The Provost's

Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series

Fall 2010

Elizabeth A. Lo

Making a Language: A slide show retrospective of the artwork of ceramicist Beth Lo

Professor of Art

Wednesday, 10 November 2010, 6:00 PM
University Center Theater (3rd Floor)
Reception to Follow

This lecture will address Professor Lo’s artistic influences of family and cultural heritage, and explore the process of creating visual form.

Beth Lo was born in Lafayette, Indiana to parents who had recently immigrated from China. She received a Bachelor of General Studies degree from the University of Michigan in 1971, and then studied Ceramics with Rudy Autio at UM, receiving her MFA in 1974. When Professor Autio retired in 1985, she stepped into his role as Professor of Ceramics at UM. She has exhibited her work internationally, and has received numerous honors including the United States Artists Hoi Fellowship in 2009, the Marion Vannett Ridgway award in 2005, a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship Grant in 1994, a Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship in 1989, and an American Craft Museum Design Award in 1986.