EDUCATION

1961 Trinity College, Washington, DC, A.B., major: biology, minor: chemistry
1973 Millersville University, Millersville, PA 19581, B.A. in art
1978 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, study with Robert Turner
 

AWARDS

2015 Theater Harrisburg 23rd Awards for Distinguished Service to the Arts in the Capital Region (with Bill Lehr)
2013 Governor’s Award for the Arts, Patron Award (with Bill Lehr), State of Pennsylvania
2003 Honorable Mention, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, 32nd Annual Juried Show
2003 Honorable Mention, Women’s Expressions, Lancaster, PA
2003 Judge’s Citation, 1999 WITF Auction, Harrisburg, PA
1997 The Harold Perilstein Award. 1997 Clay Today, Haverford, PA
1997 Judges Choice Award, 1997 WITF Auction, Harrisburg, PA
1996 Merit Award, 1996 Monarch National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, AL, Juror: Tony Fountain Sikes
1995 Tile Award, The 11th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, Juror: Michael W. Monroe
1992 Phil Patterson Memorial Award, The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
 

SOLO SHOWS

2020Late Ceramic Wall Work, New Arts Program Juried Solo Residency, Kutztown, PA.
2016Intersections in Clay, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD
2011Beverlee Lehr: Geometric Progressions, Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA.
2006Beverlee Lehr: Ceramic Wall Work, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA.
2003Beverlee Lehr, G.J. Cloninger and Co., Morris Plains, NJ.
2002Through Amy’s Eyes: Beverlee Lehr’s Recent Work, Doshi Gallery for Contemporary Art, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA.
2001Penn National Insurance, Harrisburg, PA.
2000The Summer Show, The Creative Arts Studio, Enola, PA.
2000Sculptural Paintings in Glazed Stoneware, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY.
1995Visual Inquiries: Sculptural Paintings in Glazed Stoneware, Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA
 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019Moon Invitational, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD
2017Susquehanna Art Museum, Doshi Open Studio exhibit, Harrisburg, PA
201645th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Suzanne Arnold Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
2015Tom Wolf Inaugural Exhibit of the Pennsylvania Arts,T he State Museum,of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
2015Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown PA. Invitational.
2014Doshi Gallery at The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
201342nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
2011Curator's Choice Exhibition, Cohen Gallery, Goggleworks, Reading, PA.
2010Uncommon Bond, HUB Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA.
2010Vaudeville! The Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA
2009The Fine Art of Giving, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
2009Berks Art Alliance, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA. Jurors: Nancy Barch, Douglas Wiltraut.
2009Uncommon Bond, Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA.
2009Make Your Mark, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA
2009Everything Old is New Again, Doshi Gallery, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
200938th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
2009Bones, Body, and Beyond, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA
2008Celebrate Doshi, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, curated by Carol Faill.
2007Uncommon Bond, Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
2007Parallel Universe, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA
2007Il Neige Au Soleil... Doshi Gallery, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2006Art of the State 2006, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. Juror: Doris Nogueria-Rogers.
2006Pennsylvania Craft Inaugural Juried Exhibition, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. Jurors: Robert Pfannebecker, Sylvia Lehman.
2005Steeples And Rooftops, Demuth Foundation, Lancaster, PA, Invitational.
2005To The Edge of the World, Whitaker Center, Harrisburg, PA.
2005The Paris Experience: Franklin and Demuth, Demuth Foundation. Invitational.
2004Fantasia, Susquehanna Art Museum Doshi Gallery, Harrisburg, PA. Juror: Beverlee Lehr
2004Yin/Yang, Morrison Gallery of Penn State, Harrisburg, PA. Jurors: Mary Hochendoner, Victoria Goodhart.
200415th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX. Jurors: Ruth and Rick Snyderman.
2004Poem, The Demuth Foundation, Lancaster, PA. Invitational.
2003Walker Kornbluth Art Gallery, 35th Annual Holiday Crafts Invitational, Fair Lawn, NJ.
2003Ode To Summer, Susquehanna Art Museum, Doshi Gallery for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA Juror: Jo Margolis.
2003Journey Within, Penn State University’s Morrison Gallery, Harrisburg, PA.
2003Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery’s 32nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Annville, PA. Juror: David Gliem, Ph.D.
2003VanGo! The Fine Art of Craft, Susquehanna Art Museum traveling bus exhibit, Harrisburg, PA
2003Women’s Expressions, Lancaster General Women and Babies Hospital, Lancaster, PA. Juror: N. Lee Stevens.
2002Suspend and Levitate, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA. Invitational.
2001Artistic Imaginings in Clay, Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, DC., Jurors: Ana Maria Escallon, Director, Art Museum of the Americas; Robert Devers, Corcoran College of Art and Design; Bonnie Lilienfeld, National Museum of American History.
2001Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2001, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. Jurors: Elaine Lorenz and Deborah Bedwell.
2001Architecture Show, William Ris Gallery, Camp Hill, PA. Invitational.
2000Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg, PA. Invitational.
1999Air, Fire, Earth, and Water, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA. Invitational.
1999Lebanon Valley College 27th Annual Spring Arts Juried Art Exhibition, Annville, PA. Juror: Lisa Tremper Barnes
1999Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts 1999 National Ceramic Competition, Florence, AL. Juror: Ruth Butler.
1998Mid-Atlantic Contemporary Tile Exhibition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Invitational.
1998Crafts National 32, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, Pal Juror: Chiche Scaglia-Davis.
1997Clay Today, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA. Jurors: Judy Moonelis, Alec Karros, and Ron Kuchta.
19961996 Monarch National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL. Juror: Toni Fountain Sikes.
1996Art of the State: Pennsylvania ’96, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. Jurors: Charles Searles, Michael W. Monroe.
1996Crafts National 30, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA, Juror: Michael W. Monroe.
1996The Eleventh Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX. Juror: Michael W. Monroe.
199668th Annual Juried Show, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA, Juror: Olga Viso.
1995The Tenth Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, Juror: Peter Bermingham.
1995Pennsylvania’s Best, The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
1994Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Auckland New Zealand. Juror: Jindra Vikova of the Czech Republic.
1994Ninth Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, Juror: Rob Barnard.
1994Art of the State: Pennsylvania ’94, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. Juried by Thomas Gentille.
1994Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL. Traveling Exhibit.
1994Pennsylvania’s Best, The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, Franklin and Marshall College, Dana Gallery, Lancaster, PA, Juried.
1994Born of Fire, Signature Gallery, San Diego, CA. Invitational.
1994Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg, PA, Invitational
1993Images, Objects and Adornments, Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA. Invitational.
1993 Pennsylvania’s Best, The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, Franklin and Marshall College, Dana Gallery, Lancaster, PA.
1993 Spring Exhibition, The Artisans Gallery, Great Neck, NY. Invitational.
1992Art of the State: Pennsylvania ’92, The State Museum, Harrisburg, PA.
1991 Regional Juried Exhibition, National Museum of Ceramic Art, Baltimore, MD, Juried by William Daley
 

COLLECTIONS

Susquehanna Art Museum at the Marty and Tom Philips Family Art Center
The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Lancaster Museum of Art
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
Public Financial Management, Harrisburg, PA
Monarch Tile, Inc., Florence, AL
Loeb and Loeb, L.L.P., New York, NY
Many Private Collections
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2020Publication of the New Arts Program, Beverlee Lehr, Late Ceramic Wall Work
2019Video: bctv.org – YouTube – Beverlee Lehr And Ceramic Wall Hangings -10/02
2015Harrisburg Magazine, September 2015, Gallery Space by Scott Campbell, “Sculptural Ceramic Forms Dominate Craftsman’s Work”
2011Harrisburg Patriot News Go, Lehr’s ceramic sculptures all have chemistry, Ellen Hughes, Art and Soul, 5/5
2008Angelica Pozo, 500 Tiles, Lark Books
2006Intelligencer Journal 3/24 Happenings, Lancaster, PA
2006The Sun, Lancaster Museum Shows Lehr Work, Hummelstown, PA
2004Angelica Pozo, Making & Installing Handmade Tiles, Lark Books, p.14.
2003Group Doshi art in the Morrison Gallery, the capital times News Magazine, Nov 10
2000Ceramics Monthly, “Up Front”, October, p. 20.
1999The Magazine of Trinity College in Washington, D.C. back cover, Spring
1997The Best of New Ceramic Art, Hand Books, Inc., pp. 5, 62, 63
1996Beverlee Lehr with Sandy Marrone, “Modular Inquiries,” Ceramics Monthly, May, 1996
1995Pennsylvania Crafts (The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen publication), front cover
1994Frank Giorgini, Handmade Tiles, Lark Books, p. 100.
1994Lynda Curtis, Libby Donohoe, Frank Giorgini, Tile Heritage Foundation symposium slide presentation on contemporary tile, San Jose, CA
1994-1997The Guild, Kraus Sikes, Inc., Guild 9, 10, 111, and 12 “Works for the Walls: Ceramics”