina Potters Conference, Greenville, NC
2008 Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2008 Potters Conference in the Caribbean, Clay Times
2007 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2007 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
2007 MudFire Clayworks, Altanta GA
2007 Presenter, Alabama Clay Conference, Florence, AL
2007 McMurray University, Abilene, TX
2007 Hendrix College, Conway AR,
2006 Spring Island Community, Spring Island SC
2006 Juniata College, Huntingdon PA
2006 Westminster Community Center, Westminster CO
2006 Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2005 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR
2005 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR
2005 University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK
2005 Clay Studio, Syracuse NY
2005 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2005 Merrimac Community College, St Louis, MO
2005 Forest Park Community College, St Louis, MO
2004 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2004 Sheridan College, Oakville Ontario
2004 University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
2004 Atlantic Beach Pottery, Atlantic Beach FL
2004 Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA
2004 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2004 Demonstrator, National Council on Education in Ceramic Arts Conference, Indianapolis, IN
2004 Presenter, 16th Annual North Carolina Potters Conference, Moring Arts Center, Asheboro, NC
2003 University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler TX Fall
2003 Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville NC Summer
American Pottery Festival, Minneapolis MN Spring 2003
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN Spring 2003
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA Fall 2002
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM Summer 2002
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville NC, Masters Work Session, Summer 2002