Beth Lo and Steven Young Lee

Beth Lo: Born in Lafayette, Indiana in 1949, Beth Lo received her MFA from the University of Montana in 1974. She began serving as Professor of Ceramics there in 1985, and was honored with the University of Montana Provost’s Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2006 and 2010. Beth's ceramic and mixed media artwork draws from themes of childhood, family, and Asian culture and language. Her work has been exhibited internationally. Lo has received numerous honors including the United States Artists Hoi Fellowship in 2009. Beth and her sister, author Ginnie Lo, have collaborated on two children’s picture books, Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic (2012) and Mahjong All Day Long (2005). She has also collaborated with her mother, Chinese brush painter Kiahsuang Shen Lo. Beth is active as a bass player and vocalist for several musical ensembles including The Big Sky Mudflaps, Canta Brasil, Western Union, and Salsa Loca. (http://bethlo.com)

Steven Young Lee: Steven Young Lee creates contemporary ceramic pieces that appropriate elements of form, decoration, color, imagery and material from various cultures and historical periods. This collage of forms and motifs draws from various origins, including Chinese, Korean, French, Dutch, English and Minoan traditions. His work reflects a fascination with historical ceramic objects as both a representation of individual cultures and a hybridization of outside influences.

A native of Chicago, IL, Steve received his MFA in ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2004. He has lectured and taught extensively in North America and Asia. In 2016 Steve was one of four artists to participate in the Renwick Invitational at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. He has served as the Resident Artist Director of the Archie Bray Foundation since 2007. He and his wife, Lisa, live in Helena with their two children, Gavin and Florence. (http://stevenyounglee.com)