Pacific Rim Sculptors is proud to announce that two of our members have been selected to exhibit in The DeYoung Open, a juried Bay Area exhibition, at the DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 30, 2023 - Jan. 7, 2024.

The second triennial of this juried community art exhibition features submissions by artists from the nine Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma. Artworks on display are hung in a traditional "salon style".

A big congratulations PRS Members Elizabeth Medrano and Jerry Barrish for this amazing achievement and recognition!

For more info: https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/de-young-open-2023

Elizabeth Medrano, Floating Roots, 2023, Acrylic on board, 51 x 39 inches.

Jerry Barrish, Rescue(d) Dog, 2021, assemblage found materials, 14.5 x 17 x 14 inches, photo by Wilfred J. Jones.

Pacific Rim Sculptors has a record number of displayed members in a singular open juried exhibition!

Finding the Form - Bay Area Sculpture at Sausalito Center for The Arts, Sausalito, CA. The curated group show features work by 36 Bay Area Sculptors runs from Sept. 15th - Oct. 8, 2023. Closing reception is Oct. 8, 2 - 4 pm. 

Of the 36 Bay Area artists selected for this exhibition 14 of them are PRS members!

Congratulations to Annette GoodFriend, Barbara Berk, Barry Beach, Catherine Merrill, Charles Stinson, Cheryl Coon, Jan Blythe, Jane B Grimm,

Jeff Owen, Marguerite Elliot, Mohammad Ranjbar Sadaghi, Rene Dayan-Whitehead, Richard Alpert, and ZaHaVa Sherez!

Pictured below are two of the represented PRS members, Cheryl Coon and Jan Blythe.

For more info: https://www.sausalitocenterforthearts.org/finding

Cheryl Coon, Symbiosis; 2023; zip ties, fiber, steel, aluminum, plastic, nylon; approx. 120 x 144 x 24 inches.

Jan Blythe, Mellow Yellow 1, Deconstructed mops, thread and Styrofoam. 34 x 34 x 17 inches.

Jan Blythe, Striped Pyramid, Foam board, cardboard and industrial tape. 104 x 32 x 32 inches.

Jacquelyn Giuffre has work in the Society of Animal Artists 63rd Annual Members Exhibition opening at the Stifel Fine Art Center, Wheeling WV, Aug. 12 - Oct. 29, 2023. The exhibition tour dates are: Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ, Nov. 18, 2023 - Feb. 10, 2024; Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, KS, March 1 -May 27, 2024; Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago, IL, June 15 - Sept.2, 2024. The Society of Animal Artists is an association of painters and sculptors working in the genre of animal art and has 500 members from 25 countries.

For more info: www.societyofanimalartists.com

Jacquelyn Giuffre, Meet the Shoebill Stork, 2023, Cast bronze on marble base, 22 x 12 x 10 inches,

photo by Dana Davis.

Renee Owen has two new sculptures in the juried exhibition titled 19th Annual Wabi Sabi Exhibition at O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, CA, Sept. 5 - Oct. 12, 2023. Jurors were Suzie Buchholz & Yoshi Tome for this mixed media exhibition, including sculpture. The show highlights the Japanese aesthetic of wabi sabi, nature and impermanence. Gallery Hours: T-St (10-2); last Fri of ea. month (11-2); or by appointment, 415-388-4331.

For more info: https://www.ohanloncenter.org/exhibits/current/working and https://www.reneeowenartandpoetry.com/

Renee Owen, The Nameless & the Named (Adrift Series); 2023; Wirework, weaving, papermaking, casting; 28 x 28 x 4 inches;

photo by Bob Stender, Tibadabo Photography.

Renee Owen, Flight of the Farsaken (Adrift Series); 2023; Feltwork, embroidery, quillwork; 19 x 30 x 17 inches;

photo by Bob Stender, Tibadabo Photography.

PRS Members Barbara Berk and Joseph Slusky have works included in the exhibition titled The Flame Within: Metal Artistry Unleashed. This biennial members' exhibition is a collaboration of the Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco, the Northern California Enamel Guild & ACCI Gallery. This group exhibition "showcases jewelry, sculpture, conceptual pieces and works that explore every aspect of metal"; Exhibition hosted at the ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, Oct. 8 - Nov. 12, 2023. Opening is Oct. 16, 2023, 4 - 6pm.

For more info: https://www.accigallery.com/theflamewithin.html

Barbara Berk, Round & Round, 2023; stainless Steel &resin with wire bobbin lace; 11 x 9.5 x 8 inches.

Barbara Berk, The Wave, 2023, stainless steel & resin with wire bobbin lace, 8 x 20 x 4 inches.

Barbara Berk, The Wave (detail).

Joseph Slusky, Cafifi; 2020; Steel, Acrylic and Polyurethane paint; 13 x 17 x 10 inches.