Her professional skill set is comprised of leadership roles in arts management, people management, project management, education, art consulting and fine art making. She is a ceramic artist and sculptor who has exhibited works for over seventeen years. She is currently a represented artist at MIXD Gallery in Rogers, AR. Her clients include design venues, interior design firms, interior architecture firms, selected home stores and the design trade. Many of her sculptural vessels are several feet wide or tall and make great center pieces or accents for the home.

Her professional ceramics teaching career spans ten years including at non-profit and for-profit art centers, summer camps, at the University of Missouri, City College of San Francisco and Laney College in Oakland, CA. She was the Operations Manager at a thriving ceramic art center of 350+ members and students at The Potters' Studio in Berkeley, Ca for two years. While on the Board of Directors she successfully transitioned TPS to a non-profit during the Covid-19 period. Leah played a crucial role in the studio’s expansion, increasing its capacity to serve over 500 people and generating over $1.4 million in revenue. She pioneered BIPOC and Young Artist scholarships, granting 35 individuals free studio access and workshop attendance annually.

She has taught all levels ceramics part-time at City College of San Francisco and Laney College in Oakland for three years. She has also taught 3D Design, Introduction to Art, and Beginning Ceramics at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She has offered Ceramics and Design courses online/hybrid using Blackboard, Canvas, and Zoom platforms. She has a passion for access to art for everyone, and has taught all ages, abilities and settings. She has even managed the ceramics program at NJY Summer Camps and taught High School Ceramics at Idyllwild Art Center.

While in the Bay Area, a few of her projects included commissions to Michelin star restaurant Sons & Daughters, designing ceramic furniture in collaboration with West Elm for their Oakland hotel, as well as being featured in Architectural Digest for her custom ceramics. Pollock has now been a resident of Bella Vista, AR for the past three years and is working at the University of Arkansas part-time as a Graduate Manager while pursuing her art making business. She has been published in Architectural Digest twice and has appeared in Elle Decor.