James Lee Webb grew up in the front porch of the south in a small, somewhat quaint little town called North Middletown, Kentucky. He received his BFA in ceramics from Eastern Kentucky University before leaving his Old Kentucky Home to obtain an MFA in ceramics at Southern Illinois University in 2017. James has completed five long-term artist residency programs after graduate school, including New Harmony Clay Project in New Harmony, IN, Mudflat Pottery school in Boston, MA, Clay Art Center in Portchester, NY, Pocosin School of Fine Craft in Columbia, NC, and Queen City Clay in Cincinnati, OH. James currently teaches wheel throwing and hand building at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Dayton. He was one of few artists selected internationally by Ceramics Monthly Magazine as Emerging Artist in ceramics of 2019. His favorite color is RealTree Camouflage, and his favorite food is steak.