BARBARA WALCH
\n33 Knox Station Road
\nThorndike, Maine 04986
\n(207)568-3736
\nwww.barbarawalchpottery.com
\n.
\n1999-Present Member of The Maine Potters Market, Portland Maine, a potter owned gallery..<\/p>\n
1989-Present Thorndike, Maine. Established home and studio in a beautiful rural setting,
\nnear life long sources of inspiration: fields, forest, gardens. Continued
\nmaking signature pinch pottery pieces, handbuilt functional and decorative
\npottery. Work continues to be sold nationwide.<\/p>\n
1982-1989: East Street Clay Studios, Hadley, Massachusetts. Involved in the development and establishment
\nof a group studio offering work space for up to seven potters.<\/p>\n
1979-1986: Pinch Pottery and The Crafts Market, Northampton, Massachusetts. Partner in establishing a
\ncombination shop and studio in downtown Northampton. Helped conceive, plan and execute
\nthe Crafts Market, a group of connecting craft studios and shops with educational facilities and
\nan exhibition gallery. Continued making handbuilt stoneware tableware. Taught pottery classes
\nat the CraftsMarket. Created a series of larger sculptural vessels.<\/p>\n
1973-1979: The Clay Art Center:, Port Chester, New York. Full time studio potter at urban group studio.
\nExperimental handbuilt sculptural vessels. Developed a porcelain inlay technique; explored
\nprimitive firing as an aesthetic tool. Developed a line of handbuilt functional pottery.<\/p>\n
1977-1978: Artist in Community Service with the Westchester Council on the Arts, White Plains, New York.<\/p>\n
1974-1977: Instructor of pottery workshops in handbuilding at the Rye Art Center, Rye, New York<\/p>\n
1972: B.F.A. in Sculpture, SUNY at New Paltz<\/p>\n
Workshops taught: \u201cFunctional Pinch Pots\u201d at IS183, Stockbridge, Massachusetts 2002
\n\u201cBy My Hands Alone\u201d at the Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY 2002<\/p>\n
Collections :<\/p>\n
Jack Lenor Larsen
\nThe Smithsonian Museum of American Art
\nRacine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
\nGarth Clark
\nLeslie Ferrin
\nNorman Cohn
\nMara Superior
\nDonald Clark<\/p>\n
Work Published in:<\/p>\n
Books-
\nTeapots Transformed Leslie Ferrin
\nClaywork Leon Nigrash
\nHands in Clay (5th edition) Charlotte Speight & John Toki
\nThe Spirit of Clay (2nd edition) Robert Peipenberg<\/p>\n
Periodicals-
\nArchitectural Digest
\nNew York Times Magazine
\nHouse Beautiful
\nCountryside<\/p>\n
EXHIBITIONS:<\/p>\n
\u201cAtlanta Teapot Festival\u201dThe Seen Gallery, Decatur GA 2006
\n\u201cFunctional Ceramics\u201d Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster OH 2004
\n\u201cBirds of Clay\u201d Frog Hollow Craft Center, Vermont 2002
\n\u201cChanges\u201d Show of new work, P!nch, Northampton, Massachusetts 2001<\/p>\n
\u201cKaren Karnes and Friends\u201d Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, Vermont, 1999, 2000, 2001<\/p>\n
\u201cTempe Tea Party\u201d Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona 1994
\n\u201cThe Teapot Through Time\u201d Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York 1994
\n\u201cFunctional Tea\u201d Bayfront Gallery, Pensacola, Florida 1997
\n\u201cTeapots Transformed: The Studio Potters\u201d P!nch, Northampton, Massachusetts 2001
\nTeapot Competition, JCC Fine Craft Festival, Beachwood, Ohio, 1997<\/p>\n
\u201cCelestial Seasonings:A Loose Interpretation\u201d , The Gallery at Celestial Seasonings, Boulder Colorado 2000
\nSOFA Chicago, The Ferrin Gallery 1996
\n\u201cVessels That Pour\u201d
\n\u201cKeep the Cup Tea and Coffee Tasting\u201d Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury, Vermont. 2000
\n\u201cThen and Now\u201d Ferrin Gallery\/Pinch Pottery, Northampton, Massachusetts 1993
\n\u201cTwisted Tea\u201d Twist, Portland, Oregon 1996
\nTeapot Competition, JCC Fine Craft Festival, Beachwood, Ohio 1997
\n\u201cTea Party\u201d American Craft Museum, New York, 1993, 1993
\n\u201cA Tea Party\u201d The Ferrin Gallery\/Pinch Pottery, Northampton, Massachusetts 1979-1993
\n\u201cTea Party\u201d National Museum of Ceramic Art, Baltimore, Maryland 1993
\nTeapot Invitational, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri, 1993
\nTeapot Invitational, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 1992
\n\u201cIt Works\u201d Universty of Maine Museum of Art, Orono,\u00a0 Maine 1992
\nOld Church Cultural Center, Demerast, New Jersey, 1987, 88,91<\/p>\n
And others as well as the juried fairs below:<\/p>\n
Crafts at Lyndhurst, Tarrytown NY 2006
\nSpring Paradise City Arts Northampton MA 2003, 04, 05
\nOhio Designer Craftsmen Winterfair, Columbus OH 2003, 05
\nDirections Augusta State Museum Craft Show, Augusta ME 02, 03, 05
\nParadise East, Marlborough, Massachusetts,1999,00 Morristown Crafts Fair, New Jersey,1979,88,03,05
\nACE Winter Market, Baltimore, Maryland 1986-89, 93-97 Guilford Crafts, Connecticut, 1981, 82
\nThe Common Ground Fair, Windsor & Unity , Maine, 1990-95, 97-98 Directions, Bar Harbor, Maine 1994-98, 00-05
\nAmerican Crafts at Lincoln Center, New York, 1990 Long\u2019s Park Arts Festival, Lancaster, Penn. 1988
\nCrafts at the Castle, Boston Massachusetts, 1987, 1999
\nACE Craft Fair at West Springfield, Massachusetts,1987,88,97,98
\nACE Craft Fair at Rhinebeck, New York, 1975, 1980,1983<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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