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abstract ceramic sculptures • individual and installation pieces
emphasis on earthenware and raku
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Lars Westby
119 Pinecrest Dr.
Annapolis MD 21403
larswestbyclay@hotmail.com
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Brief Bio:
Lars Westby grew up in State College, Pennsylvania, and received a BFA in ceramics and a BA in art history from Penn State University. He later earned an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
He has been awarded three Individual Artist Awards by the Maryland State Arts Council (2005, 2007 and 2012), and an Individual Artist Grant by the Baltimore City Arts & Humanities Council (2005). In 2007, Lars spent four months as a visiting artist at the Tainan National University for the Arts in Taiwan.
Currently, Lars is a full-time sculptor and teacher. He currently teaches at Anne Arundel Community College. Lars lives in Annapolis with his wife and their two children.
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Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council Visual Arts Grant, 2012
3rd Place Award, The Wills Creek Survey 2011, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD. 2011
First Place, Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, PA., 2010
First Prize, Third Street International: Bowl Me Over, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Il., 2010 T
Jurors Award, 2nd Place Award, Clay On The Wall, Landmark Gallery, TTU, Lubbock, TX., 2010
Purchase Award, Ceramics Monthly, Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA. 2009
Third Prize, 2008 National Cup Show, Barrett Clay Works, Poughkeepsie, NY. 2008
Honorable Mention, “Viewpoint: Ceramics2008", Hyde Art Gallery, El Cajon, CA. 2008
Purchase Award, 2008 International Orton Cone Box Show, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA. March, 2008
Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council Visual Arts Grant, 2007
Guest Visiting Artist; Tainan National Univ. of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan, Spring Semester, 2007
First Prize Award, 2006 WAD Clay Institute Juried Annual, Pittsburgh, PA. 2006
Award of Excellence, Patterns In Clay, National Exhibition, Dix Hills, NY. Aug. 2006
2006 Sydney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award, Shepparton, Australia, 2006
Purchase Award, The 2006 International Orton Cone Box Show, NCECA, Portland, OR. 2006
Award Finalist, 2006 NICHE Awards Competition, Philadelphia, PA. 2006
First Prize Award, 2005 WAD Clay Institute Juried Annual, PA. 2005
Third Prize Jurors Award, 2005 Jersey Shore Clay National, m.t. burton gallery, 2005
2005 Individual Artist Grant, Baltimore City Arts & Humanities Council, 2005
Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council Visual Arts Grant, 2005
Award of Merit, The Slip cast Object, Steamboat Springs, CO. January, 2005
Purchase Award, Feats of Clay XVII, Lincoln, CA. May, 2004
Second Place Jurors Award, OUT OF THE FIRE, Wallingford, PA. May, 2004
Jurors Choice Award, The 2004 International Orton Cone Box Show, NCECA,
Award of Merit, St. Petersburg Clay National, St. Petersburg, FL. November, 2003
Purchase Award, Feats of Clay XVI, Lincoln, CA. May, 2003
Deans Small Grant, (Graduate project grant), University of Colorado, March, 1995
First Place Award, Juried Undergraduate Exhibit, Penn State University, March, 1991