Texas National 2023

The Cole Art Center @ the Old Opera House in Nacogdoches, Texas, will look extra ventilated this spring! Two of my pieces, Louver Suite: Houston and Rooftop Garniture: Shanty Caps, were both accepted to this competition. This is a great annual exhibition put on by the Stephen F. Austin School of Art. This year’s juror is William Underwood Eiland, director of the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. The exhibition opens on April 13th and will be up through June 30th, 2023. Please check it out if you find yourself in Nacogdoches!

Rooftop Garniture: Shanty Caps, 20 x 37.5 x 10 in., copper, vitreous enamel, patination, wood, roofing underlayment

Louver Suite: Houston, 8 x 14 x 0.5 in., copper, vitreous enamel

Materials Hard and Soft

One of the best things about living in North Texas is getting to see the Materials Hard and Soft show in person every year. Now in its 36th year, the Greater Denton Arts Council does an excellent job of putting this together and the opening reception is always a big night in the local craft community. According to the website, “This year’s call for artists drew over 800 submissions from 16 countries worldwide and 45 states. Our Jurors selected 80 works for exhibition at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, including works from 18 states and 4 countries including Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.”

I am so grateful to have had a piece selected. If you go to see the show, look near the floor - my Louver with Face Mask is installed in a slightly sneaky way. The show is up until May 6 at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center.

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CraftForms 2022

I was so SO pleased to have one of my sculptures selected by Jeannine Falino for this annual, international, fine craft exhibition! Night Air Garniture will be on view at the Wayne Art Center from December 3, 2022, to January 21, 2023. It is always an outstanding show and I can’t wait to see installation pictures of the whole thing.

Night Air Garniture: stainless steel, vitreous enamel, silver foil, 14 x 33 x 13 in.

Industrial Arts: Exhibition and Public Talk

I will be exhibiting a wide variety of work at the University of Texas at San Antonio's Terminal 136 Gallery from August 31st through September 16th with a public "lunch and lecture" at the Southwest School of Art on Saturday September 16th at 12:30.

For more information about the exhibition please contact Laura Crist 210.458.4391

For more information about the talk please contact Jillian Sortore 210.200.8254

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Maker Moxie

I am very pleased to report that I have had a piece accepted into the Maker Moxie Exhibition which celebrates the impact of the craft school experience. My time as a resident and student at Arrowmont School of Art and Craft was formative and indispensable to the professional life I now enjoy. I was proud to submit a piece for the consideration of the three jurors and even more pleased to find that it was selected for both the catalog and physical exhibition at Peters Valley School of Craft. Images of the exhibition and pieces for sale are here.

The piece I submitted is called "Model Universe" and it is based on a technique I explored in a liquid enamel workshop with Elizabeth Turrell while a resident at Arrowmont. It was then executed at Banff in Canada during a one week residency. The forms are stitched together copper foil and derived from alchemical symbols for the sun and planets in our solar system, rotated on their vertical axis to create a volume. The study of alchemy and practice of enameling just make sense together for me.

More information about the event is here.

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 26 from 5-7pm.

On view March 26 - May 15, 2016 in the Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton NJ