Marcia Selsor on mon 12 dec 05
Dear Clayarters,
My dear friend has passed on. She died Friday night of brain cancer. =20
Some of you may remember her from her presentations at NCECA. I am =20
pasting her obituary below.
I met her at NCECA in Boston in the 1980's. We had a great friendship =20=
after that. She was a great friend and I will miss her. NCECA can =20
give you that...life long friendships.
Marcia Selsor
Louana Lackey 1926-2005]
Louana was born on the same day as Marilyn Monroe and often said =20
=93Marilyn was the prettier one =94, but Louana had a much fuller life. =
=20
She grew up in Chicago and was educated as a =93Hutchins Baby=94, part =
of =20
a progressive educational program at the University of Chicago. Her =20
interests in ceramics began when she watched Maria Martinez =20
demonstrating at the Chicago World=92s Fair. Dr. Lackey received her =20
Ph. D. from American University in 1981 as a great accomplishment to =20
a life of varied professions. She was the mother of five daughters, =20
taught Art to many dignitaries=92 daughters at the Cathedral School in =20=
Washington, D.C. She was a field archaeologist who lived with the =20
potters of Acatlan and became an adopted member of the family and =20
Godmother to several of their children. As a research archaeologist =20
for The American University she wrote numerous environmental impact =20
statements for construction sites in the DC area visiting them in =20
full hard hat gear. She taught at the Maryland Institute College of =20
Art in Baltimore. She was the co-organizer for sessions for Ceramics =20
Ecology at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings. =20
She was well known in ceramics circles for her frequent presentations =20=
at NCECA conferences. Her wit, wisdom and generosity were her =20
trademarks.
Her work in the field as an ethnoarchaeologist, ethnographer, and =20
historian of pottery produced numerous articles on contemporary =20
ceramic artists, chapters in two volumes of Research in Economic =20
Anthropology as well as the following books: The Pottery of Acatl=E1n: =20=
A Changing Mexican Tradition (University of Oklahoma Press, 1982) and =20=
Rudy Autio (American Ceramic Society, 2002), and coeditor of A Pot =20
for All Reasons: Ceramic Ecology Revisited (Charles C. Kolb and =20
Louana M. Lackey, eds., Temple University, Laboratory of =20
Anthropology, 1988).
She was an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics, =20
one of eighty from the United States. She served on a number of =20
boards including the National Council on Education of Ceramic Arts =20
(NCECA) and served as President for the Senior Anthropologists =20
section of the American Anthropological Association.
She recently married Michael Salovesh, Associate Professor Emeritus, =20
Northern Illinois University; Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1971, a =20
social anthropologist, linquist of Mesoamerican focus after a three =20
year courtship. Together they completed the research for her major =20
project on Puebla Talavera Pottery. It will be written by a =20
colleague. They both passed away within two days of each other at =20
same hospice in Baltimore.
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Vince Pitelka on mon 12 dec 05
Marcia Selsor wrote:
"My dear friend has passed on. She died Friday night of brain cancer.
Some of you may remember her from her presentations at NCECA. I am
pasting her obituary below."
Marcia -
This is such sad news. Louanna Lackey should have outlasted Beatrice Wood,
because she certainly had the "spit and vinegar." I have such admiration
for people who maintain that kind of vitality and productivity into old age.
I met Louanna for the first time at NCECA some years ago, and although I
never knew her well, I certainly knew of her work, and always admired her
energy and her very forthright, outspoken manner. She is fortunate to have
lived such a full life, and she will certainly be missed.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
marianne kuiper milks on tue 13 dec 05
Dear Marcia,
i was so sorry to hear that your friend passed on. I know you will really miss her. It was clear to me that she had played such a vital part in your life. I hope you will carry with you all the greatness she was to you, and to others. I am glad she is now out of pain and in a more peaceful place.
Marianne
Vince Pitelka wrote: Marcia Selsor wrote:
"My dear friend has passed on. She died Friday night of brain cancer.
Some of you may remember her from her presentations at NCECA. I am
pasting her obituary below."
Marcia -
This is such sad news. Louanna Lackey should have outlasted Beatrice Wood,
because she certainly had the "spit and vinegar." I have such admiration
for people who maintain that kind of vitality and productivity into old age.
I met Louanna for the first time at NCECA some years ago, and although I
never knew her well, I certainly knew of her work, and always admired her
energy and her very forthright, outspoken manner. She is fortunate to have
lived such a full life, and she will certainly be missed.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
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Stephani Stephenson on tue 13 dec 05
I will always remember Louana from the time I roomed with her and
Marcia at the Fort Worth NCECA.
My first impression was of a tiny, bookish, elderly woman.
Very soon I realized I was in the presence of a woman with an
impressive mind , a rich command of language,
a sharp wit, and a most audacious and bawdy sense of humor.
I still laugh out loud when I remember a story she told about how she
got through
airports and to the fronts of a lines when she needed to.
Demonstrating how she approached a gate attendant, her voice , eyes
and demeanor changed from strong willed Louana into a meek
pretend-lost little old lady.
After the story she laughed uproariously at the joke she would have
just pulled off.
Even though I knew her for just brief time I am glad I attended her
fine NCECA presentations.
I admire her gusto and also her unapologetic intelligence in her work
and life.
I appreciate what she contributed to the world of ceramics with her
study and writing of ceramic traditions and processes.
Louana's life is one to celebrate and we benefit from her work.
Stephani Stephenson
steph@revivaltileworks.com
http://www.revivaltileworks.com
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