The Lake Placid Pottery Invitational

Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5 pm*
Reception: Thursday, June 20, 5-7 pm
*Extended Summer hours July 3 – August 11: Wednesday-Sunday 1-5 pm. We will be closed Ironman Sunday (July 21). The Box Office and Gallery are open 1.5 hours before performances.


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.  

Featuring the work of

Mindy Andrews
Noel Bailey
Casey Beck
Ben Eberle
Seth Green
Phil Haralam
Stephen Heywood
Joe Hicks
Samantha Hostert
Doug Jeppesen
Simon Levin
Liz Mazurek
Brooke Noble
John Oles
Dow Redcorn
Andrew Sartorius
Ali Schorman
Nick Schwartz
Peter Shrope
Mike Stumbras
Mallory Wetherell
Minsoo Yuh


Meet Maxwell

Curator of The Lake Placid Pottery Invitational

Maxwell Starr

Maxwell Starr

Pottery Instructor & Program Associate @languidstokes

[email protected]

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.