Newsletter

President’s Message

As the autumn approaches and the days grow shorter, I’d like to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving. It’s been raining here in California and for that we must all be grateful. Please continue to take care and stay safe. I hope we all continue to be creative in these crazy times.

With gratitude,

Cheryl

Cheryl Costantini
707 823-0950 potters@sonic.net nichibeipotters.com
Nichibei Shop
@nichibeipotters

CERF+
A huge thank you to the more than 50 members who donated their work to CERF+ to be sold at the CERF+ Booth at the Festival. This was one of the best benefits we have ever had, and raised over $2500 for the CA fund of CERF+. Besides the sale of your donated work, the booth helped spread the word about the amazing work CERF+ is doing and encouraged some donations of money as well.

Thanks all. Keep CERF+ in mind and continue to support it in any way you can.
Jan Schachter and James Aarons – CERF+ booth coordinators

ACGA Exhibition News

SEISMIC STATE

We hope you’ll apply to this upcoming exhibition,”Seismic State: California Ceramics”, which will coincide with the NCECA 2022 conference in Sacramento. It’s open to all of you who live and work in California.

Application deadline: November 15, 2021.
Entry form at EntryThingy.com: https://www.entrythingy.com/d=acga.net#dashboard
Discount entry fee for ACGA members!

Description and Details:
California’s ceramics embody many cultures and traditions, but they also convey a certain freedom & edginess. ACGA is pleased to announce “Seismic State: Ceramics of California”, selected by NCECA as a Venue-Originated Exhibition during its 2022 conference in Sacramento. This show will celebrate sculptural & functional work by artists living & working in the state today. Juror Beth Ann Gerstein’s selections will join pieces by invited artists Ashwini Bhat, Keiko Fukazawa, Ben Medansky, Crystal Morey, Kristen Morgin, Adam Shiverdecker, Cheryl Ann Thomas, Kim Tucker, & Wanxin Zhang.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Association of Clay & Glass Artists of California (ACGA) and hosted by Sparrow Gallery in downtown Sacramento, within walking distance of the NCECA conference. As a Venue-Originated Exhibition, it will be promoted in conference materials as well as printed postcards, social media, and emails from ACGA and Sparrow Gallery.

Juror Beth Ann Gerstein joined AMOCA as Executive Director in 2014, following a twenty-year tenure as Executive Director for The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston, Massachusetts. She currently serves on the board of Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine. Gerstein is a former member of the Collections Committee of the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, former board member of the Glass Art Society, and served on the Lifetime Achievement Committee for the Society of North American Goldsmiths.

Gerstein holds an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Edinboro University.

WEBSITE LIAISON

Remember that if you would like to have your information to appear in the newsletter, you MUST send it to Bonita Cohn at news@acga.net, (Please separate image and text.)

MEMBER NEWS

Jan Schachter and Mari Emori

Jan Schachter (Vases and Vessels Collection), and Mari Emori (Sculpture Collection, cover) are among the winners chosen for the 2022 ICAN Wall Calendars.

https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/ican-membership/contests/calendars

If you are an ICAN member, you can order calendar(s) through the Ceramic Arts Network Shop with a member discount (20% off). It would be a lovely holiday gift!

Katy Kuhn and Kris Marubayashi – ‘Chain of Events’

October 1 – November 9. Desta Gallery,
100 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley

Vicki Gunter

Vicki is in Skulls and Roses – Remembrance and Rebirth, at Artworks Downtown San Rafael.

Skulls and Roses is about remembrance, rebirth and transformation in correlation with San Rafael’s Día De Los Muertos celebration. To paraphrase juror Camilo Villa: “Remembering and honoring life is one of the most powerful tools art has offered since ancient communities imprinted beliefs and practices in their cave paintings. Art allows us to understand our ancestors in order to understand and honor where we come from. These exhibiting artworks will immerse the audience in the process of birth, life, and death. Drawing the audience in to question what it means to live and die in this world today.”

Garden Open Studio and Sale!

Forrest Lesch-Middelton – TILE SECONDS SALE!

It’s that time of year again and this time our 2nds Sale will be bigger than ever… I know we’ve said that before but we’re moving studios in the new year so we’re serious!

In person tile + pottery sale begins this Sunday, Nov. 7th from 10:00am-3:00pm. If you are looking for pottery seconds this will be your best day to come by. Sale continues Monday- Friday by appointment, email flmceramics@gmail.com to schedule a time to shop. More dates and times on our website.
Online sale begins Nov. 15th.

As always, prices drop as the sale goes on but for the best quality tile shop early!

Nancy Yturriaga Adams – HOLIDAY OPEN STUDIO

Morning Glory Bluebird Tea
10″H x 7″W x 5″D

6909 Thompson Creek Rd
Applegate, Oregon

December 3, 4, & 6, 2021
Friday Saturday Sunday
10am-4pm or by appointment
541-846-1777
www.nancyadams.net

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/nancyadamsclayartist
Instagram: nancy_y_adams

We are fully vaccinated here. Mask appropriately.

Berkeley Potters Guild Celebrates 50 Years

After Thousands of Pots and Tons of Clay, the Berkeley Potters Guild Celebrates 50 Years.

Authors: Diane Blacker (Former Guild and ACGA Member) and Pamela Zimmerman (Current, longtime Guild President)

Twenty-one years ago, in the Spring of 2000, a notice appeared on the bulletin board in the entrance to the Berkeley Potters Guild informing its eighteen members the building was for sale. We all knew this might happen someday. Nonetheless, when I walked into our building and read the sign, I stood there in shock. Eighteen potters might soon be scrambling for new places to work.

The owners, called Clayshares, consisted of the original potters who first rented the space in 1971 and others who bought shares along the way. Clayshares had kept rents affordable for nearly 30 years, a rarity for workspace in Berkeley. Now reaching retirement age, they were ready to cash out. They offered the Guild first option to buy, with a discounted asking price, but even that was beyond the means of most of us.
Moments after I had read our building was for sale, a friend rang the doorbell. Pivoting quickly, I welcomed him in and showed him the sign. “You won’t believe this!” Rich exclaimed. “I just had a conversation with a neighbor who wants to buy a building for artists in Berkeley!” His neighbor had recently adopted two children and wanted this purchase to be an investment for them. Rich’s neighbor came to see the building the next day, and as I watched her, wide-eyed while she toured the large space with its warren of working studios and multiple kilns, I knew I had met our new landlady. By the Fall, it was a done deal. We had a 25-year lease.

In buying the building, the new owner rescued the oldest continuously operating ceramic studio in Berkeley. And we got a dream landlady, her kindness and generosity cannot be overstated. She not only has given us a 25-year lease, but she has also taken good care of the building and has never interfered with our operation. During the pandemic, she gave everyone a month’s free rent. She enabled the Berkeley Potters Guild to reach its 50th Anniversary!

The Guild was born in the 1970’s, on the heels of a world-wide cultural revolution of which California, and Berkeley in particular, was a major center. It was a heady, creatively explosive time. Young people were coming together from all over the country to make art and make a living by selling their work. A few of these artists were potters in Berkeley who worked in a building that became condemned. They found a new home in an 8,000 square-foot barren warehouse in West Berkeley and signed a five-year lease. In their first year they built all of the inside walls, including three lofts, and carved out 18 individual studio spaces, all still standing today. They built six natural-gas kilns for high-temperature firing and managed to hold a very successful sale (even by today’s standards) at the end of the year. After renewing the lease for another five years, they bought the building, and went on to create one of the most successful working spaces for ceramic artists in the Bay Area.

Many people have worked at the Guild over the last 50 years. While potters have come and gone, the Guild has survived, mainly because of the structure of the organization. The Guild provides a place for ceramicists – both skilled professionals and developing artists – to work independently. Each member runs and owns their own business, and each owns their own equipment. They come together to hold two well-attended sales a year – a two-week Spring Sale and a four-week Holiday Sale. They also participate together in annual community events such as the East Bay Open Studios and Berkeley Artisans Holiday Open Studios.

Another factor for the Guild’s longevity is that Guild members are all voting board members with equal say in Guild matters. Their excellent bylaws, which have not changed much, have been indispensable in resolving issues over the years. Also, the Guild never had to relocate, something that most certainly would have dispersed its members.

The Guild not only provides workspace for its members; it provides community. It is a place of acceptance and encouragement. Members are colleagues who support each other’s creative and professional development. Most members are professionals who make their living with clay; others are learning their craft. As one member said when she arrived, she was not a developed artist; the Guild provided a place where she could grow technically and artistically.

People come and go, but the Guild is stable both as a place to work and as a fixture of the Berkeley art community. It has enjoyed the wonderful support of loyal customers from the Bay Area and beyond. Its semi-annual sales are successful and well attended. Customers love to roam the building through the maze of studios, making b-lines to their favorite artists and also discovering new ones. During the rest of the year, guests visit the Guild’s beautiful gallery, open Saturdays, staffed by members. Their work has been highly regarded throughout the years and shown in fine galleries locally: the Asian Art Museum, the DeYoung Museum, and the Oakland Museum, as well as nationally and internationally.

Another feature of the Guild’s longevity is its ability to adapt to change. With changing membership, studios have been reconfigured, spaces have been combined or divided. Huge gas kilns have been moved around the building. Styles of work have changed as well. From the popular high-fire functional stoneware of the early days, members now also produce fine porcelain and brightly decorated mid-fired ceramics. This means a predominance of electric kilns over gas. There is a fabulous variety of styles and function: from traditional to contemporary, tableware to sculpture, large and small; functional vases and decorative wall pieces; whimsical figures and unique ceramic jewelry. Some work in mixed media, combining clay and fiber. In recent years, one member has branched into working with slumped glass, another has chosen to explore intricate textile work.

The Berkeley Potters Guild has been self-sustaining for 50 years. It has never received grants or subsidies. It has hosted workshops and a ceramic conference featuring renowned potters such as Gary Coleman, Robin Hopper, Chris Gustin, Lana Wilson and Sam Chung, with attendees from across the country.

The Guild has had a profound impact on the Berkeley art scene. Several founding members built private studios within blocks of the building. Our large sales draw art lovers to the area. Over the years, other art groups and private studios have gravitated to the neighborhood. Now, West Berkeley has officially been identified with colorful city banners as “West Berkeley Artisans District”.
The Berkeley Potters Guild survived the pandemic, with lines around the block waiting to enter the 2020 Holiday Show and Spring Seconds Sale. Rejoicing in the celebration of fifty years working in clay, providing a workspace that can accommodate 20 potters, hosting sales and workshops, a weekend Gallery, offering fine ceramics to the greater community.

Linda Mau

In October ACGA lost longtime member Linda Mau to pancreatic cancer. Linda was an emeritus member having joined ACGA in 1980. She was an artist of great skill and a beloved teacher, mentor and friend to many members of ACGA and Orchard Valley Ceramic Arts Guild (OVCAG) as well as numerous ceramic artists in the greater Bay Area. She participated in Clay and Glass for many years and helped with exhibitions, including
ACGA at the Olive Hyde Gallery in Fremont, CA. She pioneered vessel and sculptural forms made of paper clay formed and fired on a metal mesh
armature. She also made beautiful, bold forms in clay using soft slabs supported by tar paper. Linda taught at De Anza College in Cupertino
and more recently at Higher Fire in San Jose. Over the years she was an active and frequent workshop presenter for OVCAG.

The following tribute from Bill Geisinger speaks to Linda’s gifts as a teacher and mentor.
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“Linda Mau taught at De Anza College as an adjunct professor in ceramics for almost twenty years. She was generally scheduled to teach beginning
and intermediate wheel throwing. The fundamental skills that most students needed to learn. Linda was a gentle and encouraging master
potter. She required students to achieve one skill before moving on to the next level. She encouraged students to be individuals but at the
same time help and share with others. It is this precisely that made Linda a popular and loved teacher. Her students liked the challenges
they were assigned and the responsibility to share their own knowledge or skill.

Linda Mau we miss your energetic attitude and thank you for sharing with us at De Anza College.”

Linda leaves behind her spouse Rich whom she always referred to as her “best friend” and one brother. She also leaves behind a magnificent
body of work and the fond memories of the many potters whose lives she touched.

EXHIBITIONS

NOTE: Some of the dates/activities may no longer be correct, be sure to contact the organizer to confirm.

ALBANY

ABRAMS CLAGHORN GALLERY
“One Nest” investigates balancing what is good for human beings with what is beneficial for other species and the planet – our one nest, our only home, and a shared one. Recognizing that all life and ecosystems on our planet are deeply intertwined, we share these impressions in clay, ink and light. We believe in art as agency for change. Artists, historically, have been both witnesses and the raw material for envisioning the future in challenging and critical times. These ARE critical times. It is critical that we do our art. It is critical to make the peaceful revolutionary changes that allow the world to repair. Look closer with us.
Video Tour: https://abramsclaghornshop.com/collections/one-nest-earthworks

VIDEO TOUR: https://abramsclaghornshop.com/collections/one-nest-earthworks

1251 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
Tuesday – Sunday | 10-6pm and by appointment

BERKELEY

TRAX GALLERY

Our next exhibition at TRAX gallery in Berkeley, CA is “TABLE COMPANIONS”

TRAX Gallery has five unique Peter Voulkos color lithos
32″ x 24″, 1979, $1000 each, signed, unframed, email for more info.

1812 5th Street, Berkeley, CA  94710
510.540.8729
info@traxgallery.com      www.traxgallery.com

 by appointment –  call: 510.540.8729 or text 510.914.1303

CALLS FOR ENTRY AND OPPORTUNITIES

Abrams Claghorn Gallery in Albany Ca is looking for functional pottery to sell on consignment. This is for SF Bay Area artists only.

The shop at Abrams Claghorn would like simple, functional pottery to round out the selection of ceramics offered for sale.
Please send 10 or so images to Gallery@AbramsClaghorn.com. If your work fits with what we are looking for we can make an appointment to meet.

Abrams Claghorn Gallery pairs a curated gallery space with a museum-style store. Abrams Claghorn Gallery has exhibited fine art and functional artworks created by diverse Bay Area artists since April 2015. The Gallery hosts workshops that invite community members to learn about and work alongside the artists showcased in our exhibitions.

Abrams Claghorn Gallery is dedicated to being inclusive and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, military or veteran status, disability, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, and immigration status.

Thanks
Robby
510-526-9558 (gallery)
Abrams Claghorn Gallery, 1251 Solano Ave
Albany, Ca 94706

Sell Your Work at Filoli

Filoli invites artists to sell their work at various artists’ markets throughout the year. This is not a call for exhibiting artwork in the House, but rather for selling artwork to the public, usually outdoors. See below for more information about our events. If you are not able to sell at any event listed, you may also fill out an application below to be on our list of vendors.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0JipA4esH_QzVG8q_s3IATMXHN9NqyqTSxkqcCG4G8K1QDQ/viewform

Please fill out the form completely. If we are unfamiliar with your work, we may request pictures of your art and/or your booth set-up.

Questions? Please email Hilary King at hking@filoli.org. Please do not call.
We strive to send out acceptance or rejection letters within two weeks of receiving applications, but may take longer. Booth fee of $100 and forms are due within one week of receiving an acceptance letter.
Booth locations will be sent within 2 weeks of the event.Entry Fee: $30 OHCA members, $40 non-members, for up to three pieces. Payable on drop off.

Special Offer: Become a new OHCA member at the time of art delivery and receive one free entry! Call (415) 388-4331 or visit ohanloncenter.org for more details

After the Gold Rush

From: Kim Patillo afterthegoldrush1@outlook.com

2021 Show Schedule
Hi Everyone, We were hoping we wouldn’t have to write this notice – AGAIN! – but we’ve just received word from the Pleasant Hill Chamber that they’ve had to cancel the 2021 Art, Wine & Music Festival. After meetings with the County re health protocols for summer events, the County wants vaccine cards, current negative covid test results, thermometer checks, etc., and controlling of the attendees with regards to numbers, distancing, etc. Even a fenced-in event (how DO you fence in an entire downtown area anyway??) would be prohibitive in cost let alone a nightmare to enforce. And no one wants to ‘enforce’ anything at what should be a fun, happy outing. Contra Costa County seems to be one of the most strict in CA when it comes to holding outside events (see the new CDC guidelines below.)

The Chamber has asked us to send their sincere apologies to all for any inconvenience, and hope to hold the 2022 show with no restrictions from the County (Covid!!!) Dates will be October 8 & 9, 2022.

We still have spaces available in the Sept. 4 & 5, 2021 Arnold shows now. Please send in your applications if you want to do the show, even if you have to post-date a check for the entry fee (up to August 1).

With regard to the ‘Gifts ‘n Tyme Holiday Faire’ in Napa on Nov. 19 – 21, 2021, We should be at ‘herd immunity’ by late summer and the show is still over 6 months away, and we would expect even more relaxed guidelines when that goal is reached. See www.cdc.gov for the latest updates. Please continue to send in your applications – without entry fees – if you’re interested in doing the show. As well as knowing that the public will be confident enough to attend inside gatherings by November, we need to know that there are enough confident vendors that wish to do it as well.

We’ll be issuing refunds this week to anyone that’s already been accepted into the Pleasant Hill show. Please visit our website: www.afterthegoldrushfestivals.com – or email us if you’d like applications for any show with us. FYI, Kathryn at www.brotherspromotion.com and Mike at www.professionalartistsandcrafters.com have a good line-up of shows scheduled for this year if you’re interested.

On the positive side, we think that ANY festivals that manage to happen this year are going to be great – the public is overdue and anxious to get out there and shop and have fun!

Hang in there, folks. it’s gotta get better from here

Kim & Mark, After the Gold Rush

You can download applications from the website: www.afterthegoldrushfestivals.com or email us & we’ll send you them. Call us at 925-372-8961 anytime.

DONATE

In conjunction with NCECA 2022 The Pence Gallery in Davis CA is mounting an exhibition honoring the Legacy of Viola Frey, the creativity she unleashed and the women artists she encouraged. This CCA(C) exhibition will include current faculty and grads with an emphasis on the inventiveness Viola fostered that thrives today in CCA’s ceramic program. I am asking you to make a contributions of $100 to the Pence Gallery to support this historic exhibition and accompanying catalog but any amount is invaluable. Your donation is tax deductible: Pence is a 501c3 Non Profit Organization. You will be acknowledged as a contributor in the catalog and in the exhibition.

Please leave a note when you donate that your gift is intended to support the CCA/NCECA exhibit.
https://pencegallery.z2systems.com/np/clients/pencegallery/donation.jsp
or mail your contribution to
Pence Gallery, 212 ‘D’ Street, Davis CA 95616
Thanks for your support,
Nancy Selvin

SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

President’s Message

It is with an enormous amount of joy that I, and the entire ACGA community, celebrate the return of The Clay and Glass Festival. We are grateful to the Palo Alto Art Center for continuing to provide the lovely venue where we can safely be outdoors and share our work with the public. It has, and continues to be, a challenging time, but I believe that the power of creativity and beauty help mitigate the trying times and enrich our lives. We look forward to seeing many of you on September 11 and 12.

As a volunteer organization, ACGA relies on its’ members to make things happen. I would Like to acknowledge the long-time serving board members for their continuing efforts on behalf of us all. Jan, Lee, April, and Bonita, thank you for your long-time service. Sally, Emil, Joe, Trudy, thank you as well, your continued support is appreciated! And to our newest board members, Ian, Chelsea and Mari, thank you for stepping up, you all are awesome, and add real value to the group. All of these people make ACGA happen. Check out their bios on the ACGA website to get to know them better. https://acga.net/board-of-directors/ You too can make a difference. I would like to encourage those of you who have a bit of extra time, some passion for the arts, perhaps some organizational or creative skills to consider joining the board or offering your skills through volunteering. We meet monthly via Zoom, so no longer does living far away limit participation. Even if at some point we reinstate our monthly dinners and meetings, a new member could certainly still participate via Zoom. Board elections happen at the end of the year. Please reach out to me if you would like more info. It’s a great group of people and we would love to welcome you aboard. New ideas are central to any healthy organization. Since joining the board 4 years ago, my vision and goals for ACGA have circled around developing a more sustainable, forward thinking, inclusive organization that can meet the needs of both existing members as well as the next generation of Clay and Glass artists. I welcome your thoughts and ideas – feel free to email me!

Cheryl Costantini
707 823-0950 potters@sonic.net nichibeipotters.com
Nichibei Shop
@nichibeipotters

Exhibition News

RADIUS GALLERY
August 4th – September 12th

What Remains

Over 40 works by nineteen ACGA Artists, demonstrating the depth, breadth and process of clay and glass mediums. The exhibit includes a range of interpretations of the concept of “What Remains” – whether it be focused on process and technique, or social or cultural narrative. The work ranges from utilitarian, figurative, and sculptural pieces, to installations.

Juried by Ann Hazels, Director, Radius Gallery

Pictured at left: Mari Emori, Lynne Mead, Rose Hagan, Liz Crain and Sally Fairfax

Exhibiting Artists: James Aarons, Susana Arias, Sylvia Chesson, Liz Crain, Mari Emori, Sally Fairfax, Janet Fullmer-Bajorek, Rose Hagan, Sonja Hinrichsen, Chris Johnson, Joseph Kowalczyk, Lynne Meade, Jane Peterman, Bruce Pizzichillo, Margaret Realica, Miki Shim, Cynthia Siegel, Daniel Stingle, Melissa Woodburn

RADIUS GALLERY
1050 River St Unit 127
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

International Conference

From Judith Schwartz and Forwarded by Jan Schachter

“I am emailing to let you know about an international conference coming up this month that I feel confident you will want to know about, register for and inform your professional community about.

It will mark the 49th Congress of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC), in collaboration with the Arctic Ceramics Center (ACC), and will take place online on September 22 and 23, 2021.

The Theme: “On the Edge” reflects not only the location of the Congress (Lapland) but the pulse of our time as we emerge from the global pandemic.

The program of this two-day virtual meeting includes international speakers, national and international exhibitions, presentations by IAC members on current issues that effect our time and opportunities for interactive discussions. The conference hopes to develop critical positions as it moves into a post Covid world and provides a framework for these primary topics of exploration: Signals from the Future, Social and Political Realities, Locality and Materiality and Making and Wellbeing.

“On the Edge” is particularly significant as it provides an opportunity to re-imagine, rethink and restart a dialog that addresses both mainstream and margins within ceramic art, design and crafts. We will bring together communities of artists, researchers, collectors, curators, writers, historians, and gallerists in a unique forum.

Information to register is found at the following link:
https://rovaniemi-posio2021.aic-iac.org.

WEBSITE LIAISON

Remember that if you would like to have your information to appear in the newsletter, you MUST send it to Bonita Cohn at news@acga.net, (Please separate image and text.)

MEMBER NEWS

Claudia Tarantino Workshop

Zoom Workshop
When: September 4th 2021
Time: 1 to 4 p.m. PST
Where: Online through Zoom Webinar
Description: Claudia Tarantino works with porcelain to create trompe l’oeil sculpture. Her works are comprised of multiple objects assembled into a narrative still life. In her workshop Claudia will demonstrate her handbuilding techniques with an emphasis on detail in forming, underglazing and china paint application. She will also discuss the aesthetics of composition and the adhesives used in the final assembly of the work.

Claudia is a two-time recipient of Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grants and she exhibits nationally and is in numerous private collections and museums. She and her husband, Bill Abright, maintain a studio together in San Anselmo, CA.

Register Now: https://www.shop.natsoulas.com/upcomingworkshops/p/claudia-tarantino-zoom-workshop

To view all workshops, click here.

Lee Middleman

Three of Lee Middleman’s ceramic artworks have been purchased for the 10th China Changchun International Ceramics Symposium this summer. Changchun is the capital of northeast China’s Jilin province. The exhibition runs from August 5 to November 15, 2021. One piece, shown here (l) is entitled: Desert Pine Tribute, 12″ tall.

Vicki Gunter

Vicki is in several shows:
Posies: A Pocketful
Gearbox Gallery in Oakland
Curated by Ruth Santee
Aug 26 – Oct 2, 2021
770 West Grand Ave
Oakland, CA 94612
510-271-0822
info@gearboxgallery.com

Women Artists Make Their Mark
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
Juried by Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray
Aug 9–Oct 1, 2021

Menagerie
Epperson Gallery
Juried by Ariel Bowman
July 23, 2021 – September 12, 2021

Lynn Wood

A Workshop was taught by Lynn Wood at the Mendocino Art Center.

This workshop was about enhancing one’s hand-built work by combining a number of surface techniques using textures, colored slips, and underglazes. The techniques that were covered include slip trailing, using commercial and DIY stencils, DIY underglaze transfers, mono printing, underglaze inlay and more…adding some color techniques into the surface toolbox.

To see all workshops, please click here.

Thomas and Kathy Arakawa

“Kathy and I have been keeping ourselves busy. Last May we delivered 50 pieces of our work for a big project for a major search engine company and few weeks after we got fully vaccinated!

We have few shows in fall and new items available on our online store.

Hope to see you hear from you soon! Until then, please stay safe and healthy!”

Sincerely, Thomas and Kathy Arakawa

Ikebana Containers for Professionals and Artists: ikebanavase.com
OFAD Seminar, Organization of Floral Art Designers
October 7 – 10, 2021, https://ofad.design/
Our studio is now open on Wednesdays and Sundays by appointment.

Natasha Dikareva

Kansas City has Dogota for the 14th Contemporary Figurative Art Show.
https://mailchi.mp/9f61c88aa270/13th-contemporary-figurative-show-13358922?fbclid=IwAR270PKmMyf1HN6JtfKHDmAuA5TRYLkRY-Eb69mdXUQ35kEXVt_0SxCrELs

In Exeter, my piece won best in show and quickly found a new home! You can read about it here on the CarriageTowne News: https://www.carriagetownenews.com/news/lifestyles/best-in-show-winner/article_a59c34bc-d9c4-11eb-81e8-4bfc8d2d9ba5.html

“Forest Diaries” arrived safely to the Arc Gallery in San Francisco and I am showing them at the 12th Annual invitational FourSquared exhibition. Arc Gallery, 11246 Folsom St, San Francisco
Exhibition runs: August 28 – October 9, 2021

In September, I’ll be bringing two of my sculptures for the Honoring, an Attleboro Arts Museum Invitational Exhibition Inspired by Joy Harjo’s An American Sunrise poem.
I dedicated both of my sculptures to the nurses. “How much can you take?” draws on the idea of bodily knowledge of how to heal oneself.
Exhibition runs: September 18 – September 25, 2021.

Another piece has found a new home in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was shown for less than a month at the Seacoast Artist Association Gallery.
“I am happy to see my work being appreciated here.”

Forrest Lesch-Middelton

This year’s American Pottery Festival hosted by the amazing folks at Northern Clay Center is all virtual and offers amazing workshops and an online gallery for shopping. It is their biggest annual fundraiser and it is incredible! I’m selling work from my collaborative project with Arash Shirinbab, “Contain and Serve”.

Sale is live and workshops have already started!
www.nccshop.org/american-pottery-festival

EXHIBITIONS

NOTE: Some of the dates/activities may no longer be correct, be sure to contact the organizer to confirm.

ALBANY

ABRAMS CLAGHORN GALLERY
“One Nest” investigates balancing what is good for human beings with what is beneficial for other species and the planet – our one nest, our only home, and a shared one. Recognizing that all life and ecosystems on our planet are deeply intertwined, we share these impressions in clay, ink and light. We believe in art as agency for change. Artists, historically, have been both witnesses and the raw material for envisioning the future in challenging and critical times. These ARE critical times. It is critical that we do our art. It is critical to make the peaceful revolutionary changes that allow the world to repair. Look closer with us.
Video Tour: https://abramsclaghornshop.com/collections/one-nest-earthworks

VIDEO TOUR: https://abramsclaghornshop.com/collections/one-nest-earthworks

1251 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
Tuesday – Sunday | 10-6pm and by appointment

BERKELEY

TRAX GALLERY
Please visit TRAX online!  If you’d like an in person visit, before we reopen regular hours in October, please text or call Gianna our gallery assistant, Giana at 707.290.3305

“I don’t separate pots by how they were fired or made but by the feeling they occupy – their ‘being.’ I am on friendly terms with wood kilns and electric kilns, high fire and low fire. No matter the technique it really only holds merit if it leads to ‘good’ pots.”
-Bede Clarke, excerpt from artist statement

Bede Clarke has been a Professor of Art at the University of Missouri since 1992. He received his Master of Fine Arts from The University of Iowa (1990) and a BFA from Eckerd College (1982). Bede’s work is found in public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.

The soul of a pot, its “being,” is born in the hands of the potter and grows through the relationship you create with it: the ritual of pouring hot water into a teapot, the intention behind placing flowers in your beloved vase, the simple pleasure of a beautiful, functional object.

Go to TRAX Gallery’s website, where you will find Bede’s work as well other artist’s work.

Our next exhibition is in November with Mark Pharis, Noah Riedell, Birdie Boone and Candace Methe

Curated Virtual Clay
Your resource for the best videos, podcasts, glaze recipes, projects for kids, and more.
http://www.amoca.org/events/virtualclay/

Marvin Lipofsky: International Studio Glass
International Terminal – Departures – Level 3

August 10, 2021 – September 25, 2022

Marvin Lipofsky (1938–2016) was a founding member of the American studio glass movement. Throughout his career, Lipofsky explored the limits of form and color in glass and helped to elevate the medium to a fine art. Lipofsky’s most prolific period featured glass sculpture that was initiated in a collaborative setting, such as a factory or workshop, and then finished in his home studio in Berkeley, California. Whether it was created stateside or in a foreign country, each sculptural series is unique and reflects the culture and environment in which it was made.

Lipofsky was an innovative force in the early years of experimentation with studio glass. He studied with Harvey Littleton and his first group of glassblowing students at the University of Wisconsin and received MFA and MS degrees in Sculpture in 1964. Later that year, Lipofsky founded a studio glass program at the University of California, Berkeley, followed by another program in 1967 at the California College of Arts and Crafts (now the California College of the Arts) in Oakland. Lipofsky invited glassmakers from across the country and around the world to lecture and demonstrate at both schools, beginning in 1968 when he inaugurated the annual Great California Glass Symposium to bring artists and students even closer together.

During the 1970s, Lipofsky refined his formula for creating collaborative glass sculpture. The first stage was fast-paced and involved a number of glassmakers working in concert with one another over a handful of days. Multiple layers of clear and colored glass were heated in a furnace and rolled onto the end of a blowpipe. Once the hot glass was blown into a suitable bubble, it was placed into a mold to form its initial shape. Upon return to his Berkeley studio, Lipofsky shifted to a more reflective and contemplative approach. He spent countless hours with a diamond saw, pneumatic grinder, belt sander, and sandblasting cabinet, sculpting his blown glass forms into lively and organic expressions of studio craft.

For close to five decades, Lipofsky worked in glass factories and workshops in more than twenty-five countries on five different continents, earning him the title of the “roving ambassador of glass.” A master of adapting to different cultures, he excelled at transcending language barriers and making efficient use of the resources at hand. Discarded molds, surplus glass, and the experience of his colleagues all lent a distinct character to each of his collaborative series. With great respect for glassmakers and their unique environments, Lipofsky consistently followed the path of local talent and molten glass to stunning and surprising outcomes.

Marvin Lipofsky working with Stefan Stefko and team, Nový Bor, Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic] 1986
photograph by Karel Bartonicek
Courtesy of Marvin Lipofsky Studio
R2020.1501.026

CALLS FOR ENTRY AND OPPORTUNITIES

Alameda County Arts Commission

PUBLIC ART – CALL FOR ARTISTS

Deadline: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 (10:59pm Pacific Time)

Alameda County Artist Registry

The Alameda County Arts Commission invites visual artists to submit an application to the new Alameda County Artist Registry, a prequalified list of artists that will be used for upcoming public art opportunities managed by the Alameda County Arts Commission. Public art opportunities for emerging, mid-career and established artists that will include outdoor and indoor projects with a range of budgets and will be appropriate for artists working in a variety of materials and styles. Open to artists from the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, and Yolo.View the complete Call for Artists at: https://bit.ly/ArtistRegistryCall
Applications for the Artist Registry must be submitted online through the CaFÉ™ website by Wednesday, September 15, 2021 (10:59pm Pacific Time) at: https://bit.ly/ACCAFElink

QUESTIONS & CONTACT INFORMATION
For questions regarding this opportunity, please contact the Office of the Alameda County Arts Commission at (510) 208-9646 or artscommission@acgov.org.

Deadline: DROP OFF SUBMISSIONS IN PERSON: September 24 & 25, 2021

Enter the 17th Annual Wabi-Sabi – IN GALLERY O’Hanlon Center Show

“…celebrating the simple, the rustic, the unassuming; the dignity of things imperfect, uncontrolled and incomplete; the transient beauty of the natural world…

ENTRY PROCESS: On Entry Dates shown below… please hand-deliver (no slides or digital submissions) up to three pieces of work to: O’Hanlon Center for the Arts • 616 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley CA 9494. There is an artwork submission form to fill in- which can be done by hand on the day, or you can do in advance via this PDF and print 3 copies of the first page to bring in with you.

VENUES

Abrams Claghorn Gallery in Albany Ca is looking for functional pottery to sell on consignment. This is for SF Bay Area artists only.

The shop at Abrams Claghorn would like simple, functional pottery to round out the selection of ceramics offered for sale.
Please send 10 or so images to Gallery@AbramsClaghorn.com. If your work fits with what we are looking for we can make an appointment to meet.

Abrams Claghorn Gallery pairs a curated gallery space with a museum-style store. Abrams Claghorn Gallery has exhibited fine art and functional artworks created by diverse Bay Area artists since April 2015. The Gallery hosts workshops that invite community members to learn about and work alongside the artists showcased in our exhibitions.

Abrams Claghorn Gallery is dedicated to being inclusive and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, military or veteran status, disability, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, and immigration status.

Thanks
Robby
510-526-9558 (gallery)
Abrams Claghorn Gallery, 1251 Solano Ave
Albany, Ca 94706

Sell Your Work at Filoli

Filoli invites artists to sell their work at various artists’ markets throughout the year. This is not a call for exhibiting artwork in the House, but rather for selling artwork to the public, usually outdoors. See below for more information about our events. If you are not able to sell at any event listed, you may also fill out an application below to be on our list of vendors.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0JipA4esH_QzVG8q_s3IATMXHN9NqyqTSxkqcCG4G8K1QDQ/viewform

Please fill out the form completely. If we are unfamiliar with your work, we may request pictures of your art and/or your booth set-up.

Questions? Please email Hilary King at hking@filoli.org. Please do not call.
We strive to send out acceptance or rejection letters within two weeks of receiving applications, but may take longer. Booth fee of $100 and forms are due within one week of receiving an acceptance letter.
Booth locations will be sent within 2 weeks of the event.Entry Fee: $30 OHCA members, $40 non-members, for up to three pieces. Payable on drop off.

Special Offer: Become a new OHCA member at the time of art delivery and receive one free entry! Call (415) 388-4331 or visit ohanloncenter.org for more details

After the Gold Rush

From: Kim Patillo afterthegoldrush1@outlook.com

2021 Show Schedule
Hi Everyone, We were hoping we wouldn’t have to write this notice – AGAIN! – but we’ve just received word from the Pleasant Hill Chamber that they’ve had to cancel the 2021 Art, Wine & Music Festival. After meetings with the County re health protocols for summer events, the County wants vaccine cards, current negative covid test results, thermometer checks, etc., and controlling of the attendees with regards to numbers, distancing, etc. Even a fenced-in event (how DO you fence in an entire downtown area anyway??) would be prohibitive in cost let alone a nightmare to enforce. And no one wants to ‘enforce’ anything at what should be a fun, happy outing. Contra Costa County seems to be one of the most strict in CA when it comes to holding outside events (see the new CDC guidelines below.)

The Chamber has asked us to send their sincere apologies to all for any inconvenience, and hope to hold the 2022 show with no restrictions from the County (Covid!!!) Dates will be October 8 & 9, 2022.

We still have spaces available in the Sept. 4 & 5, 2021 Arnold shows now. Please send in your applications if you want to do the show, even if you have to post-date a check for the entry fee (up to August 1).

With regard to the ‘Gifts ‘n Tyme Holiday Faire’ in Napa on Nov. 19 – 21, 2021, We should be at ‘herd immunity’ by late summer and the show is still over 6 months away, and we would expect even more relaxed guidelines when that goal is reached. See www.cdc.gov for the latest updates. Please continue to send in your applications – without entry fees – if you’re interested in doing the show. As well as knowing that the public will be confident enough to attend inside gatherings by November, we need to know that there are enough confident vendors that wish to do it as well.

We’ll be issuing refunds this week to anyone that’s already been accepted into the Pleasant Hill show. Please visit our website: www.afterthegoldrushfestivals.com – or email us if you’d like applications for any show with us. FYI, Kathryn at www.brotherspromotion.com and Mike at www.professionalartistsandcrafters.com have a good line-up of shows scheduled for this year if you’re interested.

On the positive side, we think that ANY festivals that manage to happen this year are going to be great – the public is overdue and anxious to get out there and shop and have fun!

Hang in there, folks. it’s gotta get better from here

Kim & Mark, After the Gold Rush

You can download applications from the website: www.afterthegoldrushfestivals.com or email us & we’ll send you them. Call us at 925-372-8961 anytime.

DONATE

In conjunction with NCECA 2022 The Pence Gallery in Davis CA is mounting an exhibition honoring the Legacy of Viola Frey, the creativity she unleashed and the women artists she encouraged. This CCA(C) exhibition will include current faculty and grads with an emphasis on the inventiveness Viola fostered that thrives today in CCA’s ceramic program. I am asking you to make a contributions of $100 to the Pence Gallery to support this historic exhibition and accompanying catalog but any amount is invaluable. Your donation is tax deductible: Pence is a 501c3 Non Profit Organization. You will be acknowledged as a contributor in the catalog and in the exhibition.

Please leave a note when you donate that your gift is intended to support the CCA/NCECA exhibit.
https://pencegallery.z2systems.com/np/clients/pencegallery/donation.jsp
or mail your contribution to
Pence Gallery, 212 ‘D’ Street, Davis CA 95616
Thanks for your support,
Nancy Selvin

SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Important Message: Sept. 11-12, 2021: Clay & Glass Sale!

More information here –

President’s Message

It is an exciting time for ACGA. Once again, we will be able to gather in Palo Alto for the 28th annual Clay and Class Show, this year, happening in September. The relative isolation many artists feel was compounded this past 17 months for many of us, and it will be great to be together again. I have heard so many tales of these Covid times offering artists an opportunity to dig deep and explore. I know that here at Nichibei, my husband and I have discovered new glazes, shapes and even new ways to run our business; a silver lining for sure.

Another jury for artists to become festival eligible will happen before the Show, and the deadline for submissions is July 10. Please encourage other Clay and glass artists you might know whose work you think is of quality to apply. Growing the clay and glass community here in California is a goal of ACGA as we strive to become an organization that is more accessible and relevant. Especially younger artists who may be at the beginning of their artist journey, we want ACGA to be a partner in your growth. So as summer settles in and the days grow warmer, I can’t help but look back as well as forward. I’m reminded to be grateful for so much, and to send healing compassion to those who are hurting. I will miss those who have passed on and yet am comforted in knowing that their artistic creations, and hence spirits, endure.

Cheryl Costantini
707 823-0950 potters@sonic.net nichibeipotters.com
Nichibei Shop
@nichibeipotters

ACGA Clay and Glass Festival Update

Yes! We can call it a Festival!

Annie from Giant Creative is preparing to email confirmations to Festival Artists as I write this. We will continue to keep an eye on COVID-19 safety rules for Santa Clara county as well as any additional guidelines the Palo Alto Art Center may set.

We would like to have an attractive, interactive artist list for the Festival so please update your profile page on the ACGA website – see the For Members menu – if you haven’t already done so. Need help resizing your profile images for the ACGA website? Ask James Aarons for help: james@jamesaarons.com. If you forgot your password, you can request a password reset from the login page: https://acga.net/login/ It might take a few minutes to receive a password reset link at your profile’s email address.

Financial questions? Ask April Zilber at zilberglass@gmail.com

Other festival questions? Ask Annie at annie@giantcreative.com

See you in September!

April, for the Festival Committee
The Festival Committee (Jan, Lee, Joe, April, Mari, Sally, Miki, Diane)

WEBSITE LIAISON

Remember that if you would like to have your information to appear in the newsletter, you MUST send it to Bonita Cohn at news@acga.net, (Please separate image and text.)

MEMBER NEWS

Mari Emori

Mari’s “Verdant” has been accepted into Clay International, the Workhouse Arts Center 11th annual Juried Exhibition.

Juror: Kevin Snipes

Exhibition: August 7 – October 10

Location: Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia

“My Water Drop Series emerged as a metaphor for life and environment. It symbolizes the importance water plays in our lives and our environment. California, where I live, has been suffering from severe drought for the past several years. I was inspired by the striking blue sky and breathtaking clouds that I saw after a rainstorm in early spring. Without water, the environment depicted in “Verdant” could not exist.”

Jane B Grimm

Jane gave an Artist Talk , June 5th, at Epperson Gallery, “Flow”.

In positive psychology, a flow state, also know colloquially as being in the zone, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.

“Creativity always has been part of my like. I was born into a family of architects and artists. However, I did not seriously focus on making art until I was in college where one third of my course load was sculpture. I have been experimenting with materials, styles, and content ever since. I began by having a jewelry business in NYC in the 60’s making jewelry that could be considered small scale sculptures. In the 80’s, having tired of running a business, I decided to use clay as my material of choice. There are few limitations in creating sculptures in clay. Texture and color and surface treatment options are limitless. Most of my work is organic, reminiscent of things in nature, the sea, plant life, microscopic forms. Other sculptures are very structural, architectural, focusing on form.

As I am making one piece, I start questioning how it would look if I just made this one change, or maybe that one change. What if I change the dimensions, the form, the color, the finish…My artistic journey continues.”

Liza Riddle

Liza is one of the featured artists at DZINE Gallery, located in San Francisco. In this new exhibit, One of Many, Liza joins stellar artists Karyn Gabriel and Tanya Hollis, who use similar media and materials, and present art that replicates patterns and natural processes.
As curator Philip Bewley writes: “Material becomes metaphor for time and transformation, for our human identity, our place within a larger community, and for being a witness to the dramatic changes in the world around us.”

The exhibit will be on view from June 18 -August 20, 2021.
For more information, please visit DZINE Gallery’s website:
https://www.dzinegallery.com/

Vince Montague

Vince gave an Artist Talk at Epperson gallery, on June 6th.
“The work I make is subjective and personal, based on feeling rather than thought. My earlier ceramics showed my interest with Japanese folk pottery and atmospheric firing, but recently I have wanted to make pots that feel closer to the place where I live and work in Northern California. Before the revolution in technology, people moved to the west coast to pursue their dreams “to find themselves” or to build the type of world they wanted to see. “Back to the Land” wasn’t just a slogan but an actual choice. I feel a
great debt to the many artists, designers, architects, composers, farmers, utopians, iconoclasts and spiritual seekers who settled out here in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, to manifest their own ideals of living peacefully and equitably either alone or in communities. That burst of energy surrounds me every day, and my new work strives to be part of that dream.”

Kris Marubayashi

Kris is in the following shows:
Solo show, Graci Gallery, Marquette, Michigan. June 1 – 30 and “Slice”, Pence Gallery, Davis, California.

Reception July 9 6-9 pm. Show dates – July 6 – August 15.

Kim Webster – Member Profile

Kim Webster, a new member, is a glass artist and avid gardener whose subtly lit sculptures tempt people into the garden at night. A graduate of Canada’s Sheridan College School of Craft and Design, Kim has studied glass in many of its forms: blowing, casting, kilnworking and enameling. After a move to California with her filmmaker
husband in 1999, Kim established her glass career with sculptures inspired by the Mediterranean landscape. She has
been commissioned to make installations for Kaiser and John Muir hospitals as well as private homes and gardens
throughout the USA. Her work has twice been selected for the Corning Museum of Glass New Glass Review and in 2019 won the Mayor’s Award for her installation at Oakland’s Autumn Lights Festival, an event she looks forward to every autumn!

Kim in Fairy Wings (left) Pyro Plant (right)

Sad News About Bob Poole

Bob Pool, forty years an amazing potter, longtime ACGA member and past ACGA president, died suddenly in his Berkeley home on May 31, 2021. He had been battling cancer for the last three years but was doing extremely well, Bob had started back working in the studio. His death was a shock as he was feeling well, looking very fit, and in very good humor. He had just spent a day working with his grandkids in the studio. Bob was planning to visit Korea in November to meet with the international group of potters he had been working with for the last 15 years.

Bob was of the fifth generation of Pools born in San Francisco (1946) and was raised in Marin County, mainly in Fairfax. He graduated from Drake High School in San Anselmo. His original career was in Marine Biology (A.B. from University of California, Berkeley, PHD. from University of California Los Angeles.) In 1982 he took a pottery class. Bob fell in love with making pots and left his work in science to become a studio potter.

His love and knowledge of the natural world, particularly the ocean, was reflected in his forms and glazes. He also took inspiration from Asian and African fabrics. In his last years of work, he was deeply influenced by working with his dear friends in Asia, and with potters from around the world. He was a founding member of the International Ceramic Artist Association, Zibo, China. Bob was studying Korean so he could better communicate with his Korean colleagues. Bob was an expert potter and his wares were light and masterfully decorated. He was most well-known for his glaze on glaze decoration applied with pattern carved sponges and his stamped and inlayed vessels inspired from the Korean tradition. He immersed himself in Asian culture, tradition and art. Bob especially loved the ceramics and cuisine of Korea. He also had a passion for good high quality coffee and would scour the streets of Asian cities for a great (cappuccino) espresso!

Bob was most generous and giving. He was always sharing his knowledge and passions with those who had the privilege of meeting him. Bob is survived by his wife, Cathy Valdez Pool, his step-sons, Adam and Matthew Valdez, his daughters-inlaw, Julie Valdez and Audrey Ferrara. His six grandchildren were the delight of his life: Hailey, Tobin, Quinn, Utah, Wyatt and Eloise. His brother Michael Pool and his sisters: Mary Lou Webster and Sally Pool all survive him.

His family hopes to have an event in his honor in the near future. Condolences can be sent to Bob’s studio:
Cathy Pool
c/o Bob Pool Pottery
2547 Eighth ST. #25
Berkeley CA 94710
ps
I know that this is a small thing but if at all possible Cathy would like to change one word in the ACGA
statement about Bob. The word cappuccino should be espresso. How he loved his coffee.

EXHIBITIONS

NOTE: Some of the dates/activities may no longer be correct,; be sure to contact the organizer to confirm.

ALBANY

ABRAMS CLAGHORN GALLERY
“One Nest” investigates balancing what is good for human beings with what is beneficial for other species and the planet – our one nest, our only home, and a shared one. Recognizing that all life and ecosystems on our planet are deeply intertwined, we share these impressions in clay, ink and light. We believe in art as agency for change. Artists, historically, have been both witnesses and the raw material for envisioning the future in challenging and critical times. These ARE critical times. It is critical that we do our art. It is critical to make the peaceful revolutionary changes that allow the world to repair. Look closer with us.
VIDEO TOUR: https://abramsclaghornshop.com/collections/one-nest-earthworks

1251 Solano Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
Tuesday – Sunday | 10-6pm and by appointment

BERKELEY

TRAX GALLERY
We will again go to our summer cabin in MN in late May. TRAX shopping is available online and by appointment – but you are used to that now! Robert Brady has an exhibition opening May 20th in Reno, NV at the Stremmel Gallery. Last day for walk in foot traffic at TRAX is Saturday, May 10. Thank you for your continued patronage!

Trax is currently open by appointment and walkin Friday and Saturday 11-2 until May 10th. Then we are online only for the next months until October.

Online shopping is available and you can text or call TRAX if you want to pay a masked visit: 510.914.1303 info@traxgallery.com The St. Croix Pottery Tour is Virtual again this year ! Please find us (Robert and Sandy) exhibition! minnesotapotters.com AND Ron Meyers sent a few stunning new pots! online soon. November exhibition is Mark Pharis, Candice Methe and Noah Riedel

SAN FRANCISCO

CROCKETT

EPPERSON GALLERY OF CERAMIC ART

Vince Montague May 14th – July 11th
Friday – Sunday: 11:00am 5:00pm – Anytime by Appointment – 510-787-2925.
Epperson Gallery of Ceramic

www.eppersongallery.com

DAVIS

DAVIS ARTS CENTER
If you have not linked on it lately – www.ACGA.net – there have been many changes and updates. The most recent:  https://acga.net/2020-davis-center/    addition of a virtual showing of the Davis Arts Center ACGA show “Ceramics in Focus :2020”, that for obvious reasons is not live.

JOHN NATSOULAS GALLERY
New small ceramics!

Esther Shimazu, Kevin Snipes, Deborah G. Rogers & Yeonsoo Kim

John Natsoulas Gallery
521 First Street
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 756-3938

also:

Pop Meets Funk Exhibition

Join us for an exciting crossover between Pop Art and Funk!
Dates: June 9th to August 1st, 2021
FEATURED ARTISTS: Banksy, Christo, Richard Pettibone, Claes Odenberg, Mel Ramos, Patrick Siler, James Albertson, Robert Arneson, William T. Wiley, Peter Saul, David Gilhooly, Wayne Thiebaud, Alex Gross, Shalene Valenzuela (l), Peter Vandenberg, Bill Maul, Gladys Nilsson, Roy De Forest, Lisa Clague, Robert Ransom, Kevin Snipes, Beth Lo, Glenn Takai, Patti Warashina, Tom Rippon, Robert Brady, Robert Haemmerling, Melissa Chandon, Richard Shaw, Mark
Buwinkle, and more.

Funk was a Northern California art movement based mainly in Davis and Berkeley throughout the 60s and 70s. This movement exaggerated and elevated the medium of ceramics, often using political or autobiographical subjects. In response to the cool, detached minimalism in New York, Funk art made use use of bright colors, lewd humor, and bizarre narratives. This zany new approach to art brought a group of people together in the early 1960s that would become well-known funk artists in the coming years. The early days at UC Davis where funk art flourished were made possible by pioneers like Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, William T. Wiley as well as like-minded individuals in the Bay Area like Peter Saul and Clayton Bailey. Starting in the mid 1950s, Pop art also challenged traditions of fine art by including imagery from pop culture such as ads, comics, and mundane mass-produced objects. One of the aims of Pop art is to use images of popular (as opposed to elitist) culture in art, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any culture, most often through the use of irony. Some of the pioneers and leaders in this movement were Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns. Although some Funk artists continued to make art for many decades, the movement itself ended in the late 70s. Meanwhile, Pop art became a much larger movement that
continues to this day.
John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First Street, Davis, CA 95616, (530) 756-3938

PENCE GALLERY

“Slice”
Reception July 9 6-9 pm.
Show dates – July 6 – August 15.
212 D Street, Davis, CA 95616 | phone 530.758.3370
| fax 530.758.4670 |
Open Hours Tue-Sun 11:30 AM – 5 PM

OAKLAND

APPLIED CONTEMPORARY CRAFT GALLERY
FRAGILE FAILING FOUND

OJAI

BEATRICE WOOD CENTER FOR THE ARTS
The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts is open to the public again – after a year of being closed! Come and check out our current exhibitions, upgrades to the Permanent Collection, relax on the back patio and let Happy Valley do its magic!

LOS ANGELES

CRAFT IN AMERICA

Making Waves: Ocean Ecology & Craft
1/16/2021 – 8/21/2021
Craft in America Center is pleased to present a dynamic virtual exhibition of more than fifty mixed media works
made by eleven artists from across the U.S. who depict the beauty of our seas and confront various ecological
and human-generated threats.
https://www.craftinamerica.org/exhibition/making-waves

“The way creativity works with me, is that I can’t write about it, I can just
do it and experiment in an abstract way.” – Po Shun Leong

POMONA

Amy Santoferraro:
Two on a Lot, Three on the Tree

May 8–26 • Online
Join artist Amy Santoferraro for a documentary exploration of the installation of Two on a Lot, Three on the Tree. Santoferraro will document two trips from her studio in Pomona to the Vault Gallery at AMOCA on May 8 (6 PM) and May 12 (12:30 PM). The site-specific installation will also be documented in four separate “Bird’s Nest” virtual experiences on May 17, 19, 24, and 26 (11 AM–1 PM).

ROSEVILLE

Blue Line Arts

Off Center

Since the first ceramics were created, like Venus of Dolní Věstonice, before 25,000 BCE and pottery vessels that were discovered in Jiangxi, China, which date back to 18,000 BCE, people have been fascinated with clay. Today, artists continue to astound us as they push the boundaries of our preconceived ideas of what ceramics represent. From playful pieces disguised as everyday objects, to finely detailed vessels, ceramics delights and surprises us in its evolution.
Whether you work in a more traditional style, or prefer completely outlandish creations, we showcase your vision and techniques from around the world during this annual show.
https://www.bluelinearts.org/shop-coker-family-gallery

www.BlueLineArts.org

info@bluelinearts.org

405 VERNON ST STE 100
ROSEVILLE, CA 95678-2636
(916) 783-4117

SACRAMENTO

THE CROCKER ART MUSEUM

Welcome back! The Crocker is now open Thursday – Sunday, 10 AM – 5 PM.
thru September 12, 2021
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Treasures from the Driehaus Collection

Cool Clay
Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Ceramics
July 21, 2019 — July 21, 2021

Zemer Peled (Israeli, born 1983), Untitled 1, 2016. Ceramic, 22 x 19 x 19 in. Crocker
Art Museum purchase, Becky B. Krisik Fund and Marcy and Mort Friedman Acquisition
Fund, 2018.47.

https://www.crockerart.org/
216 O Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

SFO AIRPORT

International Terminal
Departures – Level 3
May 28, 2021 – Jan 23, 2022

Stoneware Stories- Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina

The Deep South has a unique place in the history of American ceramics. In the Northeast, potters commonly used salt to glaze stoneware in the European tradition. But in the southern United States, where salt was a more precious commodity, potters often applied alkaline glazes on high-fired stoneware. Pottery ranges in color from pale green to dark brown with glazed surfaces that vary from smooth and glassy, to drippy and textured. The technique originated in Han
Dynasty, China (206BCE–220CE) and was pioneered in the United States by South Carolina physician and newspaper editor Dr. Abner Landrum (1785–1859), who most likely studied published accounts of Chinese alkaline glaze formulas. Landrum established the Pottersville Stoneware Manufactory around 1815 in the
Edgefield District, the west-central area of the state that is rich in kaolin clay deposits and the alkaline ingredients—wood ashes or lime—required to melt the additional glaze elements.
……more….
Traditionally, Southern potteries were small, family-owned seasonal operations, consisting of farmers who sold their wares locally to supplement their incomes. In contrast, Edgefield’s potteries were ambitious enterprises. By 1850, numerous entrepreneurs and investors had opened factories to fulfill the demand for stoneware required for food storage and preservation in the agriculturally rich region. Manufacturers shipped pottery via railway to planters and merchants throughout the state. They placed newspaper advertisements, hired journeymen potters, and applied makers’ marks. Enslaved laborers and, later, freed African Americans, engaged in all aspects of Edgefield stoneware production, from digging and mixing clay to loading wood-fueled kilns, and peddling wares. Others served as “turners” or potters, producing exceptional examples of Edgefield stoneware.
https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/stoneware-stories

RESIDENCIES

2020-2021 Fall Residency, Sonoma Ceramics

https://sonomacommunitycenter.org/ceramics/ceramics-residency-program/
We offer two, 6-month, all-inclusive residencies per year for potters or ceramic sculptors. Applications are open for this 6-month, all inclusive residency. Open to potters and sculptors on a professional trajectory. The Ceramic Artist in Residence program offers a self- directed emerging or established ceramic artist a supportive work environment to explore ideas and create a cohesive body of work.
https://sonomacc.wpengine.com/category/ceramics/

360xochiquetzal
YOUR PERSONAL RESIDENCY IN MEXICO

Superb live/work studio space for artists & writers. This summer and fall you can prepare for a show, finish a manuscript, collect your thoughts, or plan your next body of work. Located on Lake Chapala, nestled in a ring of mountains with colorful fishing villages strung like pearls along the north shore, a slower pace of life awaits you.

When it gets hot and muggy where you live, you can be here painting or writing to your heart’s content where the weather is fresh and delightful. We still have several private studio apartments available You can focus on your creative work and enjoy our gorgeous scenery and perfect year-round climate.

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