An artist who creates contemporary abstract works. Judy Barie also acts as a consultant for Contemporary Craft and Oxford Development. She splits her time between Pittsburgh and Chautauqua, New York, where she serves as the Susan and John Turben Director of CVA Galleries, and curates several exhibitions each summer for Chautauqua Institution. After earning a BFA from West Virginia University, Barie spent a year-long printmaking residency at Atelier 17, now known as Atelier Contrepoint in Paris, France. Barie is represented by Artists Circle Gallery in Bethesda,, Maryland; Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio; and Zynka Gallery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has had solo exhibitions at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York, Cumberland Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee, and G2 Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.

For more than three decades, Kate Lydon was Director of Exhibitions at Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, where she oversaw the installation of exhibitions mounted at CC’s main gallery and at the BNY Mellon satellite gallery. Involved in all decisions regarding exhibition development, selection of work, touring of exhibitions and development of public programming, Lydon earned dual degrees in Art History and French at Denison University in Ohio and her master’s degree from the Archival, Museum and Editing Program at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Lydon’s breadth of knowledge of the contemporary craft field, artist and process, and public education about craft is extensive. She has been an adjudicator for numerous national shows. Lydon served on the Board of Governors of Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN, from 2006-16 and the Board of Directors of The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) as 2018 On-site Liaison-Pittsburgh. Kate is currently a Presidential Appointee of NCECA’s Board of Directors working on special projects related to exhibitions and collecting.