This interview with the potter Agnes Stark was recorded in the Memphis Listening Lab on August 3, 2022.

Agnes Gordon Stark is a studio potter creating functional and decorative stoneware. Her strong design and glaze technique combine to produce work that is widely recognized for its appealing originality. The stoneware has all of the safeguards necessary for kitchen use.

A native of Baltimore, Agnes received a BFA degree from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She studied pottery at the Memphis College of Art and also at Louisiana State University and under Michael Cardew at Arrowmont School of Crafts. She established her own studio in 1970.

Her work is sold to shops and galleries all over the country. Agnes creates an interesting variety of pieces which have been exhibited at The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the American Crafts Council Show in Dallas, the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge, and the Governor’s Mansion in Nashville. She is continually expanding her knowledge and abilities in her field and is active in preserving and extending the craft movement. 

Agnes came to Memphis to work at Front ST Theatre under George  Touliatos – She designed  the scenery for OH DAD, POOR DAD SOMEONE HUNG YOU IN THE CLOSET and MAJOR BARBARA!! 

She lives and works in Eads, Tennessee.