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Functional Ceramics

  Takuro Shibata

     February 15–April 17, 2021
              Ohio Craft Museum
             Columbus, Ohio 43212
        Presented by Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Functional Ceramics 2021 - Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Welcome
Well, what a time this has been! Did any of us think       own studios. No worries, though—we will be back
we’d still be doing this a year later? We hope that        in person in 2022!
you and your families have been safe and well
during these challenging times. For many artists,          Thank you to the Wayne Center for the Arts, and
it’s meant a loss of income with fairs and exhibi-         Executive Director James Fox, General Manager
tions cancelled. We’ve been happy, however, to             Lynn Davis, Ceramics Program Coordinator Adam
see a number of you find new outlets in online             McVicker and Marketing Coordinator Nichole Feh-
sales.                                                     rman, who continue to support the workshop and
                                                           exhibition from afar! We look forward to being there
For us—as for many of you—it has meant adapting            next year!
to new norms and learning new skills. Three days
after we installed the 2020 exhibition at the Wayne        The workshop and exhibition are presented with
Center for the Arts, the state was in lockdown—so          the support of the Ohio Designer Craftsmen Board
no show and, of course, no workshop. Once we               of Directors and staff, and with funding from the
were able to retrieve the pots, however, we photo-         Ohio Arts Council, Mayco, Buckeye Ceramic
graphed all of them and put them online. And we            Supply, AMACO, Skutt, Nidec-Shimpo, Spectrum
discovered a whole new set of pottery lovers!              Glazes, Cornell Studio Supply, GR Pottery Forms
While we are disappointed that we won’t see                and the International Ceramic Artists Network.
everyone in person again this year, we are excited
about trying a new, virtual approach to the work-          Betty Talbott, Director       Kim Nagorski, Curator
shop. It will be fun to see the artists working in their   Functional Ceramics           Functional Ceramics

Where’s it all going?
For many of us, a line is the first mark we make. It       Being Canadian, my country is 150 years old,
is a huge developmental milestone when a young             which makes it much younger than the old cultures.
child’s first scribbles are set to the page (or wall!).    My aunt and uncle’s pottery, Pinecroft, is the oldest
We parents and teachers celebrate their purple             working studio pottery in Canada, and it only spans
dogs, and houses with crooked chimneys, windows            two generations and 71 years.
and doors. This experience of drawing acquaints
the child to the capacity for hand to follow eye. All      Bernard Leach once said that America lacks a
kids make art and all are artists!                         taproot. Having come home from Korea and Italy
                                                           steeped in tradition, I felt that perhaps that taproot
Once we start to grow, however, the joy of scribbles       he felt missing in America might be seen as free-
on the page fade as we feel a pressure for those           dom for creative expression.
lines to represent a reality that we see in the world.
That pressure to represent literally means many            I had asked my Korean friends if they thought that
children learn at a very early age to abandon any          working within a tradition was a yoke around their
creative expression that falls short of realistic rep-     necks. While mostly lost in translation, the general
resentation. Then one day, we announce that we             answer was that they wanted to respect the tradi-
can’t draw.                                                tion and have it carry on.

This child’s play has been on my mind since I
visited several pottery cultures around the world.         Continued next page
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Continued from previous page

Some five years later, I asked Vernon Owens the         that Vernon’s family did in order to call yourselves
same question. Vernon is the patriarch of Jugtown       potters. Truth is, information is more easily avail-
Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina. He started         able today than ever before. A text, email or phone
making pottery at age 17 and has been making            call to the other side of the world will be answered
pots for over 60 years. Vernon’s answer seemed          in a heartbeat.
to resonate with the Korean masters. If he could
improve a form, he would. His concern was that          I remember well some 30 years ago (being
his young’uns be able to carry on being potters as      pre-computer) writing to an Australian potter for
he has, his daddy did and his daddy’s daddy and         advice about firing my wood kiln. The handwritten
his daddy’s daddy’s daddy did. The young’uns of         letter and reply would have about a six-month turn-
Pam and Vernon Owen—Bayle and Travis—are                around time. Today, my question of this evening
fifth-generation North Carolina potters.                will have been answered by the time I wake in the
                                                        morning.
So where is it all going? Pottery making and teach-
ing are now mostly academic pursuits or, short of       So to answer my own question, “Where is it all go-
that, courses of a weekend, a couple of weeks and       ing?” Let the kids make art. Let the kids dream. If
sometimes a month long. There are computerized          the kids find a way to express their art in ways that
kilns, pre-made clays, glazes, centering devices,       shortcut what we did, then so be it. I say this as an
YouTube videos, and all kinds of fast ways to get       artist and teacher.
there. YouTube and Google have all the answers.
So much to learn, so little time!                       As a craftsperson, however, I think a house must
                                                        be built on a strong foundation. I love finely crafted
Some time in front of the computer, two weekend         tables, chairs, pottery and things that work—a mar-
courses, and your occupation is that of a “potter”      riage of art and fine craft that celebrates creativity
with an Etsy account, you’re teaching pottery, you      and skills that have been time earned. There is no
have a catchy name for your pottery and you are         substitute for time and hard work.
selling your work.
                                                        Work hard and dream big, America!
I’m sure most of you have heard of Malcolm Glad-
well’s 10,000 Hour Rule. Gladwell explains that         Tony Clennell
reaching the 10,000-Hour-Rule, which he con-            Potter, Educator and Author
siders the key to success in any field, is simply a     CANADA
matter of practicing a specific task for 20 hours a
week for 10 years. I think that this is even a short-
cut in the pottery business. There are a multitude
of skills to be practiced. My old friend Robin Hop-
per used to expound it took seven years to learn
the skill of pottery and an additional ten to develop
a signature. Sorry Robin, but so much to learn, so
little time!

With all due respect for tradition and with respect
for those who have learned on their own in their
new, modern ways, I have to say that at this mo-
ment in time, I am seeing some of the most innova-
tive and exciting work of my 68 years on this earth.

I would like to stand on my high horse and pon-
tificate that you must put in the hours that I did or   Chandra Debuse
Functional Ceramics 2021 - Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Dawn Candy
      Platter
  White Stoneware
  14½” in diameter
Functional Ceramics 2021 - Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Chandra DeBuse
     Butter Dish
      Porcelain
     6¼” in height
Functional Ceramics 2021 - Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Alison Fawcett
    Coffee Pot
     Porcelain
    7¾” in height
Functional Ceramics 2021 - Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Katie Fee
       Trophy
Porcelaneous Stoneware
     3¼” in height
Functional Ceramics 2021 - Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Delores Fortuna
        Plate
       Porcelain
    10” in diameter
Functional Ceramics 2021 - Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Jackie Frioud
    Oil Bottle
     Stoneware
    5¼” in height
Jason Hartsoe
       Vase
     Stoneware
    7¾” in height
Bill Jones
    Pitcher
 Red Stoneware
 10¼” in height
Shaunna Lyons
   Oval Candy Dish
      Red Clay
     3” in height
Andrew McIntyre
    Perforated Jar
      Porcelain
     4¼” in height
Lisa Orr
 Butter Dish
 Earthenware
 4” in height
Allison Coles Severance
        Square Baker
         Stoneware
        3½” in height
Takuro Shibata
         Plate
   North Carolina Clay
       11” square
Holly Walker
    Dot Palette
    Earthenware
   12¼” in height
Nathan Willever
    Nuka Pitcher
      Wild Clay
    13¼” in height
Matthew Wilt
   Temple Jar I
    Stoneware
    7” in height
Functional Ceramics Workshop

Featured Potters
1977   Tom and Ginny Marsh                            2002   Mark Bell, Kevin Crowe, Julia Galloway
1978   Karl Martz, Brian VanNostrand, Alan Myers,     2003   Randy Johnston, Liz Quackenbush,
       Karen Gunderman, Donald MacKenzie,                    Lee Rexrode
       Spencer Davis
                                                      2004   Cathra-Anne Barker, Phil Rogers,
1979   Les Miley, Karl Christianson, Edith Franklin          Brad Schwieger
1980   Edith Franklin, Byron Temple,                  2005   Mark Hewitt, Sandi Pierantozzi,
       Tom and Ginny Marsh                                   Neil Patterson
1981   Tom Turner, Donna Polseno, Rick Hensley        2006   Cathi Jefferson, John Neely, Mark Talbert
1982   Tom and Elaine Coleman, Tom Shafer             2007   Jim Connell, Doug Dacey, Ann Tubbs
1983   David Shaner, Jennifer Lind, Bill Hunt         2008   Posey Bacopoulos, Kim Ellington,
1984   Tim Mather, Barbara Diduk, Val Cushing                Jeff Oestreich

1985   John Glick, Warren MacKenzie,                  2009   Dick Lehman, Kristen Kieffer,
       Barbara Tipton                                        Karl Borgeson

1986   Cynthia Bringle, Stanley M. Andersen,          2010   Bill van Gilder, Silvie Granatelli,
       Vernon Owens                                          Fong Choo

1987   John Leach, Todd Piker, Jane Peiser            2011   Jan McKeachie Johnston,
                                                             Charity Davis-Woodard, Marty Fielding
1988   Virginia Cartwright, Richard Zakin,
       Robin Hopper                                   2012   Jeff Oestreich, Bill Hunt, Gail Kendall

1989   Paul Soldner, Angela Fina                      2013   Linda Christianson, William Brouillard,
                                                             Michael Hunt
1990   Jeff Oestreich, Drew Lewis, Reina Kohlmeyer
                                                      2014   Suze Lindsay, Daniel Johnston,
1991   Bill Daley, Wayne Bates, Lenore Vanderkooi
                                                             Jeff Campana
1992   Mike Dodd, Walter Ostrom, Kathy Koop
                                                      2015   Gay Smith, Dan Finnegan,
1993   Ginny Marsh, Jack Troy                                Ronan Kyle Peterson
1994   Svend Bayer, Charlie Lisk                      2016   Cynthia Bringle, Mark Skudlarek,
1995   Steven Hill, Kouji Sugie                              Julie Wiggins

1996   Joe Bennion, Sandi Pierantozzi                 2017   Nick Joerling, Liz Zlot Summerfield,
                                                             Tara Wilson
1997   Richard Aerni, Linda Arbuckle
                                                      2018   Kevin Crowe, Martha Grover, Sue Tirrell
1998   Cynthia Bringle, Pete Pinnell, Patty Wouters
                                                      2019   Jen Allen, Tony Clennell, Kenyon Hansen
1999   Pam Owens, Vernon Owens, Gay Smith,
       Chris Staley                                   2020   Josh DeWeese, Amy Sanders,
                                                             Deborah Schwartzkopf (cancelled due to
2000   Richard Burkett, Andrea Gill, Ben Owen III
                                                             COVID)
2001   Peg Malloy, Ron Meyers, Mark Nafziger
                                                      2021   Chandra DeBuse, Lisa Orr, Takuro Shibata
                                                             (virtual due to COVID)
Exhibitor Price List
Dawn Candy                                         Jackie Frioud                                      Allison Coles Severance
Electric-fired White Stoneware                     Salt-glazed Stoneware                              Wood- and Salt-fired Stoneware
1. Tall Mug .............................. $85     1. Bowl .................................... $45   1. Mug................................... $75
2. Latte Cup ............................ $85      2. Oil Bottle ............................. $90    2. Mug w/Seashells .............. $75
3. Butter Dish .......................... $90      3. Bowl .................................... $90   3. Serving Tray ..................... $110
4. Pitcher .............................. $110     4. Lidded Jar ......................... $100       4. Square Baker.................... $120
5. Platter ............................... $180    5. Teapot ............................... $175     5. Square Baker w/Stripes .... $120
                                                   6. Lidded Casserole.............. $200             6. Bowl w/Handles ................ $156
Chandra DeBuse
Electric-fired Porcelain                           Jason Hartsoe                                      Takuro Shibata
1. Tray................................... $94     Wood-fired Stoneware                               Wood-fired Local North Carolina
2. Salt Cellar                                     1. Small Lidded Box................ $95            Clay
   w/Squirrel Spoon .............. $160            2. Deep Dish ..........................$110        1. Triangle Mug ....................... $60
3. Butter Dish ........................ $160       3. Lidded Box........................ $125         2. Triangle Mug ....................... $60
4. Vase w/Bug Lugs .............. $360             4. Vase.................................. $160     3. Tray..................................... $90
5. Jar w/Bug Lugs ................. $480           5. Server ............................... $225     4. Square Plate ..................... $120
                                                   6. Fluted Flask ...................... $275        5. Triangle Jar ....................... $480
Alison Fawcett
Oxidation-fired Porcelain                          Bill Jones                                         Holly Walker
1. Mug..................................... $60    Oxidation-fired Red Stoneware                      Electric-fired Earthenware
2. Mug..................................... $60    1. Barrel Mug .......................... $42       1. Petal Plate w/Bars ............          $135
3. Serving Bowl....................... $80         2. Flask Vase .......................... $60       2. Oval Rimmed Dish............             $150
4. Serving Tray ....................... $90        3. Crown Jar ........................... $72       3. Boat Tray ..........................     $150
5. Coffee Pot......................... $200        4. Canteen Vase ..................... $96          4. Elliptical Dish ....................     $165
6. Flower Brick ...................... $200        5. Serving Bowl..................... $120          5. Listening Jar .....................      $325
                                                   6. Pitcher .............................. $120     6. Dot Palette ........................     $350
Katie Fee
Wood-fired Porcelaneous Stoneware                  Shaunna Lyons                                      Nathan Willever
1. Mug................................... $65      Electric-fired Red Clay                            Reduction- or Wood-fired Wild
2. Stein ................................. $75     1. Cup w/Feisty Bird ............... $69           Clay
3. Trophy (soda fired) ........... $75             2. Tea Bowl w/Serene Bird ..... $83                1. Stein ................................. $60
4. Silt Ingot (bookend)                            3. Oval Candy Dish............... $199             2. Tray................................... $140
   terra cotta ......................... $120      4. Oval Serving Bowl ............ $229             3. Nuka Pitcher ..................... $220
5. Silt Ingot (bookend)                            5. Oval Serving Dish ............. $299            4. Pitcher .............................. $240
   terra cotta ......................... $120                                                         5. Teapot ............................... $250
6. Basket............................... $150      Andrew McIntyre
                                                   Soda-fired Porcelain                               Matt Wilt
Delores Fortuna                                    1. Perforated Bowl .................. $85          Salt-fired Stoneware
Gas-fired Porcelain                                2. Perforated Mug ................... $65          1. Temple Jar IV....................        $200
1. Low Bowl ............................ $78       3. Perforated Mug .................. $65           2. Covered Jar ......................       $200
2. Stripe Bowl ......................... $82       4. Perforated Jar ..................... $95        3. Server ...............................   $200
3. Plate ................................... $88   5. Perforated Jar ..................... $95        4.Temple Jar I .......................      $200
4. Vase.................................... $95                                                       5. Temple Jar II .....................      $250
5. Flow Bowl ......................... $135        Lisa Orr                                           6. Drink Set ...........................    $250
6. Lidded Jar ......................... $145       Electric-fired Earthenware
                                                   1. Mug..................................... $54
                                                   2. Butter Dish .......................... $88
                                                   3. Oval Bowl ......................... $125
                                                   4. Pitcher .............................. $149
                                                   5. Teapot ............................... $244
Exhibitor Biographies
Dawn Candy                                                Alison Fawcett
Red Deer Alberta CAN                                      Dayton OH
dleahcandy@gmail.com • littlesister.ca                    anf42095@gmail.com • afawcettpottery.com

Education                                                 Education
• Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada,            • Ohio University, Athens, OH, BFA ceramics,
Visual Arts Diploma, 2006                                 cum laude, 2017
• University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, BA, 2001     • Pioneer School of Zanesville Clay Center
                                                          Residency, Zanesville, OH, 2017
Experience
• Studio potter/owner, Little Sister Pottery, Red Deer,   Experience
Alberta, 2010–present                                     • Ceramics instructor, Rosewood Art Center,
• Visual art instructor, Culture Services, City of Red    Kettering, OH, 2020–present
Deer, Alberta, 2007–present                               • Ceramics adjunct, Stivers School for the Arts,
                                                          Dayton, OH, 2019–present
Recent Exhibitions or Awards
• Solo exhibition, Companion Gallery,                     Recent Exhibitions or Awards
Humboldt, TN, 2020                                        • Visiting artist, Yellow Springs Pottery, Yellow
• Solo exhibition, In Tandem Gallery,                     Springs, OH, 2020
Bakersville, NC, 2020                                     • “15th Annual Ceramics Invitational,” River Gallery,
• Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist, 2019                  Rocky River, OH, 2020
                                                          • “Under One Roof,” adjunct faculty exhibition,
Chandra DeBuse                                            Stivers School for the Arts, Dayton, OH, 2020
Kansas City KS
chandradebuse@gmail.com • chandradebuse.com               Katie Fee
                                                          Alfred NY
Education                                                 katiebethfee@gmail.com • katiefee.com
• University of Florida, Gainesville, MFA, 2010
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Post-baccalaureate      Education
studies, ceramics, 2006                                   • University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth,
                                                          post-baccalaureate certificate, ceramics, 2017
Experience                                                • The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA,
• Adjunct faculty, University of Central Missouri,        BA studio art, cum laude, 2016
Warrensburg, MO, 2018
• Instructor, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City,     Experience
MO, 2017                                                  • Artist-in-Residence, Morean Center for Clay,
• Studio artist, Kansas City, KS, 2012–present            St. Petersburg, FL, 2018–2020
                                                          • Artist-in-Residence/Instructor of record, Mudflat Art
Recent Exhibitions or Awards                              Studios, Boston, MA, 2017–2018
• Solo exhibition, In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC,
2020                                                      Recent Exhibitions or Awards
• Solo exhibition, Charlie Cummings Gallery,              • RePresentations,” NCECA, Richmond, VA, 2020
Gainesville, FL, 2018                                     • “Americano Invitational,” Clay Akar,
• “43rd Annual Pottery Show & Sale,” Art School at        Iowa City, IA, 2019
the Old Church, Demarest, NJ, 2017                        • “Last Call IV,” Companion Gallery, Humboldt,
                                                          TN, 2019
Exhibitor Biographies
Delores Fortuna                                              Experience
Galena IL                                                    • Resident artist, Penland School of Crafts, Penland,
djfortuna48@gmail.com • fortunapottery.com                   NC, 2019–present
                                                             • Apprentice, Bandana Pottery, Bakersville, NC,
Education                                                    2013–2016
• University of Chicago, IL, MFA with honors, 1972           • Assistant, Dan Finnegan Pottery, Fredericksburg,
• University of Chicago, IL, BFA, 1970                       VA, 2011–2013
                                                             • Assistant, Winchcombe Pottery, Gloucestershire,
Experience                                                   England, 2010
• Studio potter, Galena, IL, 2000–present                    • Student, Mieko Sagasaki and Richard Truckle
• Instructor, The School of the Art Institute of             studio, Tokoname, Japan, 2010
Chicago, IL, 1999–2015
• Instructor, Saint Xavier University, Chicago,              Recent Exhibitions or Awards
1978-1981                                                     • “Eight Fluid Ounces: 9th Biannual National
                                                             Invitational Ceramic Cup Exhibition,” Louisiana State
Recent Exhibitions or Awards                                 University, Baton Rouge, LA, 2020
• Installation, We are all in this together, purchased for   • “Adapt: Resilience Through Craft: Penland Resident
permanent collection, Dubuque Museum of Art,                 Artist Exhibition,” Penland School of Crafts, Penland,
IA, 2021                                                     NC, 2020
• “Philadelphia Museum Craft Show,” Best of Show             • “Across the Pond and Back: Training, Making,
Ceramics, Philadelphia, PA, 2020                             Influence,” NCECA, Richmond, VA, 2020
• Solo exhibition, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stough-
ton, WI, 2020                                                Bill Jones
                                                             Greensboro NC
Jackie Frioud                                                billjonespottery@gmail.com • billjonespottery.com
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
jfrioud@shaw.ca • jackiefrioud.com                           Education
                                                             • Apprentice, Daniel Johnston Pottery, 2013–2015
Education                                                    • University of Michigan Taubman School of
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,             Architecture, Ann Arbor, 2011–2012
Canada, BFA, 1993                                            • Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 2010

Experience                                                   Experience
• Studio potter, North Vancouver, BC, 2000–present           • Teacher/studio technician, Rockingham Community
                                                             College, Wentworth, NC, 2019–present
Recent Exhibitions or Awards                                 • Studio potter, Greensboro, NC, 2016–present
• Featured artist, Ceramics: Profiles of Potters and         • Resident artist, STARworks, Star, NC, 2015
Artisans by Carole Epp and Julia Kreuger, Uppercase
Publishing, 2020                                             Recent Exhibitions or Awards
• Recipient, “North-West Ceramics Foundation Award           • “American Pottery Festival,” Northern Clay Center,
of Excellence,” Vancouver, BC, 2018                          Minneapolis, MN, 2020
• “11th Annual Invitational Cup Show,” Kobo Gallery,         • “Worcester Pottery Invitational,” Worcester Center
Seattle, WA, 2017                                            for Crafts, Worcester, MA, 2020
                                                             • “Smithsonian Craft Show,” Washington, D.C., 2019
Jason Hartsoe
Bakersville NC                                               Shaunna Lyons
jasonhartsoepottery@gmail.com • hartsoepottery.com           Bakersville NC
                                                             herbalpumpkin@yahoo.com • shaunnalyonspottery.
Education                                                    square.site
• Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC,
BA English, 2001
Exhibitor Biographies
Education                                               Lisa Orr
 • University of Georgia, Athens, BFA, 1995             Austin TX
• “Potters to Nepal,” with Doug Casebeer/Anderson       lkoenator@icloud.com • lisaorr.com
Ranch Arts Center, 1995
• University Exchange Program, University of Oregon,    Education
Eugene, 1994                                            • New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred
                                                        University, Alfred, NY, MFA, 1992
Experience                                              • University of Texas at Austin, BFA, 1983
• Assistant to clay coordinator, Penland School of
Crafts, Penland, NC, 2009–2010                          Experience
• Studio potter, Bakersville, NC, 2005–present          • Studio potter, Austin, TX, 1996–present
• Bush camp manager/field guide training instructor,    • Studio potter/store owner, San Antonio, TX,
Impalila Island, Namibia and Sabi Sands, South Afri-    1983–1996
ca, 2001–2003
                                                        Recent Exhibitions or Awards
Recent Exhibitions or Awards                            • “46th Annual Pottery Show and Sale,” the Art School
• Solo exhibition, In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville,      at Old Church, Demarest, NJ, 2020
NC, 2019                                                • Solo exhibition, In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC,
• Studio assistantships, Penland School of Crafts,      2018
Penland, NC, 2006, 2008                                 • Exhibitor, ArtStream Nomadic Gallery, NCECA,
• Scholarship, “Neo-Maoilica” with Walter Ostrom,       Pittsburgh, PA, 2018
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village,
CO, 2006                                                Allison Coles Severance
                                                        Cascade, MD
Andrew McIntyre                                         allison@allisonseverancepottery.com
Oxford MS                                               allisonseverancepottery.com
andrewbmcintyre@gmail.com
andrewmcintyreceramics.com                              Education
                                                        • Hood College, Frederick, MD, BA with studio minor,
Education                                               2001
• Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, MFA ceramics,      • Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA,
2015                                                    studies in painting, printmaking, art education,
• The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS,            1983–1986
BFA ceramics, 2011                                      • Howard Community College, Columbia, MD,
                                                        AA art, 1983
Experience
• Ceramic technician/instructor, The University of      Experience
Mississippi, Oxford, 2016–present                       • Studio potter, 2001–present
• Studio potter, Oxford, MS, 2016–present               • Ceramics instructor, the Art League School,
• Ceramics instructor, The University of Mississippi,   Alexandria, VA, 2012–2020
Oxford, 2016–present                                    • Apprentice, van Gilder Pottery, Gapland, MD, 1999
• Graduate instructor, Syracuse University, Syracuse,
NY, 2013–2014                                           Recent Exhibitions or Awards
                                                        • “Contemporary Clay 2020,” The Art Center of
Recent Exhibitions or Awards                            Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO, 2020
 • Solo exhibition, Charlie Cummings Gallery,           • “Triumphant Traditions,” Baltimore Clayworks,
Gainesville, FL, 2020                                   Baltimore, MD, 2019
• “Southern Crossings Pottery Festival,” Louisville,    • “Quietude,” Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI, 2018
KY, 2020
• “Americano Invitational,” Clay Akar,
Iowa City, IA, 2019
Exhibitor Biographies
Takuro Shibata                                           Nathan Willever
Seagrove NC                                              Philadelphia PA
takuro@starworksnc.org • studiotouya.com                 nwillever@meca.edu • nathanwillever.com

Education                                                Education
• Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, bachelor of         • Maine College of Art, Portland, BFA ceramics, 2011
engineering, applied chemistry, 1996
                                                         Experience
Experience                                               • Summer resident, Archie Bray Foundation for the
• Studio potter/co-owner with Hitomi Shibata, Studio     Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT, 2019
Touya, Seagrove, NC, 2007–present                        • Guest artist, Shigaraki Ceramic Culture Park,
• Director, STARworks Ceramics, Star, NC,                Shigaraki, Japan, 2018
2005–present                                             • Resident artist/Zeldin fellow, The Clay Studio, Phila-
• Technical instructor, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural       delphia, 2017–present
Park, Shigaraki, Japan, 2004–2005
                                                         Recent Exhibitions or Awards
Recent Exhibitions or Awards                             • “Future Memories: The Clay Studio Resident Artists
• “46th Annual Pottery Show” (virtual), The Art School   and Alumni,” the Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 2021
at Old Church, Demarest, NJ, 2020                        • “Yunomi Invitational,” Clay Akar, Iowa City, IA, 2020
• “Americano Invitational,” Clay Akar, Iowa City, IA,    • “Winterfest,” Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore,
2020                                                     MD, 2019
• “Pottery on the Hill” (virtual), Hill Center,
Washington, DC, 2020                                     Matthew Wilt
                                                         Saratoga Springs NY
Holly Walker                                             matt@mattwilt.com • mattwilt.com
Randolph VT
hwalker@surfglobal.net • hollywalkerceramics.com         Education
                                                         • Ohio University, Athens, MFA, 1995
Education                                                • Penn State University, State College, PA,
• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,               BA ceramics/art education, 1991
MFA ceramics with minor in painting, 1990
• Ohio University, Athens, BFA painting, magna cum       Experience
laude, 1974                                              • Area head, ceramics program, Skidmore College,
                                                         Saratoga Springs, NY, 2012–present
Experience                                               • Area head, ceramics program, Southern Illinois
• Educational outreach coordinator, Penland School       University Edwardsville, IL, 2002–2012
of Crafts, Penland, NC, 1997–2000                        • Resident artist, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA,
• Executive director, Watershed Center for the           1995–1999
Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME, 1990–1995
• Studio potter, 1979–present                            Recent Exhibitions or Awards
                                                         • “Future Memories: The Clay Studio Resident Artists
Recent Exhibitions or Awards                             and Alumni,” the Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 2021
• Conference presenter/exhibitor, “Utilitarian Clay      • Solo exhibition, View Center for the Arts, Old Forge,
VIII,” Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,              NY, 2020
Gatlinburg, TN, 2022                                     • “Clay and Life: Contemporary American Couples in
• Two-person exhibition, TRAX Gallery,                   Clay,” Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR, 2020
Berkeley, CA, 2021
• “Flower City Pottery Invitational,” Rochester,
NY, 2021
Workshop Presenters                                                                        2021

Chandra DeBuse                      Lisa Orr                            Takuro Shibata
Kansas City, Kansas, artist         Lisa Orr has maintained a studio    Wood-fire potter Takuro
Chandra DeBuse earned her           in Austin, Texas, for nearly        Shibata established Studio
MFA from the University of          40 years. She received her          Touya in Seagrove, North
Florida in 2010, several years      MFA from the New York State         Carolina, in 2007, with his wife
after discovering clay at a com-    College of Ceramics at Alfred       and fellow artist, Hitomi Shibata.
munity pottery studio in Lincoln,   University in 1992, and was         The director of STARworks Ce-
Nebraska. Named an NCECA            awarded a Fulbright and an          ramics in Seagrove since 2005,
Emerging Artist in 2012, she is     MAAA/NEA grant to continue          Shibata received a degree in
a founding member of Kansas         her studies. Orr’s work is formed   engineering and applied chem-
City Urban Potters. DeBuse’s        in molds or on the wheel, then      istry from Doshisha University,
work has been featured in           embellished with stamps, slips,     Kyoto, in 1996. His interest in
exhibitions across the country,     sprigs and multiple layers of       ceramics led him to an appren-
and she has taught numerous         glazes. She has exhibited and       ticeship at a pottery studio in
workshops. She handbuilds with      taught workshops nationally and     Shigaraki the following year. His
soft slabs, and enhances the        internationally, and her work       work has been exhibited inter-
surfaces of her pots with narra-    has been featured in numerous       nationally, and he has presented
tive imagery.                       publications.                       numerous workshops.
Scenes from the 2019 Functional Ceramics Workshop
Functional Ceramics                                                                  2021
The 2021 Functional Ceramics Workshop and
Exhibition is presented by Ohio Designer Craftsmen.
                      Founded in 1964, Ohio Designer
                      Craftsmen engages and enriches
                      the community through high-
                      quality exhibitions and education
                      programs, and encourages the
                      professional development of
fine craft artists. Contact us at: Ohio Designer
Craftsmen, 1665 W. Fifth Ave., Columbus, OH 43212;
www.ohiocraft.org; 614-486-4402; e-mail
info@ohiocraft.org.

Photography and Catalog Design: Kathleen Dlabick             Lisa Orr

Support for the Functional Ceramics Workshop comes from:
                           Ohio Arts Council                            Cornell Studio Supply
                           Columbus, OH 43215                           8290 N. Dixie Dr.
                           oac.ohio.gov                                 Dayton, OH 45414
                                                                        Cornellstudiosupply.com

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