Lisa Orr Workshop

"Molding a Playful Depth"

Lisa will teach a two day workshop featuring demonstration of her historically-inspired forming process and decorating approaches. Participants will learn to use bisque molds to make fluid, asymmetrical utilitarian pottery: plates, bowls, cups, pitchers, teapots, candlesticks, etc. Lisa will discuss how her research into clay mold fragments in museums and antiquated factories led her to invent this unique production process. She combines pieces formed in molds with some manipulation on the potter's wheel.

Lisa will also demonstrate the various finishing techniques she uses to create incredible surface depth and complexity. Participants will take away new ideas for enhancing their own work using plasticene sprigs, polychrome underglazes, terra sigillata, stamps, slips, and layers of translucent glazes. Participants will also have the opportunity to use Lisa's molds to make their own greenware for later finishing.

Class size 35.

Lisa Orr Biography

Lisa Orr has been professional potter and student of ceramics for 23 years. She completed an MFA at the NYSCC at Alfred University in 1992 and later received grants including a Fulbright and a MAAA/NEA. Her work is in numerous public and private collections including the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, and the permanent collection of WOCEF in Korea. Currently she teaches, lectures and shows nationally and internationally.

Lisa Orr Artist Statement

Lisa's artworks for the table often refer to traditional porcelain or diner whitewares, but with softer forms inspired by the playful and abundant qualities of Mexican earthenware. She invented her own production process after studying clay mold fragments in antiquated factories and museums. After forming pieces in molds, on the wheel, or both, she finishes with stamps, slips, sprigs and multi-hued glazes.

Though Lisa's colors can evoke a happy garden, it is the strength of her form that sets her work apart: it feels muscular and strong while showing fluidity. In this way she plays both ends of the spectrum, from the dynamic and substantive to the detailed and dreamy--full of surprise. Her artwork is best presented with a lovely meal.

Lisa Orr Resume

Education

Master of Fine Arts 1992, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York

Post-Graduate Study 1989-90, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, Minnesota

Post-Graduate Study 1989, with Betty Woodman University of Colorado; Boulder, Colorado

Post-Graduate Study 1983-1988, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Texas

Bachelor of Fine Arts 1983, University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas

Professional

Studio 1996-Present 1502 Alta Vista Ave, Austin, Texas

Studio/store 1994-1996, 712 S. St Mary's, San Antonio, Texas

Studio/store 1986-1989, 601 E. Ashby, San Antonio, Texas

Studio 1983-1986 San Antonio, Texas

Fellowships & Awards

1st Place, Attorney's Award 11th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National 2003

Mid-America Arts Alliance NEA Fellowship 1995

Fulbright Student Scholarship to Bulgaria 1992-1994

Gallery Representation

Harvey-Meadows Gallery, Aspen Co

Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO

The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Published

Diverse Domain, Contemporary North American Ceramic Art, Catalog by Yingge County Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 2005

Ceramics Monthly, Up Front, Review:The Visceral Vessel, November2005

World of Teapots: Delightful Teapot, World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, 2005

Ceramics Monthly, "A Dialogue with Lisa Orr," May 2000, Cover Photo

Studio Potter, "A Macedonian Pottery Village," Spring 1998

Ceramics Monthly, Up Front, Art of the Pot Show, May 2005

Clay Times, "Sprigging:Casual and Unconventional," by Lana Wilson, December 2003

Ceramics Monthly, Sensuous Show at Red Star Studios, Oct 2003

Clay Times, "Utilitarian III-Symposium Insights" Jan-Feb 2001

Surface Decoration for Low-Fire Ceramics, by Lynn Peters, Lark Books 1999

Ceramics Monthly, Up Front, March 1999

Ceramics Monthly, "In Celebration of Utilitarian Clay," January 1997

The New Ceramics by Peter Dormer, 2nd ed. 1995

USA Today, August 16, 1995 Featured in an article about Fulbright Fellowships

Solo & Group Exhibitions

2006

Style and Function:National Ceramics Invitational, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

Our Cups Runneth Over, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston MA

The Clay Ball, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

Ceramic Cup Invitational, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE

Contemporary American Ceramics in Hokkaido, Enzogama, Hokkaido, Japan

3 Person Show, Harvey-Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO

Receptive Volumes, The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY

Potters Showcase, DowStudio, Deer Isle ME

Art of the Pot, Austin Studio Tour, Austin TX

ArtStream West Coast Tour, Portland Or, A. Bray Foundation. etc.

La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Portland, OR

Earthenware, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM

At Your Service, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM

Pepper and Salt, An Extravagance of Pairs, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

2005

Solo Show, Anne Kitrell Art Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

The Delightful Teapot, The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005, Icheon, Korea

Diverse Domain NCECA Show, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

Hundreds of Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM

Mastery, Philadelphia Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Electrified, St. Edwards University, Austin TX

Visceral Vessel, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio TX

American Masters, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM

ArtStream East Coast Tour, Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, etc.

Pattern and Surface, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM

Art of the Pot, Austin Studio Tour, Austin TX

La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Baltimore, MD

Delightful Teapot, 2005 World Ceramic Biennale, Korea

The Expressive Table, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX

State of Texas-Clay, UTSA Gallery, San Antonio, TX

The Contemporary Cup, Lill St Gallery, Chicago IL

2004

National Teapot Exhibition, Cerlan Gallery, Louisville KY

Small Treasures, Lill St Gallery, Chicago IL

Functional Clay, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls MT

American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN

Just Desserts, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM

Summer Show, Blue Heron Gallery at Haystack Mtn School for Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

Duets, Kentucky Museum of Art and Design, Louisville, KY

Service: An Unconventional Approach, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA

Texas Tour: Art for the Table, ArtStream Nomadic Gallery

Please Set The Table, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit MI

Art of the Pot, Austin Studio Tour, Austin TX

Pleasures of the Table, Indianapolis IN

First Helpings: Plates and Platters in Preview, American Pottery Festival Preview Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN

National Ceramics Invitational, Parkland College, Champaign IL

Featured Shop Artist, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA

Midwest Tour: Art for the Table, ArtStream Nomadic Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

2003

Sensuous, Red Star Studios, Kansas City MO

Tea for Two, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Utilitarian X 9, Merwin Gallery @ Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL

Summer Visiting Artists, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC

DelecTABLE, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT

11th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Southern Market Center, Lancaster, PA

Hundred of Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

For the House and Garden, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

Tea for Two or Twenty, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN

American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN

Artstream at NCECA, NCECA Conference, San Diego CA

After Palissy, Lacoste Gallery, Concord MA

6x6, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX

Texas Views:Clay in Color, Galeria Ortiz, San Antonio TX

2002

28th Annual Pottery Show and Sale, Demarest NJ

Mastery in Clay: New Work, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA

Artstream Nomadic Gallery Fall Tour 2002:North American Dish Makers, The Clay Studio-Philadelphia, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred, UMass Dartmouth, Syracuse University, Greenwich House Pottery, University of Hartford, Clay Arts Center-Port Chester NY, Rhode Island School of Design, Worcester Center for Crafts

For the Table, National Invitational Dinnerware Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe NM

Elegance in Form and Function, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago IL

American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

Intent: Work from Electric Fired Kilns, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA

Visions and Inspirations, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland OR

NCECA Endowment Silent Auction, Kansas City, MO

Santa Fe Clay Summer Faculty Exhibit, Santa Fe NM

Recent Work, Tarrant County College, Arlington TX

2001

Poetics of Clay, An International Perspective, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Wayne Higby: Reunion, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia PA

National Clay Invitational, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville NC

Excess, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

4 Way Street, Peck Gallery, Providence, RI

2000

Ceramics Invitational 2000, Texas A&M University, Commerce TX

Couplets:Duality in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Utilitarian Clay Conference III: Celebrate the Object, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN

Salon Style Plate Show Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

1999

Redware:Tradition and Beyond, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Low Fire:Limitless Possibilities, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT

Lighten Up, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus OH

NCECA 1999 Clay National, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus OH

1998

Baltimore Clayworks Winterfest 1998, Baltimore MD

The Primary Object, San Antonio, TX

Nancy Margolis Gallery Summer Exhibits, Portland, ME

Ceramics Southeast, 1998, University of Athens at Georgia, Athens, GA

Within the Borders: A Survey of Contemporary Texas Potters, Tyler, Ft. Worth, TX

To Have and to Hold: Vessel Making by Ceramic Artists in Texas, Irving, TX

For the House and Garden, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

1997

5th Annual Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center for Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO

Salon Style Plate Show, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

For the House and Garden, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

Utilitarian Clay at Auburn University, Auburn, AL

1996

Utilitarian Clay II: Celebrate the Object National Symposium, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

Studio Days '96, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA

Surface and Form, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

Two-Person Show, with Rebecca Harvey, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton MA

Women in Clay, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

1996 Smithsonian Show, Washington D. C.

SOFA 1996, Helen Drutt Gallery, Miami, FL

ACC Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

DinnerWorks, Louisville, KY

For the House and Garden, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

1995

New Craft, Aviart Gallery, San Antonio, TX

First Cup of the Day, Revolution: A Gallery Project, Detroit, MI

A Garden of Earthly Delights, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR

For the House and Garden, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

1994

First Cup of the Day, Revolution: A Gallery Project, Detroit, MI

SOFA 1994, Helen Drutt Gallery, Chicago, IL

Teapot Show, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA

Nature, Revolution: A Gallery Project, Detroit, MI

For the House and Garden, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI

1993

Second Annual Troyan Plener Exhibition Gallery at the Ministry of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria

Soup Tureens '93, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

American Ingenuity, Swidler Gallery, Detroit, MI

1992

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY

7th Annual San Angelo Ceramics Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX

Collections

Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery, Icheon, Korea

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

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

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

St. Stephens Episcopal School, Ceramics, Austin, TX, 2005-to present

Texas State University, Ceramics and 3D Design, San Marcos, TX, Summer Session I, June-July 2006

Fulmore Middle School, Mural Project, Austin, TX, Spring/Summer2005

University of Texas at Austin, Beginning Ceramics, Austin, TX, Spring 2003

The University of the Arts, Mentor for MFA Candidate, Philadelphia, PA, 2001-2003

Art School at Laguna Gloria, Beginning-Intermediate Throwing, Austin, TX, 1999, 2000

St. Andrews Academy, Beginning Ceramics and Tile Project, Austin, TX Spring 1999

Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, Throwing course, Fall 1995, Fall 1996

Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, TX, Beginner and advanced classes, 1995-1996

San Antonio Potters Guild, San Antonio, TX, Lecture:Bulgarian and Macedonian Pottery, Spring 1995

Carver Cultural Center, San Antonio, TX, General ceramics, 1995-1997

Secondary School of Fine Arts, Troyan, Bulgaria, Guest lecturer: Ceramic History, l993

New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY, Intro and Materials Courses 1990-1992

Workshop Teaching

Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO, 2006

TEACHING Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, 2006

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, 2005

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, 2004

University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, Fall 2003

Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC, Summer 2003

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

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Summer 2002

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, Summer 2002

ClayWays, Austin, TX, Spring 2002

Angelo State University, San Angelo TX, Symposium Demonstration, Spring 2002

University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, Spring 2002

Utah State University, Logan, UT, Spring 2002

Del Rio Potters Guild, Del Rio, TX, Winter 2002

Peters Valley Craft Education Center, Layton, NJ, Fall 2001

South Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA, Summer 2001

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Fall 2000

Utilitarian Clay Conference III, Presenter, Gatlinburg, TN, Fall 2000

Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV, Summer 2000

Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, Spring 2000

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Fall 1999

Dallas Craft Guild, Dallas, TX, Spring 1999

Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX, Spring 1999

Different Directions-Coming Together in Clay, Symposium and Workshop, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, 1999

McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, Spring 1999

Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, Spring 1999

Cedar Valley College, Dallas, TX, Fall 1998

The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Spring 1998

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Spring 1997

Corcoran Gallery Art School, Washington, DC, Spring 1995

Moorestown Center for Crafts, Moorestown, NJ, Spring 1995