It is with heavy hearts to announce the passing of PRS member Peter Keresztury 

Peter Keresztury, February 7, 1940 – August 1, 2024

Peter Keresztury was a member of PRS and he was proud to be among so many talented artists of Pacific Rim Sculptors. He enjoyed sharing ideas and meeting socially and at exhibitions. Peter created a large collection of kinetic wind sculptures over the years. They were displayed at several galleries, fairs and exhibitions, but spent most of their time on the front lawn of Peter's home in Novato. His house became a sort of tourist attraction to the joy of those who passed by his house. Check out one of the videos: https://youtu.be/uiTGKU1QEIc

He also designed metal and wood indoor sculptures for his home to go along with many abstract paintings, landscape photographs and table furniture that he designed and built. He passed away on August 1, 2024 and was creating to the end with some new ideas he was working on. He will be missed by his loving wife, Deborah, and the entire art community. His sculptures will live on at the homes of the people who bought them.

Women Create Space is an exhibition that celebrates sculpture & 3-D works by Bay Area women artists.  collaboration of the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (NCWCA) & the Olive Hyde Art Gallery. This exhibition was juried by Elizabeth Addison, NCWCA Exhibitions Chair, Leah Andrews, Olive Hyde Art Gallery Curator & Karen Gutfreund, artist & independent curator. The group show runs through October 5, 2024 at the Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA. Plan your visit and join the Curatorial Tour with Artist's Talk on September 13, 2024 at Noon.

A BIG Congratulations to the PRS members who were accepted into this exhibition!

Barbara berk, Kathleen King, Lynn Dau, Marguerite Elliot, Jane Grimm, Marilynn J Host, Renée Owen, Susan Zimmerman

For more information: https://olivehydeartguild.org/news-events/upcoming-exhibits/

Exhibition Dates: Thursday, August 15 – Saturday, October 5, 2024

Location: Olive Hyde Art Gallery, 123 Washington Blvd, Fremont, CA

Online Artists’ Talk: Thursday, September 19, 7-8 pm (see Facebook event) Zoom link, Meeting ID: 864 9180 9018, Passcode: 543632

Barbara Berk, For Reva, stainless steel, resin, 2023, 5” H x 23” W x 7” D

Photo: Fred Aron Photography.

Berk shaped an armature, and designed bobbin lace patterns to fit its curves. Using 16th century Torchon Ground stitches with

40 strands of twisted stainless steel wire, 21” to 90” long, she made 2 lace crescents by hand. She sewed both to the armature with wire,

then wove the ends of the wires into the lace, ornamenting the surface with filigreed spiral motifs.

Kathleen King, Monuments to the Precariat 1-2-3, found plastic, 2020,

96 x 21 x 21 inches (each)

“The Majesty of Trees” exhibition combines sculpture, paintings, and photography that express the profound contributions that trees make to life on Earth. In the Gallery, integrated with the art, will be science content and Native American perspectives that amplify the human/arboreal relationships. The exhibition, curated by Cultural Resources Coordinator Ben Benson runs September 26, 2024 through January 23, 2025. Opening Reception: September 26 from 5 - 7 pm.

Congratulations to Catherine Daley, Marguerite Elliot, Jeff Key and Briona Hendren for being selected to participate in this exhibition!

For more information:    https://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org/art-at-pepperwood/

Exhibition Dates: September 26- January 23, 2025

Location: Pepperwood Preserve, 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Rd, Santa Rosa, CA

Catherine Daley, Joshua Family, 2024, photography, 24" H x 36" W

Catherine Daley, Quercus II, 2022, plexiglass, photography, mirror, stainless, ultra-chrome powder coat

Marguerite Elliot, Medusa Trees,  Photo by Adrian Mendoza

Marguerite Elliot, Medusa Trees odetail),  Photo by Adrian Mendoz

Jeff Key, Vessel #33—Witness. 2005-2024, Wood, 98” x 48” x40”

Jeff Key, "Vessel# 64—Once"  (left) & "Vessel #43—Boundaries"(Wall Piece) 

Vessel # 64—Once" 2010, Wood, 55" x 69" x 18". (left)

"Vessel #43—Boundaries". 2007, Wood, 42" x 42" x 12" (d) (Wall Piece)

Four PRS members have been selected to participate in the group show, Reclaimed/Repurposed, at Gearbox Gallery in Oakland. Juried by Nancy Toomey, this exhibition explores the concept or process of reclaiming or repurposing. From the reuse of objects or materials to ideas of environmental reclaiming or rethinking language. The opening reception will be held on September 14th, 1-4 pm.

Congratulations to Jan Blythe, Jeff Key, Ruth Geos, & Susan Zimmerman

For more information: https://gearboxgallery.com/reclaimed-repurposed-juried-by-nancy-toomey/

Exhibition Dates: September 11 - October 12, 2024

Location: Gearbox Gallery, 770 West Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94612

Jan Blythe, Boys will be Buoys, Two rubber buoys attached with wire and cardboard and covered

with tar aluminum tape balanced on wood pedestal

Jan Blythe, Boys will be Buoys (detail), Two rubber buoys attached with wire and cardboard and covered

with tar aluminum tape balanced on wood pedestal

Jan Blythe, Paros 1, Found plastic fishing wire with embedded shell remnants, thread and lurex jersey wool.

Jeff Key, Vessel #94 - Harbinger, wood

Identities

Group exhibition exhibition of artworks exploring the concept of identity at ArtWorks Downtown, 1337 4th Ave, San Rafael, CA. Curated by Jonathan Carver Moore; founder and director, Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery. The exhibition runs through Saturday, September 14, with a 2nd opening on Friday, September 13 from 5-8 pm.

For more information: https://www.artworksdowntown.org/current-gallery-1337

Location: ArtWorks Downtown, 1337 4th Ave, San Rafael, CA

Barry Beach, Large Tower, 2023

from the Accumulations series

Additionally, Barry will be showing his work at the San Francisco Open Studios on the weekend of September 21-22 in the Journal Building, located at 1540 Market Street (nearly at the intersection with Van Ness). Hours are 10am-6pm both days.

For more information: https://www.artspanart.org/sf-open-studios

Barry Beach, from the Accumulation Series, reclaimed wood, paint stir sticks and shells,

24" wide x 15" tall x 6" deep

At the Grand Gallery in Jack London Square, Three of Tom's sculptural works in encaustic medium are showing.

Location: Grand Gallery, Jack London Square, 560 2nd St, Oakland, CA

Tom Krempa, Blue and Yellow Sea Slug,  2020 encaustic mounted on on steel rod in stone

8.5”x 6.25”x 7”

Tom Krempa, Bone Coral, 2020 encaustic mounted on on steel rod in stone 7.25”x 6.5”x 4”

Tom Krempa, Rainbow Coral 2020 encaustic mounted on on steel rod in stone

9.75”x 8”x 5.5”

Sheila's sculpture "Sentry 9" is one of many pieces you will see in her solo show, Space In Between, at Inclusions Gallery. This is an exhibition of sculpture and drawings that calls attention to the ubiquitous but often overlooked spaces between objects as well as the shadows cast by them; an interest developed from years of observational drawing. This solo exhibition features four individual groups of new and recent works including carefully rendered graphite drawings on mylar, mix media works on paper, and free standing wooden sculpture. To visit the gallery, come by Thursday-Sunday 1-6 PM or by appointment.

For more information: https://www.sheilaghidiniprojectspace.com or https://www.inclusionsgallery.com/exhibits/space-in-between-sheila-ghidini

Exhibition Dates: August 24-September 29, 2024

Location: Inclusions Gallery, 627 Cortland Ave., San Francisco, CA 94110

Artist Talk: September 5, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Sheila Ghidini, Sentry 9, 2024, 12'X6'X5'

Aedra Fine Arts has selected Richard H. Alpert for their recent Titan Sun Catalogue and online exhibition, Summer 2024. Aedra Fine Arts, founded in 2014, is a premium art publisher and online gallery that showcases innovative international contemporary art.

For more information and to view online gallery: https://www.aedrafinearts.com/single-post/richard-alpert

Richard Alpert, Whisky Away, 2022, Steel wire, sprayed enamel, 7 x 9 x 15 inches

Richard Alpert, Crown Down, 2022, Steel wire, synthetic rubber, 9 x 13.5 x 13.5 inches

This September, Stephanie Metz will present a new body of work, In the Glow, at the Triton Museum in Santa Clara, California. Consisting of free-standing and wall-mounted sculptures and a monumental stitched industrial felt sculpture, the works will employ fiber media, body-like forms and reflected color to explore themes of soft power, aesthetic perception, and the intimate paradoxes of female life. These works expand conventional definitions of the feminine and explore how edgy softness can hold space, command presence, and provoke thought.

For more information: https://www.stephaniemetz.com/#/in-the-glow/

Exhibition: September 14 - December 29, 2024

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 28, 2-4pm

Location: Triton Museum, 1505 Warburton Ave, Santa Clara, CA

Stephanie Metz, In The Glow (Installation Concept Drawing), 2024

The upcoming site-specific sculpture invites visitors to immerse themselves ‘inside the glow’ created between the 16-by-20-foot ‘

curtain’ of undulating abstracted figurative forms made of stitched industrial felt and a wall of fluorescent pink paint.

Stephanie Metz, In the Glow sculptures, 2023-2024, wool, mixed media, and pigment,

variable dimensions from 8 x 8 x 8 inches to 40 x 30 x 4 inches.

Photo by Stephanie Metz. Organic forms rendered in needle-felted wool, industrial felt, and carefully applied bright pigment.