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March 22nd, 2018

3/22/2018

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Three Clay Sculptures in Three Shows Coming Up!

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Mother Nature - Canary & Elephant Series​
The Artery Gallery's  
California Clay Competition 

April 27 - May 25, 2018


​207 G St., Davis,CA 
Reception at The Artery
Friday, April 27, 2018, 7-9
PM

This piece is subtly kinetic...
I do hope you can come see her!

This series references, the canary-in-the-coal-mine as a cautionary alert of our social & ecojustice issues & the challenges of cleaning up after & removing the fossil-fueled, profit-driven Elephants in the Room.

The exhibit is part of the annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art established by Natsoulas Gallery. The opening weekend includes lectures and demonstrations by contemporary ceramic artists. Many pop-up venues include numerous regional Universities and Colleges which exhibit the work of their ceramic students and instructors.

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Manzanita Sky
...In Everything Series

After Nature - (27 artists!)
Art Works Downtown
April 20–June 1, 2018
Reception: May 11 • 5–8pm

The DNA genetic code of molecules is evidence of the shared ancestry of all living things. Look for the DNA helix in Manzanita Sky’s branch tips.

My intention is to share work that stirs the visceral will to face our many challenges, with hope & joy, in the beauty that is in us and all other life. Beauty that is under our feet and setting sail at our backs.


Abrams Claghorn Gallery - A very exciting project coming up in June 2018 -  My poem Menopause will be interpreted by oil painting artist Carol Jenkins. I am honored to be interpreting Jeanie Ngo's poem, Soft Hands, with a new ceramic sculpture! Nine other poems are being interpreted by eleven artists.

Two Current Shows

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Path ...In Everything Series 
Yosemite Renaissance 33

Yosemite's Museum Gallery

All living organisms store genetic information using the same molecules –Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and/or Ribonucleic Acid (RNA). They are …In Everything.
This genetic code of molecules is evidence of the shared ancestry of all living things.
 DNA forms a beautiful double helix that looks like a twisted ladder. Can you find the DNA helix in Path? Do you recognize tracks of animals & plants that share the same path & DNA? Worm? Rabbit? Mt Lion? Snake? Raccoon? Human? Bird? California Bay Laurel? Live Oak?
As a native of California, the clay state, I turn mud to stone, working with clay from the earth to defend the earth. I grew up surrounded by California hills of oaks, little family farms and creeks teaming with frogs. My family regularly camped and backpacked in Yosemite’s valley and high sierras.
Inspired by its no-waste complexity, nature is my source and my anchor, in wild places and at home in East Oakland. It can guide us, as artists and citizens, by its responses to our actions.


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Wildlands ...by a thread 
Abstract Sanctuary 5
Gillia Gallery
​Verum Ultimum Gallery
in Portland Oregon.
 
Abstract - existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence

​Sanctuary - a place of refuge or safety, a haven, shelter or preserve

​Is the Sanctuary of our natal Earth becoming an Abstraction to its human inhabitants?
Check out all 40 artists here!

February 10 - April 1, 2018

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