NAPLES, LISA
PENNSYLVANIA
PENNSYLVANIA
Spending one's life as a potter is not one of those options that shows up in nursery rhymes with "Doctor, Lawyer, and Indian Chief." So, without role models, it took me several of my late teen's and early 20's obsessively making pots before it actually dawned on me that maybe I could create a life with pots at the center.
Function emerged early and continuously as a priority for me. I went from one series to another of new ideas exploring primarily form; but once I got a handle on what was tap, tap, tapping from the inside of these embryonic ideas, I always adjusted the scale, proportion and usability to tailor-fit function. Utility matters to me. It doesn't have to be at the expense of beauty, but the apparent beauty must not inhibit the intended use.
Artist's Resume
Technical Info
Virtual Studio Tour
Someone once said "Functional pottery is about life as lived." There's something very tangible to me about producing things that are destined for the kitchen or dining room… enriching the day to day experience of living beyond the kind of influence a piece of sculpture or a painting can transmit through the eyes. One can actually eat their eggs from my expressions of spirit, and none-the-less enjoy their visual usefulness.
It's a huge challenge to stay within the confines of function with all its millennia of tradition and still express something personal. There's a reason for conventions - they work! I thrive comfortably within these limits.
EDUCATION
Islamic Ceramic Traditions, Symposium
The Ceramics Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard Cambridge, MA 2002
Master of Fine Arts - Concentration in Ceramics
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, Canada
Scholarship for graduate work 1986 - 1988
Special Student - Post Graduate Study in Ceramics
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1984 - 1986
Graduate Study - Ceramics
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 1983 - 1984
Internship - Ceramics
Peters Valley, Layton, NJ Spring 1982
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
Douglass College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1982
EXPERIENCE
Arrowmont School of Art and Craft – Gatlinburg, TN
Workshop instructor of hand-building, glazing and decorating 2006 + 2003
Australian National University – Canberra, Australia
Artist in Residence 2005
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts – Asheville, NC
One week intensive hand-building workshop instructor 2005
Kent State University – Kent, OH
2-day workshop instructor 2005
University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
Slide lecture on the development of work 2004
The Clay Studio – Philadelphia, PA
2-day workshop instructor of hand-building and decorating techniques 2004
Arrowmont School of Art and Craft – Gatlinburg, TN
2-week workshop instructor of hand-building, glazing and decorating 2003
Lee Art Center – Arlington, VA
Weekend workshop instructor of personal handbuilding techniques 2003
Worcester Center for Crafts – Worcester, MA
2-day, slab-building workshop instructor 2002
The 92nd Street "Y" - New York City, NY
2-day, slab-building workshop instructor 2001
Northern Clay Center - Minneapolis, MN
McNight Artists Fellowships and Residencies, Juror 2001
Montgomery County Community College - Montgomery County, PA
slab-building workshop presenter 2001
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Slab-building workshop presenter 2000
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Utilitarian Clay III, conference presenter 2000
Pine Ridge Pottery - Alexandria, VA
Workshop instructor 1998
2nd Virginia Clay Conference - Front Royal, VA.
One of three presenters. The Clay Connection. Merrifield, VA.
1997
Renwick Gallery - Washington, DC
Weekend presentation of personal handbuilding techniques. By invitation of the Renwick. 1997
Teaching - Ceramics - LBI, NJ
Week long workshop - Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences August 1993
Teaching - Ceramics - Phila., PA
Part-time faculty - University of the Arts, 1990 - 1992
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
Philadelphia Craft Show.
Womens committee of the Phila., Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Convention Center – Phila., PA 2006, 1998, 1993
Inspired Utility: Exceptional Ceramic Vessels
Main Line Art Center – Haverford, PA 2006
CraftsBoston
The Society of Arts and Crafts – Boston, MA 2006
NCECA Residency Award: Australian National University – Canberra, Australia 2005
The Power of Pottery: NCECA – Baltimore, MD 2005
Featured Gallery Artist: The Clay Studio – Philadelphia, PA 2004
Surfaces AKAR – Iowa City, IA 2003
Functional Pottery Invitational: Santa Fe Clay – Santa Fe, NM 2003
Women in Clay: Pots for Daily Use Odyssey Gallery – Asheville, NC 2003
Form: Mixed Media Gallery – Doylestown, PA 2002
American Pottery Festival. By invitation of Warren MacKensie
Northern Clay Center - Minneapolis, Minesota 2001, 2000, & 1999
The 25th Annual Invitational Ceramic Shows.
By invitation of Karen Karnes
Old Church Cultural Center School of Art - Demarest, NJ
1999
Redware: Tradition and Beyond
The Clay Studio - Philadelphia, PA 1999
Chester Springs Studio Gallery - Chester Springs, PA
Spring Garden Show 1999
Philadelphia Craft Show.
Womens committee of the Phila., Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Convention Center - Phila., PA 1998 & 1993
Crafts at the Castle
Family Services of Greater Boston - Boston, MA 1998 - 1997
Functional Work: American Potters
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities - Arvada, CO 1997
Smithsonian Craft Show.
Womens committee of the Smithsonian Institution
National Building Museum - Washington, DC 1997 - 1995
American Craft Council Show
Baltimore Convention Center - Baltimore, MD 1996 - 1994
The 19th, 20th & 21st Annual Invitational Ceramic Shows.
By invitation of Karen Karnes
Old Church Cultural Center School of Art - Demarest, NJ 1995 - 1993
Annual Cup Invitational
Artworks Gallery - Seattle, Washington 1994 - 1993
Invitational Holiday Show
Pewabic Pottery - Detroit, Michigan 1994 - 1993
Soup Tureens 1993
Helen Drutt Gallery - Phila., PA 1993
Fleisher Challenge Exhibition. Solo exhibition
Administered by the Phila., Museum of Art
Fleisher Art Memorial - Phila., PA 1993
The Domestic Object: articles for everyday living
The Berkshire Museum - Pittsfield, MA 1993
Clay: 1993 National Survey
William Traver Gallery - Seattle, Washington 1993
Tempe Tea Party (Juror’s Award)
Tempe Arts Center - Tempe, Arizona 1993
The First Annual Stricktly Functional Pottery National
(Amaco Clay Co. Award)
Market House Craft Center - Lancaster, PA 1993
Studio Days (Best individual work Award)
Chester Springs Studio Gallery - Chester Springs, PA 1992
Teapots - Pour and Proud of It (Award of Excellence)
Northfield Gallery - Northfield, Illinois 1992
Three person exhibition
(Exhibition Award from Great Lakes Show in 1991)
Lill St. Gallery - Chicago, Illinois 1992
Solo Exhibition
The Clay Studio - Philadelphia, PA 1991
Fifth & Sixth Annual Great Lakes Shows
Lill St. Gallery - Chicago, Illinois 1992 - 1991
Regional Juried Show
Painted Bride Art Center - Philadelphia PA 1992
Luckenbach Mill Gallery - Bethlehem, PA 1991
The Dining Experience, A Craft Expression
National Museum of Ceramics - Baltimore, MD 1991
1st Regional Juried Exhibition
Northfield Gallery - Northfield, Illinois 1991
New Visions - Forms with Function
Haviland-Strickland Gallery - University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA 1990
Solo Exhibition
The Clay Studio - Philadelphia, PA October 1990
American Clay Artists, Honorable Mention - Function
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gallery - Philadelphia, PA January 1990
Whimsey - A Group Show
Port of History Museum - Philadelphia PA 1989
Function emerged early and continuously as a priority for me. I went from one series to another of new ideas exploring primarily form; but once I got a handle on what was tap, tap, tapping from the inside of these embryonic ideas, I always adjusted the scale, proportion and usability to tailor-fit function. Utility matters to me. It doesn't have to be at the expense of beauty, but the apparent beauty must not inhibit the intended use.
Artist's Resume
Technical Info
Virtual Studio Tour
Someone once said "Functional pottery is about life as lived." There's something very tangible to me about producing things that are destined for the kitchen or dining room… enriching the day to day experience of living beyond the kind of influence a piece of sculpture or a painting can transmit through the eyes. One can actually eat their eggs from my expressions of spirit, and none-the-less enjoy their visual usefulness.
It's a huge challenge to stay within the confines of function with all its millennia of tradition and still express something personal. There's a reason for conventions - they work! I thrive comfortably within these limits.
EDUCATION
Islamic Ceramic Traditions, Symposium
The Ceramics Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard Cambridge, MA 2002
Master of Fine Arts - Concentration in Ceramics
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, Canada
Scholarship for graduate work 1986 - 1988
Special Student - Post Graduate Study in Ceramics
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1984 - 1986
Graduate Study - Ceramics
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 1983 - 1984
Internship - Ceramics
Peters Valley, Layton, NJ Spring 1982
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature
Douglass College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1982
EXPERIENCE
Arrowmont School of Art and Craft – Gatlinburg, TN
Workshop instructor of hand-building, glazing and decorating 2006 + 2003
Australian National University – Canberra, Australia
Artist in Residence 2005
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts – Asheville, NC
One week intensive hand-building workshop instructor 2005
Kent State University – Kent, OH
2-day workshop instructor 2005
University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
Slide lecture on the development of work 2004
The Clay Studio – Philadelphia, PA
2-day workshop instructor of hand-building and decorating techniques 2004
Arrowmont School of Art and Craft – Gatlinburg, TN
2-week workshop instructor of hand-building, glazing and decorating 2003
Lee Art Center – Arlington, VA
Weekend workshop instructor of personal handbuilding techniques 2003
Worcester Center for Crafts – Worcester, MA
2-day, slab-building workshop instructor 2002
The 92nd Street "Y" - New York City, NY
2-day, slab-building workshop instructor 2001
Northern Clay Center - Minneapolis, MN
McNight Artists Fellowships and Residencies, Juror 2001
Montgomery County Community College - Montgomery County, PA
slab-building workshop presenter 2001
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Slab-building workshop presenter 2000
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Utilitarian Clay III, conference presenter 2000
Pine Ridge Pottery - Alexandria, VA
Workshop instructor 1998
2nd Virginia Clay Conference - Front Royal, VA.
One of three presenters. The Clay Connection. Merrifield, VA.
1997
Renwick Gallery - Washington, DC
Weekend presentation of personal handbuilding techniques. By invitation of the Renwick. 1997
Teaching - Ceramics - LBI, NJ
Week long workshop - Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences August 1993
Teaching - Ceramics - Phila., PA
Part-time faculty - University of the Arts, 1990 - 1992
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
Philadelphia Craft Show.
Womens committee of the Phila., Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Convention Center – Phila., PA 2006, 1998, 1993
Inspired Utility: Exceptional Ceramic Vessels
Main Line Art Center – Haverford, PA 2006
CraftsBoston
The Society of Arts and Crafts – Boston, MA 2006
NCECA Residency Award: Australian National University – Canberra, Australia 2005
The Power of Pottery: NCECA – Baltimore, MD 2005
Featured Gallery Artist: The Clay Studio – Philadelphia, PA 2004
Surfaces AKAR – Iowa City, IA 2003
Functional Pottery Invitational: Santa Fe Clay – Santa Fe, NM 2003
Women in Clay: Pots for Daily Use Odyssey Gallery – Asheville, NC 2003
Form: Mixed Media Gallery – Doylestown, PA 2002
American Pottery Festival. By invitation of Warren MacKensie
Northern Clay Center - Minneapolis, Minesota 2001, 2000, & 1999
The 25th Annual Invitational Ceramic Shows.
By invitation of Karen Karnes
Old Church Cultural Center School of Art - Demarest, NJ
1999
Redware: Tradition and Beyond
The Clay Studio - Philadelphia, PA 1999
Chester Springs Studio Gallery - Chester Springs, PA
Spring Garden Show 1999
Philadelphia Craft Show.
Womens committee of the Phila., Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Convention Center - Phila., PA 1998 & 1993
Crafts at the Castle
Family Services of Greater Boston - Boston, MA 1998 - 1997
Functional Work: American Potters
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities - Arvada, CO 1997
Smithsonian Craft Show.
Womens committee of the Smithsonian Institution
National Building Museum - Washington, DC 1997 - 1995
American Craft Council Show
Baltimore Convention Center - Baltimore, MD 1996 - 1994
The 19th, 20th & 21st Annual Invitational Ceramic Shows.
By invitation of Karen Karnes
Old Church Cultural Center School of Art - Demarest, NJ 1995 - 1993
Annual Cup Invitational
Artworks Gallery - Seattle, Washington 1994 - 1993
Invitational Holiday Show
Pewabic Pottery - Detroit, Michigan 1994 - 1993
Soup Tureens 1993
Helen Drutt Gallery - Phila., PA 1993
Fleisher Challenge Exhibition. Solo exhibition
Administered by the Phila., Museum of Art
Fleisher Art Memorial - Phila., PA 1993
The Domestic Object: articles for everyday living
The Berkshire Museum - Pittsfield, MA 1993
Clay: 1993 National Survey
William Traver Gallery - Seattle, Washington 1993
Tempe Tea Party (Juror’s Award)
Tempe Arts Center - Tempe, Arizona 1993
The First Annual Stricktly Functional Pottery National
(Amaco Clay Co. Award)
Market House Craft Center - Lancaster, PA 1993
Studio Days (Best individual work Award)
Chester Springs Studio Gallery - Chester Springs, PA 1992
Teapots - Pour and Proud of It (Award of Excellence)
Northfield Gallery - Northfield, Illinois 1992
Three person exhibition
(Exhibition Award from Great Lakes Show in 1991)
Lill St. Gallery - Chicago, Illinois 1992
Solo Exhibition
The Clay Studio - Philadelphia, PA 1991
Fifth & Sixth Annual Great Lakes Shows
Lill St. Gallery - Chicago, Illinois 1992 - 1991
Regional Juried Show
Painted Bride Art Center - Philadelphia PA 1992
Luckenbach Mill Gallery - Bethlehem, PA 1991
The Dining Experience, A Craft Expression
National Museum of Ceramics - Baltimore, MD 1991
1st Regional Juried Exhibition
Northfield Gallery - Northfield, Illinois 1991
New Visions - Forms with Function
Haviland-Strickland Gallery - University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA 1990
Solo Exhibition
The Clay Studio - Philadelphia, PA October 1990
American Clay Artists, Honorable Mention - Function
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gallery - Philadelphia, PA January 1990
Whimsey - A Group Show
Port of History Museum - Philadelphia PA 1989
