EDUCATION
BA, French, Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1983
8-week Spring Concentration with Cynthia Bringle, Penland School of Crafts, 2015
ASSISTANTSHIPS
Studio Assistant, 2 Year Assistantship Program, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, 2006 – 2008
EXPERIENCE
Ceramic Artist, Atlanta, GA - Owner, Lora Rust Ceramic Designs, 2008 - Present
Instructor, All-Level Wheel Course, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, 2008 - Present
Instructor, All-Level Wheel Course, Spruill Center for the Arts, Dunwoody, GA, 2017 - 2018
Instructor, All-Level Wheel Course, Abernathy Arts Center, Sandy Springs, GA, 2007 - 2012
Studio Assistant and Substitute Instructor, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, 2006 - 2008
Studio Monitor, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, 2005 – 2006
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Cup Show, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA 2020 - 2021 (Invitation)
Kindled Spirits, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA Juror – Simon Levin 2020
Potters of Madison County, Marshall, NC 2020* Invitation (postponed to 2021)
ICAN Juried Members Show - Short and Stout Teapot Show, NCECA, Richmond, VA 2020 Juror - Katie Sleyman
ICAN Juried Members Show – Spring Form, Online 2020 Juror - Katie Sleyman
Off the Table: Clay for the Wall - Missouri Western State University Clay Guild, MO Juror - Eric Knoche 2020
Small Favors 2020 – Clay Studio of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Juror – Leila Cartier 2020
delecTABLE - Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO Juror - Liz Zlot Summerfield 2020
Cup: The Intimate Object, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL 2017-2020 (Invitation)
Perspectives GA Pottery Invitational, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA 2009 – 2021 (Solo Exhibition 2021)
American Craft Council Show, Atlanta, GA 2014-2020
Plate & Platter National Juried Show, Carbondale Community Arts, Artspace 304, Carbondale, IL Juror – Chandra Debuse 2019
Cup Show, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 2018-2019
You’ve Been Served, Cup show 2019, Urban Forage Winery & Cider House, Minneapolis, MN NCECA (Invitation) – Clay Arts Vegas
Atmospheric: Exhibition of Soda Fired Work, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL (Invitation)
Geaux Cups, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Juror – Andrew Gilliatt 2018, Juror – Jen Allen 2019
Clay: A Southern Census, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Juror – Mel Buchanan 2019
Tea Time, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Juror – Julia Galloway 2019
The Bowl Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA Juror – Martha Grover 2019
Material Mugs IV: Cobalt, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN Juror – Ian Childers 2019
Bottoms Up! Cup Show, ICAN Juried Online Show Juror - Jessica Knapp
Summer Swan Invitational 2019, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Invitation)
Serve It Up, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 2018-2019
Luscious Lusters, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Pitcher Perfect, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA, Juror – Deb Schwartzkopf 2019
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA, Juror – Malcom Mobutu Smith 2019 (Purchase Award) Juror – Chirsta Asaad 2014
Cheers! Drink Up! Celebrating Clay Drinking Vessels, Commonwheel Artists Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO 2020, 2019
SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show, Savannah Clay Community, Savannah, GA 2017-2020
Solo Exhibition, McCrary Gallery, Murphey Art Building, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA (Invitation) 2018
Southern Table, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art - Piedmont College, Demorest, GA (Invitation) 2018
LAST CALL III: Ceramics for Storing, Pouring & Sipping Fine Libations, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN, Juror – Brett Kern 2018
Featured Artist, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL 2018
Atmospheric, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Juror – Linda Christianson 2018
Cups in Common, Clayworks, Charlotte, NC 2017
Juried & Invitational Cup Show, The Hudgens Center, Duluth, GA, Juror – Roberto Lugo 2019, Juror – Garth Johnson 2017, Juror – Carr McCuiston 2015 Purchase Award
Clay on the Hill – Favorite Forms by the Maker, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL; The Kiln Studio, Fairhope, AL 2017 (Invitation) Curated by Susie Bowman
Macon Arts, Fired Works – Regional Ceramics Exhibition and Sale, Macon, GA (Invitation) 2009 - 2017
Medalta International Tool Show, Medalta Yuill Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada Juror – Martina Lantin 2015
Alabama & Neighbors Juried Ceramics Exhibit – Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art, Auburn, Al 2014
Georgia Clayworkers – Museum of Contemporary Art of GA, Atlanta, GA 2011 (Invitation)
National Juried Cup Show – Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE 2011
“Down the Road: Callanwolde to Zonolite”, Callanwolde Studio Assistant Exit Show, Lora Rust Studios, Atlanta, GA
Featured 3-D Artist, “Enhancing the Flow”, Gallery at Macon Arts, Macon, GA 2009
Southworks 2008 Art Exhibition, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA 2008
WORKSHOPS – PUSHING THE SURFACE OF THE CLAY
Perspectives Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA (Postponed to 2021)
Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 2020
Workshop From Home Webinar, International Virtual Workshop, Ceramic Arts Network
Pre-Conference Workshop – Alabama Clay Conference, Jacksonville, AL 2019
Ohr-O’Keefe Museum Ceramics Studio, Biloxi, MS 2019
The Bascom, Highlands, NC 2019
Mud Queen Pottery, Harrisburg, PA 2019
Ceramics Congress 2019, The Ceramic School, International Video Presentation
Work in Clay, Ellijay, GA 2018
Roswell Clay Collective, Roswell, GA 2017
Crooked Creek Art Center, Chapin, SC 2017
Natchez Pottery, Natchez, MS 2017
The Kiln Studio, Fairhope, AL 2012, 2016
Spruill Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 2016
Terra Madre, Knoxville,TN 2016
GA Clay Council, Canton, GA 2016
Potters of Rockybrook, Opelika, AL 2016
Macon Mud, Macon, GA 2015
The Art Place, Marietta, GA 2013
Chastain Park Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 2013
Zen & Now Studio, Tucker, GA 2013
Abernathy Arts Center, Sandy Springs, GA 2011
Johns Creek Arts Center, Johns Creek, GA 2011
REPRESENTATION
Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA
The Bascom, Highlands, NC
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Ember Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Gallery at Macon Arts, Macon, GA
In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC
Quinlan Center for the Arts, Gainesville, GA
PUBLICATIONS
Pushing Texture, Pottery Making Illustrated, Sept./Oct. 2020
In the Potter’s Kitchen – Sumi von Dassow, 2014
500 Vases, Lark Books, 2010
500 Plates & Chargers, Lark Books, 2008
COLLECTIONS
American Ceramics Society, Westerville, OH
The Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA
University of Georgia, Athens, GA