Photo by Arno Frugier
Meet the Artist
Leah Pollock
Leah Pollock is a ceramic artist, sculptor, educator, with over 17 years of national show experience. She creates large-scale sculptural vessels, ceramic tile murals, and small batch soda-fired porcelain domestic pottery for homes, design firms, architects, and the design trade.
Her professional experience spans arts management, project leadership, education, consulting, and fine art practice. She has taught ceramics and art courses for over a decade at institutions including the University of Missouri, City College of San Francisco, California College of the Arts, and Laney College. She has also led ceramics programs for nonprofits, colleges, summer camps, and community art centers.
As Operations Manager and Board Member of The Potters’ Studio in Berkeley, California, she helped guide the organization’s nonprofit transition to secure longevity for the 500 student and member base, supported a major studio expansion, and launched scholarship programs that increased access to ceramics education.
Based in Bella Vista, Arkansas, Pollock continues her studio practice while serving as a full-time faculty, technician and graduate workflow manager at The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Her approach to teaching is rooted in respect for the body as our main tool, understanding and applying Flow Theory in the classroom and utilizing Japanese throwing techniques.