2010 Shows
Summer
This year‘s Spring Sale has been moved up due to scheduling and renovation. Look for a Grand Opening! TBO
Helena Farmers Market Season is underway
Opening April 24-November 6th Saturdays 9am-1pm
Fuller Street, Helena, Montana.
Spring Fest at the Moss Mansion
Saturday June 5th 9am-5pm
914 Division Street
Billings, MT 59101
406-0256-5100
Summerfair at Veterans Park
2599 13th St W,
Billings, MT 59102
Sponsored by Yellowstone Art Museum
July 17-18 9am-5pm
Sandpiper Art Festival
Saturday August 7th 10am-5pm
Lake County Courthouse Lawn
Polson MT
Art Fair Jackson Hole (pending)
August 20-22
Friday and Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 10am-4pm
Located in Miller Park
Miller Park, corner of Millward and Deloney Avenue
River City Roots Festival
August 28-29 10am-6pm
West Main, Missoula, MT
Sales always available by appointment.
Contact: 406-461-1186 or harpfarm9@mt.net
Summer Pottery Camps
Two Sessions offered
July 5-16 and July 19-30
1-4pm weekdays @ Helena High School
For students 6th-10th grade
Classes cover comprehensive wheel, hand building and surface decoration.
Fees: $150 include all materials and firing
To register call Front Street Learning Center 324-2117 ask for Mary or Terry
Instructor: Lisa Ernst 461-1186
News and Recent Events
New Studio
This winter I have been renovating a much larger studio space 1300 sq. ft., a work place and a show place, with some comforts of home.
Harpfarm Pottery will be opening soon in its new location:
Classes will be offered this year for Adults, evening and daytime.
TBA
Strictly Functional Pottery National - 17th Annual
Juried by Pete Pinnell, states about the show: as one of the preeminent ceramic exhibitions in the country.
Jurors statement:
Function is the tool that allows work of art to play an active role in the events and processes of our lives. Function pushes art out of the role of critic and outsider, and into the role of participant and insider. As viewer, we expect art to provide with strong visual and intellectual experience. Function provides a way for us to appreciate these objects for their tactile and experiential qualities and to accept them as intimate partners in our lives. Function allows art to stop being passive, and begin being active. (Quote from a section of Pinnell's jurors statement to participating artists)
Cotton wood Jar : 1 out of 105 chosen from a field of nearly 1200 entries
Exhibition dates: September 26 - October 25, 2009
Opening September 25th 6-8pm
Market House Craft Center East Petersberg, PA 17520
Strictly Functional Pottery National has a website for the show. Viewers can see the “cottonwood jar” accepted into the show as well as a fine collection of other artists, several also from Montana.
www.art-craftpa.com/exhibit.html
History in the Making: Ceramic Traditions / Contemporary Pots
4th annual National exhibition
The Fire House Gallery at Genesee Pottery
Rochester, New York
Juror: Ron Meyers
Works that incorporate historically based design elements, themes or applications.
Applebranch tea set: reminisent of 18th century Staffordshire ware.
Exhibition dates: September 18 - October 24, 2009
New Wall Commission
Lisa has been working on a large wall commission with final dimensions of 47"X27". It is an exciting piece with Lilies and Humming birds in relief.
I really enjoy the opportunity to express
my ideas in a different format. The challenges to my aesthetic and technical skills are both keenly present in the project. Look for images on the site when project is completed soon.
Galleries
Montana Historical Society
Museum Store
225 North Roberts
Helena,MT 59601
406-444-2890
www.montanahistoricalsociety.org
The Holter Museum
12 East Lawrence
Helena, MT 59601
406-442-6400
www.holtermuseum.org
The General Mercantile
413 N Main, Helena, MT 59601
406-442-6078
Gallery 16
608 Central Ave.
Great Falls, MT 59401
406-453-6103
The Yellowstone Gallery
216 West Park, Gardiner, MT 59030
406-848-7306
Missoula Artists' Shop
396 N. Higgins, Missoula, MT 59802
406-542-3379
Latigo and Lace
124 Main Street, Augusta, MT 59410
406-562-3665
Annual Shows
Spring Sale, Helena, MT
Winter Showcase, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
Christmas Sale, Helena, MT
Juried Shows
Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts, Bozeman, MT
Oklahoma City Spring Show, OK
Summer Fair, Billings, MT
Help Center Festival of the Arts, Bozeman, MT
Boise Art Museum, Holiday Sale, Boise, ID
Selected Prior Shows and Awards
Lillstreet International 2008
Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N. Ravenswood Chicago, IL 60640
Exhibition dates: September 1- October 1, 2008
2006 Pottery Northwest 40th Anniversary Exhibit, September, Seattle, WA
2002-06 Harpfarm Annual Show, The General Mercantile, 413 N Main,
Helena, MT
2004 Spring Art Walk, Saunders Jewelry and Design, 21 N. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT
2003 Buck Nekkid Show, Latigo & Lace, Augusta, MT
2002 Buck Nekkid Show, Latigo & Lace, Augusta, MT
2002 The Unitive Gallery, 426 North Last Chance Gulch, Helena MT
2001 Eastern Montana Clay Invitational, Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT
2001 Clay Odyssey by the Archie Bray Foundation, The General Mercantile, 413 N Main, Helena, MT
2001 3rd Biennial North American Clay Exhibit, Guilford Handcraft Center,
Guilford, CT
2001 22nd Annual Southeast Montana Juried Exhibit, Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT
2000 32nd Annual Celebration of American Crafts, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT 
1999 31st Annual Celebration of American Crafts, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
1999 National Ceramics Competition, Kennedy Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
1999 USA Craft Today 99, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canann, CT
1998 Healing Art Exhibition, 1998 Mansfield Conference University of MT, Missoula, MT
1998 Selected work for The Ceramic Design Book, Lark Books Ashville, NC
1997 Featured Artist in Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art’s Museum shop, Great Falls, MT
1997 ANA 26, nationally juried show, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
1997 Meadow Lark Invitational, Helena, MT Best of Show
1996 Featured artist, Art Walk, Federal Reserve Bank, Helena, MT 
1996 Electrum XXV, juried exhibition, 3rd Place
1996 Meadow Lark Invitational, Helena, MT, Best of Show
1995 Governor’s Cultural Foundation, Governor’s Mansion, Helena, MT
1994-06 Winter Showcase, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
1994 Featured Artist Gallery 16, Great Falls, MT,
1993 Fall Art Walk Holter Museum with Josh Deweese
1993 Meadow Lark Invitational, Commission for large platter for Medallion Award recipient
1992 ANA 21, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
1992 Meadow Lark Invitational, Helena, MT, Best of Show
1991 The Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT, Group Show
1990 Mt Black Tie Cowboy Ball, San Francisco, CA, juried auction
1987 Electrum XIV, Helena, MT 2nd place, black and white photography
1984 Electrum XII, Helena, MT 1st place, black and white photography
1978 Master’s Show “Kitchen Cognition” University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 600 sq. ft. multi-media floor installation
