EXHIBITIONS

Beecroft Gallery Winter Exhibition, Activate Visual Art Group, Westcliff on Sea, Essex - 2010

Potters at Jesus Lane, Cambridge - 2010

Haddenham Gallery, Anglian Potters Selected Members Exhibition - 2010

Village Green Arts Festival, Southend - 2010

Leigh Art Trail, Leigh on Sea, Essex. - 2010

Solo Exhibition, Southend Library - 2010

Activate Exhibition, Chelmsford Library - 2010

Potters in Jesus Lane, All Saints Church, Cambridge - 2009

51st Essex Open Exhibition, The Beecroft Art Gallery, Westcliff on Sea, Essex. - 2009

Art & Design Show, Cressing Temple Barns, Braintree, Essex. - 2009

Anglian Potters Summer Exhibition, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. - 2009

Ely Cathedral Exhibition, Ely. - 2009

Lola Swain is a self taught potter, working from a purpose built studio at her home in Leigh on Sea, Essex. She makes hand built earthenware, traditional coil pottery. The earthy forms are slip decorated with bold geometric designs and are evocative of Native American patterns.

Lola is an active member of the Leigh Art Trail, exhibiting and assisting in the event organisation plus an auction each year. She arranges schools’ exhibitions and children’s art workshops, demonstrations throughout the trail and manages the website. A selected member of the Anglian Potters Association she regularly exhibits in their collective exhibitions. As a member of Activate Visual Arts Group, based in Chelmsford, she plays an active and supportive role in promoting the visual arts.