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For one month every year, The Ruth Bancroft Garden transforms into an outdoor art gallery. The Garden's world-class collection of succulent and drought-tolerant plants provides a spectacular backdrop for artists to display their works. Follow the meandering pathways to discover art that ranges from classical to irreverent, spiritual to functional. Several of my sculptures will be there on display.
More info here:
http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/rbgarden/pages/sculpture2013.html

The exhibition was there from May 10 through June 1 at the Blue Line Gallery in Roseville.

The Art League had more than 340 pieces submitted for this year’s show, of which 79 pieces were selected for the show including my sculpture.

Pieces for the show were selected by juror Richard Shaw, a ceramic artist and professor at the University of California Berkeley.

Future Culture looks at the world as it could be, as it was, and as it should be. The Group Show mixes a curation of sculptural pieces, paintings, mixed-media creations, clay, ceramic, plastic and audio pieces to present the uncertain future of our culture. I am one of the six artists represented there and have several sculptures on display.

Asterisk Gallery is located: 3156 24th Street, San Francisco, California 94110

If you happen to be in Davis within this month do not miss tons of incredible exhibitions that run along California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. My work can be found at the "30 Sculptors," John Natsoulas Gallery, and at The Artery Gallery with California Clay Competition.

http://www.natsoulas.com/visit-the-gallery/
http://www.theartery.net/ccc.html

It might be news for some, although this show is in the past. Dynamic Narratives was a group show of 12 women sculptors that went very well. It was super exciting to go to NCECA (national council on education for the ceramic arts) with more then 5 thousand mud people, but it was even more exciting to be a part of it!

Peaceable Kingdom explores the role animals have played in our shared cultural and artistic imagination. The history of human and animal interaction is filled with tales of failed domestication, unusual friendships, and fearsome predators. From Kipling’s ferocious Shere Khan to early imperial menageries, human fascination with the animal kingdom has run the gamut from emotional connection, to economic exploitation, and even scientific curiosity. Throughout all of these interactions, however, the sense of wonder we feel when we encounter animal life has been an enduring theme that has informed their continued and abiding presence in the visual arts.

The Bedford Gallery received over 400 artist submissions for this juried show. After much deliberation, our jurors have selected 58 artists from around the U.S. to participate. The artworks chosen by our jurors represent a range of media, from traditional sculptural and painting practices to conceptually oriented mixed media installations. Two of my sculptures are there!

For more info go here: http://bedfordgallery.org/exhibitions/current.shtml

My sculpture was selected for the 2013 ACGA National Clay & Glass Exhibition which will take place in the City of Brea Art Gallery.
Opening Reception: January 26, 7-9pm

City of Brea Art Gallery

One Civic Center Circle

Brea, California

714-671-3601

Got a grand prize at the American museum of ceramic Art in Pomona!
As a grand prize winner going to China next year, motherland of teapots.

Still going: Déjà View

Channeling work from their studios and private collections, ten ceramic
artists present a group retrospective of ceramic sculpture previously
celebrated in acclaimed exhibits and shows with the idea of Déjà View.
Connections of the group work may give a sense of Paramnesia
recognition of something already known or seen. Art onto Clay
communicates thematic, narrative, and conceptual ideas to be exhibited
with a special emphasis on various surfaces and firing methods.

Artists: Steven Allen, Jenn Brazelton, Natasha Dikareva, Alex Hackworth,
Bryan Higgins, Lori Koening, John Richard Lloyd, Maggie Malloy, Oliverio
Quezada, Bar Schacterman, Tiffany Schmierer.

SMAart Gallery & Studio
1045 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109


More info here: http://www.smaartgallery.com/Gallery.html

Exhibiting one of my teapots at this fabulous gallery. Check it out my Bostonian friends! On display from September 29th to November 15th at the Mobilia Gallery, 358 Huron Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-876-2109.

Here is more info