Lisa Kay Orr is an American

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and a teacher of

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s. Orr has work in both public and private collections, and shows her work nationally as well as internationally. Orr's work can be seen in the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco and in Korea in the collection of the WOCEF.

Education

Orr earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1983 from the

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. She did post-graduate studies at the Southwest Craft Center in

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and the

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in Minneapolis. In addition, she studied with Betty Woodman at the

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in 1989, before earning her Masters of Fine Arts at the

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in 1992.

Studio work

Orr works in

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clay, using a variety of processes that include using the

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as well as a ram press and press molds, often using multiple processes to produce one piece. Her work, which includes platters, bowls and plates, are organic in form and functional in purpose. Orr's work is primarily influenced by Mexican folk

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and is characterized by the

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, stamps, slips and sprigs she uses to finish the surface, and by her layers of multi-colored glazes. Orr believes that studio pottery is artistically significant and as a result and in collaboration with five other artists, co-founded the Art of the Pot studio tour. This is an invitational tour where nationally known potters are invited to show their work along with the collaborators in their studios. She has been awarded grants including a

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and the Mid-America Arts Alliance.

Public Collections

Source: *

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, Pomona, California *ArtStream Ceramic Library, Denver, Colorado *

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, San Francisco, California *International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Ann Arbor, Michigan * Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio *The Rosenfield Collection * San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas * San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas * Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, New York *South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas *Yeoju World Ceramic Livingware Gallery, Icheon, South Korea

Publications

Source: *Orr, Lisa. "Studio Visit." '' Ceramics Monthly'' (September 2011). *_______. "Backwards into the Future: Technology and Sustainability." ''The Studio Potter'' (2008). *_______. "Synaesthesia: A Potter's Experience and Research." ''The Studio Potter'' (2006). *_______. "A Macedonian Pottery Village." ''The Studio Potter'' (Spring 1998).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orr, Lisa Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American potters University of Texas at Austin alumni University of Minnesota alumni New York State College of Ceramics alumni American women potters 21st-century American ceramists 21st-century American women artists

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