Mari Emori Wins Solo Show Award at Blue Line Arts
“My Water Drop Series symbolizes life and our symbiotic relationship with our environment. It embodies our profound reliance on water, both physically and spiritually. Drawing inspiration from the urgent challenges of global warming and other human provoked environmental crises, Silent Plea depicts a desiccated teardrop from Mother Nature, urging us to be responsible stewards of our environment.”
—Mari Emori @emoriceramics
Packing Peanut Dispenser for sale
Peanut Packing Dispenser, 20CF, Made in USA by Slip Seal, perfect working condition, bag has some stains. $90
Lee Middleman’s Spring Open Studio
Lee will be hosting his annual Spring Open Studio in Portola Valley on Saturday and Sunday, May 4 & 5, 2024 from 10am to 5pm. The Open Studio takes place at Lee’s studio and gallery at 16 Coalmine View, Portola Valley.
Lee will be presenting his recent work using crater-like glazes that he developed recently. He will of course be displaying his “classic” pieces as well. Come visit.
Lee’s gallery is also open by appointment. Just call Lee at 650-851-0295
Feats of Clay
CALL TO ARTISTS
“Feats of Clay 2024 Regional Competition”
SUBMISSION DETAILS
The Art League of Lincoln is rekindling the FEATS OF CLAY Art Show and Competition in West Placer County, CA. The show legacy celebrates the rich history in clay competitions and was formerly held at Gladding McBean Clay Manufacturing Company in Lincoln, CA. The 2024 Feats of Clay Competition will be a regional competition, with hopes to expand in future years. The Feats of Clay 2024 Regional ceramic competition will be showcased at the 580 Sixth St. Lincoln California art gallery location inside a replica bee hive kiln from June 13 to July 7, 2024.
We are delighted to have renowned ceramicist and ACGA Member Linda Fitz Gibbon jurying our exhibit. Born in New York, Fitz Gibbon has lived over 30 years in Northern CA. Artist residencies include Anderson Ranch Art Center and Vermont Studio Center. A dedicated community arts educator, Fitz Gibbon is an Art Professor at Cosumnes River College, Sacramento and also serves as Teaching Artist in Yolo County K-12 schools. Her work is in the collection of five museums.
All artwork submitted must be gallery ready to install, and if wall art, inclusive of integral wire installed for hanging. Work that is not for sale may be submitted. The Art League will provide pedestals.
There will be $5,000 in cash prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners, Honorable Mentions, a People’s Choice Award and multiple merit and purchase awards.
Up to three pieces of artwork may be submitted for consideration. Entry fee is $40 for up to 3 pieces. Members receive a 70/30 commission split (70% to the artist), and Non-Members receive 60/40 (60% to the artist).
TIMELINE OF EXHIBIT
- ENTRY DEADLINE: Entry application and payment must be received by Saturday, June 1st.
- NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTED ART: Artists will be emailed acceptance notices no later than June 6th.
- ART DELIVERY: All artwork must be submitted in person on Sunday, June 9th 12pm-3pm orMonday June 10th between 12:00–3:00 p.m. to The Art League of Lincoln, 580 Sixth Street, Lincoln, CA 95648.
- EXHIBIT DATES: The show will be on exhibit at the June 13th – July 7th at the 6th Street Gallery inside the Art Center at 580 Sixth Street, Lincoln, CA, 95648. The Art League is open Thursday- Sunday 11:00am-3:00p
- RECEPTION: Friday June 14th from 7:00-8:30pm (VIP First look preview June 14th from 6:00- 7:00pm)
- AWARDS: $5,000 in cash prizes will be awarded, including 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable Mentions, People’s Choice, and multiple purchase and merit awards.
- PICK UP ART: Artwork may be picked up from 3pm-5pm on Sunday July 7th or on Monday, July 8th from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.Art League of Lincoln requests that if you are unable to pick up your artwork during the allotted times, that you make arrangements to have it picked up for you.
Off Center 2024 – An International Ceramics Competition
It’s Okay To Be A Wild Flower — New Era Series
All people who identify as women should be able to love and celebrate whomever brings out their joyous wild side.
This sculpture is also literally about our California wildflowers. In this case a native Wild Iris is in the womb, protected and embraced. Our wild plants, animals and we, are an interdependent web of wildlife.
I began this piece as an older woman’s wild celebration, of still loving life, sex, family and creating art. And, I saw it as a defiant gesture! While working on this piece Roe v. Wade was being challenged! And then, I was personally challenged by a potential uterine cancer scare. So, the piece became therapeutic. No, I don’t have uterine cancer. Again, it became a celebration, but sober, thinking of all the loved ones who haven’t been so lucky.
Her body’s vessel holds a wildly joyous bouquet made up of a lightning bolt of energy, the moon mirroring the womb, her eye “seeing” you the stars and everything in the universe as entwined. The Okay gesture (NOT a reference to white power) says it is Okay to be a “lowly wild flower” a “wild” woman, I’m going to be Okay, and the determination that all women will prevail in the control of their own bodies.
And it’s Okay to foment the wild notion of changing this system we are struggling to live under. A system that does harm to any life deemed in the way of profit. Evolution, is about adapting and changing. Let’s embrace the wild side and do that!
Women’s Work Exhibition at the Pence Gallery
Women artists have long used humor and satire to critique the unequal treatment of women, in areas
from reproductive rights to their depiction in the media. Women’s Work is a sampling of contemporary
sculpture and paintings by thirteen artists who redefine gender and femininity through their art.
Exhibiting artists include ACGA member Linda S Fitz Gibbon and Chaitra Bangalore, Suzanne M. Long, Sue Bradford, Emma Luna, Shenny Cruces, Shonna McDaniels, Lisa Reinertson, lanna Nova Frisby, Nancy Selvin, Julianne Wallace Sterling, Shalene Valenzuela, and Amy Vidra.
Linda S Fitz Gibbon, Legs Up, 2023. 16″ x 11″ x 9″