Interviewer & Panelist

Lindsay Oesterritter is currently a full-time studio potter in Manassas Virginia, she has been utilizing wood fire techniques for over 15 years. She is co-organizer of Southern Crossing Pottery Festival held in her hometown of Louisville KY. Most recently in 2024 Lindsay was asked to be on the organizing board of the North Carolina Wood Fire Conference, a biannual conference that brings artists from all over the globe together.  She also taught a summer wood firing workshop at Alfred University in Alfred New York, the top American University for ceramics. In 2020 she published her first book, Mastering Kilns & Firing. She earned her MFA from Utah State University in Logan Utah. She held the position of Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Western Kentucky University (2009-2015) and earned Associate Professor in 2015. Lindsay had the fortune to be a resident artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg and in Australia at Strathnairn Arts Association. She has had the opportunity to lead workshops, curate exhibitions, lecture and exhibit nationally and internationally and is continually inspired by the craft community.

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