NAOMI LINDENFELD
Clay Artisan
EDUCATION:
Boston University, Bachelor of Applied Arts in Ceramics, Program in Artisanry 1980.
Since 1974 she has continued her training by participating in such workshops as:
Raku Workshop with Toshiko Takaezu, Clinton NJ
New School for Social Research, New York City: Drawing, Painting, Silk Screening
Peter’s Valley Craftsmen, Layton NJ: Raku Workshop with Robert Piepenburg
Haystack-Hinckley, Waterville ME: Ceramics Workshop
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield CT: Colored Clay Workshop with Katie Kazen
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Hanover NH: Colored Clay Workshop with Carole Aioki
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME: Colored Clay Workshop with Curtis Benzle
North Country Studio Workshops offer biennial 5 day advanced level workshops for craft professionals. The Putney School has supported this education as professional development for her ceramics teaching position –
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT: Expressive Functional Pottery with Jeff Oestreich
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT: Form and Surface with Suze Lindsay
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT: Porcelain Tableware with Silvie Granatelli
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT: Handbuilding Sculptural Forms with Marc Leuthold
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT: Alternative Firing Techniques with James Watkins
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT: Clay Sculpture with Adrian Arleo
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT: Slab, Color and Surface with Lana Wilson
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT: Pots and the Person with Peter Beasecker
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT: Double-Walled Vessels with Jerilyn Virden
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT: Slab Structures with Lynn Duryea
North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT: Mixed Media with Michael Shemchuk
APPRENTICESHIP/EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Carol Sevick, Potter, Westminster West VT
Elizabeth McDonald, Ceramicist, Bridgewater CT
Fred Tregaskis, Potter, Kent CT
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY:
Artpark, Lewiston NY
HAS TAUGHT COLORED CLAY WORKSHOPS SINCE 1992 AT:
University of NH, Durham NH for members of the NH Potter’s Guild
Horizons School of Crafts, Elderhostels, Williamsburg MA
Horizons School of Crafts, Guest Artist for youth program, Williamsburg MA
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Hanover NH
South County Art Association, Kingston RI
Wesleyan Potters, Wesleyan CT
Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA
Interlaken School of Crafts, Lenox, Ma.
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Ct.
Westchester Arts Workshop, White Plains, N.Y.
Ventura Potter’s Guild, Camarillo, Ca.
Vermont Alliance of Arts Education Conference, Chester, VT
Snow Farm, Williamsburg, Ma.
IS183, Lenox, Ma.
Dragonfire Pottery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
League of N.H. Craftsmen, Concord, N.H.
Sawmill Pottery, Putnam, Ct.
For members of the Toledo Potter’s Guild, Toledo, Ohio
Wheelhouse Clay Center, Brattleboro, VT
The Putney School Summer Adult Studio Week, Putney, VT
Portland Pottery, Portland, ME
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
(some venues multiple times)
Ceramics teacher at The Putney School, a boarding high school, in Putney, Vermont from September 1998 to December 2025
EXHIBITIONS:
Brattleboro-West Arts group show “Spring” – Crowell Gallery, Newfane, VT May 2026
“Lindenfeld + Lindenfeld: Dialog”, Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center, Asheville, NC January – May 2026
Brooks House Atrium Gallery, group show with Brattleboro-West Arts, Brattleboro, VT Rotating 2-D work 2022 to present
“Lindenfeld + Lindenfeld: Dialog” , Artistree Gallery, Pomfret, VT April – May 2022
Brattleboro-West Arts group show – Crowell Gallery, Newfane, VT July 2021
“Patterns”League of New Hampshire Craftsmen headquarters gallery, Concord, NH April 2019
Putney School Dynamic – C.X. Silver Gallery, Brattleboro, VT April 2019
Raised Voices: Local Artists Resist – The River Garden, Brattleboro, VT May 2018
Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, VT – “Winter Trees” Group Show January – March 2016
118 Elliot, 17 Artists 3 Days, Brattleboro-West Arts, Brattleboro, VT December 2015, 2016, 2017
Lindenfeld + Lindenfeld: Dialog, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center – Brattleboro, VT March – May 2015
The Works Bakery and Cafe – Brattleboro-West Arts Group Farm Art Show June 2014
Sharon Art Center, N.H. Potter’s Guild Invitational July 2013
Cherry Street Artisans and Cafe, Brattleboro, VT December 2008-2013
American Traders, Brattleboro-West Arts Group Show, West Brattleboro, VT September 2009
C.X. Silver Gallery, Brattleboro-West Arts Group Show, West Brattleboro, VT June 2009, September 2010
McGowan Fine Arts, NCSW Exhibit, Concord, NH March 2009
Princeton Arts Council Holiday Show, Princeton, NJ December 2008
The Putney School Currier Gallery, Art Faculty Show, Putney, VT October 1998/2000/04/06/08/10/12/14/16/18/21/23/25
Contemporary Crafts Show, Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ December 2002/03/04/05/06/07
Celebrating Art Teachers, Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, VT March 2005/06/07/14
Feature Artisan, Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, VT March 2004
Craft Transformed, PIA Retrospective, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Ma. Fall 2003
Neriage, Nerikomi and Beyond, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Ct. January 2000
Feature Artisan, Vermont Artisan Designs, Brattleboro VT June 1997/1994
Feature Artisan, Vermont Clay Studio, Montpelier VT June 1996
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Juried Show, Keene NH March 1995/October 2005
Transformations, Princeton University Store, Princeton NJ December1992/93/94/95
Vahki, a special exhibition of Japanese techniques, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ 1992
Teapot Show, Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta GA 1990
Teapot Show, Lee Sclar Gallery, Morristown NJ 1989
River Valley Performing Arts Center, Invitational Show, Putney VT 1986/90
Renamed “Art, Craft & Design”, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH 2021/22
“Living with Crafts”, since 2019 titled “Art, Craft & Design” League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH
1986/87/88/89/90/91/92/93/94/95/96/97/98/99/00/01/02/03/04/05/06/07/08/09/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/21/22/23/24/25
Group Show, Peter’s Valley Craft Center Gallery, Layton NJ 1986
Salute to the Program in Artisanry, Society for Arts and Crafts, Boston MA 1985
Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton Mountain VT 1984/85/86/87/88/94/95/96/97
Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro VT 1983/86/87
Common Ground Restaurant, Brattleboro VT 1983/86
“Make it New”, University of New Hampshire, Portsmouth NH 1982
AWARDS:
“Living With Craft”, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH Best in Functional Ceramics for “Tea Leaves” Tea Set. 2013
“Living with Craft”, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Sunapee NH
Public Choice Award and Best Collaboration Award, with Bill Butler, for Fountain 1997
“Living With Craft”, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH 2001
Best in Ceramics, for “Pinch Pot Trio”
“Art, Craft & Design”, League of NH Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH 2023
Best in Sculptural Ceramics for “Tidal Rocks: Sleeping Wolf”
Naomi has participated in the Brattleboro-West Arts Open Studio Tour since its inception in 2008, currently produced by Vermont Craft Council and the League of N.H. Craftsmen’s Fair in Sunapee, N.H. Since 1983. Her work may also be seen in a selection of craft outlets around the northeast.
She is a member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, the N.H. Potter’s Guild, the Vermont Crafts Council and is one of the founders (in 1983) of the Brattleboro Clayworks, a potter’s collective.
She has been working out of her home studio in West Brattleboro since the fall of 2003
Published in A Studio Potter magazine. January 1995
Published in Ceramics Monthly magazine. September 1996
Published in Handbuilt Ceramics, by Kathy Triplett, Lark Press 1998
Published in Colour in Clay, by Jane Waller, Crowood Press 1998
Published in Colouring Clay by Jo Connell, University of Pa. Press 2007
Published in Ceramics Monthly magazine. January 2016
Published in Working with Porcelain, Ceramic Arts Network 2018
COMMITTEE WORK
“Empty Bowls”, Brattleboro, VT October 2004, 2005. Putney, VT October 2006 to present
North Country Studio Workshops, November 2005 to March 2012
Brattleboro-West Arts Trustee, January 2008 – 2012, 2020 – 2023 and currently
BWA Publicity Committee, January 2008 to present