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My desire to live and work in relationship to others is integral to my work as a functional potter. I imagine that everything I make will find a place in someone's life.

My work is about refinement. It is about honing in on the essential. I look at the way that nature creates -- the connection between trunk and branch, stem and fruit, the way the petals of a flower unfurl. Could there be a better way to complete the human hand than the precise fit between skin and nail?

In my quest for clear and elegant solutions to form and function, I try to override my intellectual reaction; perfection is a trap I have encountered. Instead, I judge my work by trusting my physical response. When someone I love walks into the room there is a bodily felt sensation. When the pot is right, a sense of warmth and excitement comes through.

I want my work to offer a safe haven. After a long and hectic day you finally arrive. Someone waits -- attentive, tending, considerate, concerned. There is a slow exhale.

You're home.

education
MFA Ceramics
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1993
BFA Ceramics
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1991
Additional study, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jiangxi, P.R. China 1996
 
academic experience
Associate Professor,
School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
Clarece Harp Lyles Endowed Professorship in Ceramic Arts
2005 - Present
Assistant Professor,
School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA,.
1999 - 2005
Visiting Assistant Professor,
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
1998
Resident Potter,
Vermont State Craft Center, Middlebury, VT
1993 - 1997
 
exhibitions
Art of the Pot Reunion Exhibition, Austin, TX 2009
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, NCECA, Phoenix AZ 2009
Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY 2009
The Artful Tabletop, Lyndenhurst Historical Museum, Tarrytown, NY 2008
Cup Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM 2008
Art of the Pot Reunion Exhibition, Authenticity Gallery, Austin, TX 2008
Dallas Pottery Invitational, Southside Lamar Gallery, Dallas, TX 2008
Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY 2008
8 Fluid Ounces, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA 2008
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay/NCECA, Pittsburg, PA 2008
pot POURri, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY 2008
Winterfest 2007, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD 2007
Teapots x 90, Xen Gallery, Saint Louis, MO 2007
Unadorned, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM 2007
Ladies in White, Goodall Gallery, Louisville, KY 2007
The Kansas City Pot Revisited, Mellwood Arts Center, Louisville, KY  
Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY  
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay/NCECA, Louisville, KY  
Raise a Cup for Art, Shelburne Craft Center, Shelburne, VT  
Art of the Pot, Clayways Studio and Gallery, Austin, TX 2006
Approaches to Utility: Ceramic Invitational, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA  
8 Fluid Ounces II, Louisiana State University Gallery,
Baton Rouge, LA
 
Mentor/Mentored, Rock Creek Gallery, Portland Community College,
Portland, OR
 
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay/NCECA, Portland, OR  
Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY 2005
Drinking Vessels, ZENCLAY Gallery, Morgantown, WV  
8 Women - 8 Perspectives, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO  
Recent Work - Anne Kittrell Gallery, Fayetteville, AR  
White, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM  
White on White, Sub-Basement Art Studios, Baltimore, MD  
Porcelain, Frohring Art Gallery, Hiram College, Hiram, OH  
White on White, Elaine Jacob Gallery, Detroit, MI  



 

contact
lcarter@latech.edu

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