The Lake Placid Pottery Invitational

Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5 pm
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 29, 5-7 pm


The Lake Placid Pottery Invitational is back!

The Lake Placid Center for the Arts is proud to present some of the country’s best potters and vessel makers.

Grounded in the balance of function and personal expression, The Lake Placid Pottery Invitational celebrates artists who explore traditional pottery forms through a wide range of making and firing techniques, and who continue to evolve the landscape of functional pottery through their own artistic idiom. 

Olivia Avery
Noel Bailey
Ian Childers
Mike Cinelli
Elaine Coleman
Stuart Gair
Samantha Hostert
Doug Jeppesen
Simon Levin
Carol Long
Kate Marotz
Carey Nathanson
Ted Neal
Dow Redcorn
Adrian Sandstrom
Tim Sherman
Peter Shrope
Taylor Sijan
Minsoo Yuh


Meet Maxwell

Curator of The Lake Placid Pottery Invitational

Maxwell Starr

Maxwell Starr

Pottery Instructor & Program Associate @languidstokes

maxwell@lakeplacidarts.org

About the Instructor

Maxwell Starr was born and raised in a small town outside of Philadelphia and has been a life-long visitor to the Adirondacks. Maxwell first learned to throw on the wheel over a decade ago from his father, who was himself a recreational potter. In the years since, he has been involved in academic programs, arts centers, and both public and private kiln firings. After graduating from Skidmore College in 2021, he spent a year working for the national renowned graduate program in Ceramics at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania before moving full-time to Lake Placid. Maxwell’s own ceramic work focuses on traditional pottery forms fired in atmospheric kilns. His other areas of interest and experience include natural draft kiln design and construction, glaze and clay chemistry, and wood firing kilns.