Susana Arias is exhibiting her ceramic sculptures, the Sailmaker Series, in the exhibition titled Passages that also includes paintings, the Pentimento Series, by Barbara Downs. The exhibition is on view at Curated by the Sea in Santa Cruz, California, June 24 - August 19, 2023.

Opening reception June 24th, 4-6pm. First Friday receptions July 7th 6-8pm & August 4th 6-8pm.

For more information: https://www.curatedbythesea.com

Christopher Dworin’s sculpture, Umi no Sennyo (“Sea Nymph”), has been juried into the group Fine Arts Exhibition at the Marin County Fair. The Fair will be open to the public June 30 through July 4 from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm. Each year the Fine Arts Exhibition shows an excellent selection of very interesting work by painters, sculptors, potters and other artists. And, the rest of the fair is fun for everyone with a wide variety of booths and rides. Come see!

Christopher Dworin, Umi no Sennyo (“Sea Nymph”), 2023,

ceramic sculpture, approx. 22” H x 8” D.

Christopher Dworin, Umi no Sennyo (“Sea Nymph”), other view.

Susannah Israel will be an Artist in Residence in July at Cider Creek Collective in Albion, CA. Cider Creek hosts a rotating cast of short-term Resident Artists and 4-5 long-term artists annually. Renowned artists Jess Thompson and Nick Schwartz previously hosted Resident Artists, visitors, and students at Flynn Creek Pottery for many years. About the move to move to their new home, a 160-year-old coastal Victorian homestead, Jess says “Flynn Creek Pottery nurtured idealism, creativity, and growth for a lot of people, so it’s fitting that we now give our family of creative people a place to grow.” Susannah Israel looks forward to the opportunity for deep conversations on art and life and the exciting opportunity to fire new work in the anagama kilns at Cider Creek. Cider Creek Collective is at 36525 Albion Ridge F Rd, P.O.Box 869, Albion, CA 95410 https://www.cidercreekcollective.com/

Susannah Israel, Shoreline, Sculpture by Susannah Israel.

 Susannah Israel, Wood-fired work at Cider Creek,

photo by Jess Thompson.

Jane Ingram Allen received a Surface Design Association Educator Grant for 2023. The Educator Grant is based on artistic and technical merit, and the potential for personal scholarship and research. Jane's grant project is to design and build a large papermaking mold and deckle that can be used in the hand papermaking workshops and classes she teaches at various locations. This summer she will again be teaching at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR (www.sitkacenter.org), and she will be able to take the new large papermaking mold to use in the class. Her husband Timothy S. Allen came up with the idea of making a foldable hinged mold so that it can fit in an ordinary car behind the front seat, and then easily be opened out to its 7 feet x 3 feet size to make really big sheets of handmade paper.

7 feet x 3 feet sheet of handmade paper drying, made by participants in Jane Ingram Allen's,

June 4, 2023, EXTREME Papermaking Workshop; photo by Timothy S. Allen.

Barbara M. Berk’s sculptures titled "Petite French Knot" and “Vertigo” are exhibited in “Urban Oasis”, a group exhibition at Gallery House in Palo Alto, CA, from July 1 - August 27, 2023. The Second Friday reception is scheduled for July 14, 2023, 5 – 7pm. "Petite French Knot" is created with bobbin lace made by hand using multiple strands of stainless steel wire. "Vertigo" is woven by hand using Soumak, an ancient rug-weaving technique with bronze wire.

For more information: https://www.galleryhouse.art/

Barbara M. Berk, Vertigo, 2015, phosphor bronze woven by hand,

9 x 8 x 5 inches, pedestal-supported, photo by Mark Kitaoka.

Barbara M. Berk, Vertigo (other view), 2015, phosphor bronze woven by hand;

9 x 8 x 5 inches, pedestal-supported, photo by Mark Kitaoka.

Barbara M. Berk, Petite French Knot, 2017, stainless steel bobbin lace made by hand,

15 x 21 x 5.5 inches, wall-mounted, photo by Morgan Murphy .

Natasha Dikarev is exhibiting her work in an exhibition titled Wishing You Blue Skies from June 28 – July 30, 2023, at Seacoast Artist Association Gallery, 230 Water Street, Exeter, NY. About the exhibition she says, “This exhibition is an homage to the incredible resilience of my fellow Ukrainians and a tribute to the power of compassion during difficult times. Through my art, I hope to not only shed light on the ongoing war in Ukraine but also to highlight the strength and beauty that persist amid the turmoil.”

Doug Cain is exhibiting his work in an exhibition titled Experiential Portraits in the Post-Digital Age. For the first time a new form of 3-D portraits will be shown that are interactive and multi-sensory in a solo show by D.D. Cain. These sculptures, installations, and wall hangings integrate multiple sensory materials and devices that reflect the subject's life and identity. These new portrait mediums also provide new content and meaning beyond the boundaries of a visual portrayal. Art reception is July 12, 2023, at Public Wonder Gallery, 1895 Union St. San Francisco.

For more info: ddcain.com

Doug Cain, David Deporis, Oakland, CA 2017, 2022, Mixed media: wood, found objects,

video projector, vinyl fabric, paper and leaf handouts, aromas, 6 x 7 x 6 feet.

Doug Cain, Chain of Thought, 2021, Ceramic, pewter paint, chain, lock, simulated gunpowder

aroma oil, various hardware, 12 x 18 x 40 inches.

Doug Cain, Bleeding Country Self Portrait, 2020-2022, wood, turntable, aroma diffuser,

paint, ink, oil pastels, markers, various hardware, 3 x 40 x 40 inches.

PRS Board member Jeff Key, PRS Administrative Assistant Briona Hendren and PRS Board President Barry Beach have been selected for the group show "Laws of Nature" at the Petaluma Arts Center in Petaluma, CA. This exhibition is curated by Vicky Kumpfer, Art Consultant, former Visual Arts Manager, Arts Council of Sonoma County. Exhibitions Dates July 20-Sept 9, 2023.

Opening Reception: July 20th, 5:30-7:30pm

Conversation with the Artists moderated by Steven Oliver (of Oliver Ranch) on August 24, 7-9pm. Tickets $15. 

"Our world seeks perfect harmony, for which all organisms adapt, mutate, metamorphose and find balance."

Jeff Key, Vessel #52 - Stride, Wood, 58" x 27" x 46", Floor Piece from the Vessel Series.

Jeff Key, Vessel #90 -  Pending,Wood, 50" x 24" x 12",

2020, Floor Piece from the Vessel Series.

Briona Hendren, Double Veiled Horns, steel and paint, 11' x 3.5 ' x 3.5', 2017,

Studio view from artist residency at Alberta College of Art & Design in Calgary, Canada.

• Jane Ingram Allen, copy editing

• Charles Stinson & Briona Hendren, page layout

• Jeff Key, photo editing