The sheer physical nature of pottery making fills many aspects of my being. It satisfies both the artist and the athlete in me. Pottery is a constant quiet motion; the rhythms are like meditation, moving meditation. I compare it to riding my bicycle through the beautiful hills and farms where I live. As I ride I become one with this beauty that surrounds me: as I make pots I become one with the clay and beauty that is unfolding. It is a great gift to bring beauty into this world. As a potter I have the opportunity to bring the extraordinary
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Lucy Fagella has a B.F.A. degree from Alfred University. While at Alfred her concentration was in Ceramic Art with a minor in Art Education. Upon graduation she became a full time potter and sold her work in gallery/shops in the N.Y.C. area. Within the next year Lucy began teaching pottery at the adult education level. Liking it a great deal she decided to teach art full time at the High School level.
      In 1993 Lucy moved to Western Massachusetts. The beauty of the natural surroundings and the many artists throughout this region drew her to this area. Lucy has been working as a full time potter once again since 2002 and is becoming a well known Massachusetts artisan. She taught at the Guild Studio school from 1993 until 2005, and has been teaching at the Amherst Community Art Center since 2004. As always... she offers classes from her studio.
      Lucy's work can be seen locally and nationally at galleries and shops and from her studio in Greenfield MA. She has been recognized on the national level in 2004 winning a juror's choice award in the, “Strictly Functional Pottery National”. In 2005 her work was published in “500 Cups Explorations in Utility & Grace” (Lark Publications) and in 2006 she was published in “500 Pitchers, Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form” (Lark Publications).
      If you are interested in local Massachusetts artists, hand made pottery or pottery classes in the Greenfield, Massachusetts area, look no further than LuciaPottery.com.

 
 
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Education
1985, Alfred University, College of Ceramics: Alfred, N.Y. B.F.A. in Ceramic Art, Minor Art Education


Exhibits
November, 2008 Northampton, Ma. The Artisan Gallery, “Consider the Cup” Invitational

September, 2008 Graton, CA, Gallery at FUNERIA, “Ashes to Art” International Exhibit

November, 2007 Northampton, Ma. The Artisan Gallery, “Consider the Cup” Invitational

October, 2006 Northampton, Ma, Northampton Center for the Arts, “Asparagus Valley Potters Guild 30th Anniversary Exhibition”

January, 2006 Worcester, Ma, Worcester Center for Crafts, “Platitudes” Invitational

October, 2005 Northfield, Ma, Green Trees Gallery, “Asparagus Valley Potters Guild Exhibit”

May, 2005 Waynesboro, Virginia, Artisans Center of Virginia, “Sacred Icons: Symbolic & Ritual Objects” National Juried Show

April, 2005 Kent, Ohio, Gallery 138, National Juried Cup Show

November, 2004 Guilford, Ct. Guilford Handcraft Center, Holiday Invitational

August, 2004 Water Mill, N.Y. Celadon Gallery, “For the Table” National Juried Show

May, 2004 Northampton, Ma, Paradise City Art Festival, National Juried Craft Show

May 2004 Lexington, Ma, “The State of Clay” Biennial Juried Exhibition

May 2004 Kent, Ohio, Gallery 138, National Juried Cup Show

April, 2004 Lancaster, Pa. “Strictly Functional Pottery National” Jurors Choice Award.

February, 2004 Baton Rouge, La, “Eight Fluid Ounces” National Juried Show

January, 2004 Worcester, Ma. Worcester Center for Crafts, “Handle It” National Juried Show

November, 2003 Guilford, Ct. Guilford Handcraft Center, Holiday Invitational

November, 2003 Brookfield, Ct, Brookfield Craft Center, Holiday Invitational

May, 2003 Northampton, Ma, Paradise City Art Festival, National Juried Craft Show

March, 2002 Northampton, Ma, Guild Studio School, Faculty Exhibit

October, 2002 Greenfield, Ma, Artspace, Group Show

November, 2002 Greenfield, Ma, Gallery at Fleet, One Person Exhibit

November, 2001 Shelburne Falls, Ma, Shelburne Art Co-op, Group Show

January, 2001 Northampton, Ma, Northampton Center for the Arts Group Show

September, 1990 Patchougue, N.Y. St. Josephs College Gallery, One Person Show

May, 1985 Alfred, N.Y. Alfred University, Senior Thesis Exhibit


Published
2009 Vol. 37 No. 1 The Studio Potter, “The Body” “A Container for the Spirit”

November 2008 The Crafts Report, Feature Article, “The Funeral Industry Comes Alive with Opportunities for Artists”

June 2006 Lark Publications, “500 Pitchers” Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form

April 2005 Lark Publications, “500 Cups” Ceramic Explorations of Utility & Grace


Video/TV
June 2007 Expertvillage.com, Instructional Videos, “Pottery on the Wheel”

September 2006 PBS Television New England, “Making It Here”


Teaching
1993 - Present Greenfield, Ma, Lucia Pottery Studio, Ceramics Instructor

2004 - 2009 Amherst, Ma, Amherst Community Art Center, Ceramics Instructor

1993 - 2005 Northampton, Ma, Guild Studio School, Ceramics Instructor

1987 - 1991 Uniondale, N.Y., Uniondale H.S., Art Teacher


Workshops
February, 2008 Williamsburg, Ma, Asparagus Valley Pottery Guild Professional Workshop Series, Assistant to Val Cushing

July, 2008 and 2007 Sunderland, Ma, Sunderland Library, Ceramic Workshops, Ceramics Instructor

2003 - Present Greenfield, Ma, Lucia Pottery Studio, Ceramic Workshops, Ceramics Instructor

1995 and 1994 Easthampton, Ma, Williston Northampton School, January Interim Session Ceramics Instructor

1991 - 1993 Blairstown, N.J., Genesis Farm Environmental Learning Center, “Creation in Clay” Workshops in Hand-building, Ceramics Instructor

1991 - 1993 Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y., The Grail Conference Center, “Clay as Self Expression” Workshops in Hand-building, Ceramics Instructor

1987 and 1986 Northport, N.Y. In-service: Workshops for Teachers, Ceramics Instructor


Other
1996 - 2000 Greenfield, Ma, Common Wealth CSA, Gardener/Grower of organic produce and flowers for a 50 member CSA

1991 - 1993 Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y., The Grail International, Conference Center/Environmental Learning Center, Resident Artist and Gardener