Potters participating in the show:

Featuring the work of:

Christa Assad

Meredith Knapp Brickell

Meredith Brickell is a studio artist living in Raleigh, North. Her education includes a Bachelor's degree from the School of Design at NC State University, the Core Student program at Penland School of Crafts and a MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Dee Buck

Michel Conroy

Michel L. Conroy is a Professor of Art at Texas State University, where she has taught ceramics since 1982.  Her self-illuminated installation sculptures have been exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Contemporary Art Center of Ft. Worth, The Center for Research in Contemporary Art Gallery at UT Arlington, the Dallas Visual Art Center, the Tyler (Texas) Museum of Art, St. Edward’s University, Austin, the UTSA Satellite Artspace at Blue Star, San Antonio, the DePree Art Center, Holland, Michigan, the Holland Area Arts Council and the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

Liz Lurie & Peter Beasecker

Liz Lurie has worked as a studio potter and teacher since 1991 in New York, Georgia, Massachusetts and Texas. Lurie exhibits and sells her work in galleries and stores throughout the Eastern United States. She is currently teaching and making pots in Dallas, Texas.

Roseberry-Winn Pottery

Bruce Winn grew up in suburban Connecticut. He saw a pottery demonstration at the age of six, and decided on the spot to be a potter. Much to the dismay of his parents he never once wavered from that decision. In the years following his graduate studies at Cranbrook Academy of Art, his work has been shown widely and placed in many collections including The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and The Swedish Royal Palace in Stockholm.

Michael Roseberry comes from the dry plains of West Texas where he started his academic career in botany. He then went on to study finance, history, sculpture, language and a few other things he's forgotten. A master's in French Literature from Texas Tech, and a 2nd master's degree in French Culture from New York University is what was finally framed for the wall. As a constant through it all however, he studied ceramics, developing a broad range of technical know-how and a strong aesthetic sense of the material.

The artists' goal in this body of work is to design objects that reach an audience concerned with beauty in everyday life. The objects attempt to draw the beholder to them through the use of color and evocative pattern. The artists carefully create original designs that are carved into low-relief patterns. The surfaces of the pieces are completely covered with the design so that pattern and form are immutably melded together and become integral to the piece. To further highlight the depth of surface, the pieces are finished with richly colored glazes that pool and break over the intricately wrought patterns. Function is fundamentally important as well; teapots should pour without dripping, and cups should be comfortable to the lip. Following this idea, the Roseberry-Winn line is designed for everyday use and enjoyment; all glazes arenon-toxic and the wares are safe for the dishwasher and the microwave. In this way, Roseberry-Winn offers design that fuses function with beauty; and invites the touch of the hand and the consideration of the eye.

Tara Wilson

Tara Wilson received a BFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2000 and an MFA degree from the University of Florida in 2003.  In the fall of 2005 she began a residency at The Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana.  Tara was selected as an emerging artist for the 2006 NCECA conference in Portland, and was a presenter at the International Woodfire Conference in Flagstaff.

Other potters include:

• Michael Corney
• Susan Filley
• Ursula Hargens (bio)
• Jason Hess
• Stan Irvin
• Jenny Lind and Allan Walter
• Billy Mangham
• Leanne McClurg
• Elizabeth Robinson
• Nicholas Seidner and Diane Rosenmiller
• Patrick Veerkamp