Q1 2025

January:

Public Art Commission Agreements: Legal and Practical Issues for Sculptors

Webinar by MJ Bogatin - BCG Attorneys

Tuesday, January 14th, 12pm-1:30pm

Online

Portrait of MJ Bogatin

This webinar will explore key issues in Public Art Commission agreements, including design approval, scheduling, subcontractors, payment, copyright, risk and insurance, indemnification, moral rights, and dispute resolution. These essential terms, vital for sculptors in both public and private contracts, will be discussed in detail.

Only a few days left to register! Sign up today!

FOG Design & Art Fair

Thursday, January 23rd, 1-7pm

San Francisco, CA

Join us at the FOG Design & Art Fair in San Francisco on Thursday, January 23rd, at 1 PM. FOG features leading galleries, dynamic programs, and a mission to champion creativity.

Thursday highlights:

• 4:00 PM: Finding Power in the Everyday – Artists discuss transforming everyday materials.
• 5:30 PM: The Art of Connoisseurship – Insights on collecting contemporary art.

Event runs January 23-26 at Fort Mason. Details: FOG Fair.

February 2025:

Second Sunday Studio Visit - Oleg Lobykin

Sunday, February 9th, 2pm-4pm

East Palo Alto, CA

Oleg Lobykin, gallery view

Join us for the Second Sunday Studio at the studio of Oleg Lobykin. A classically trained master stone carver, as an artist and sculptor he works in a variety of materials to express his conceptually driven ideas in novel sculptural form, experimenting with texture, materials, color, or interactive elements.

March 2025:

General PRS Membership Meeting & Second Sunday Studio Visit - Jan Blythe

Sunday, March 9th, 1pm-4pm

Benicia, CA

Jan Blythe, Reach

Join us for the first PRS General Meeting of 2025 and Second Sunday Studio at Jan Blythe's studio. Connect with members, share feedback, and hear updates on exhibitions, projects, and initiatives. All members are welcome!

Museum Visit: Oakland Museum of California 

Sunday, March 23rd, 12pm-3pm

Oakland, CA

Entrance view of OMCA

Explore California's art, history, and natural sciences at the Oakland Museum of California in March 2025. Don't miss "Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California," on view in the Great Hall.

Look out for event emails with more information soon!

If you would like to suggest or schedule a PRS event, please email us at events@pacificrimsculptors.org 

November 2024 an article was published on Kristen Lindseth's life and art in the online and print magazine, Canvas Rebel. This magazine outlet publishes articles on artists who have been nominated by artists whom they have chosen to interview in the past. 

View the article here: https://canvasrebel.com/meet-kristin-lindseth

Installation view at her solo exhibition titled Facing Home at the Euphrat Museum 

All sculptures created 2021-2023 in wood metal and plastic with lights and sound

Photo by Hunnah Jiang

Artist at work on "Fire Lookout Tower", 2022, for the article on Canvas Rebel Wood

multimedia with metal plastic and lights. 96" x 34" x 28" 

Photo by George Rivera

Shinto Shrine 2_ Chozuya (purification station), 2024, wood with metal accents

25" x 20" x 20" 

Additionally, Kristen was included in the fall show at the Euphrat Museum in Cupertino, CA that closed out the 2024 season, Glimmers. This exhibition featured art the aimed to capture, express or spark moments of connection, joy or wonder.

"Glimmers is a psychobiological term for small moments that can cue our nervous systems to feel safe or calm."

-Diana Argabrite, Curator.

Glimmers included works by Hadi Agahee, Marie Cameron, Edwin Carungay, Cheryl Coon, Bushra Gill, Kristin Lindseth and Carlos Rodriguez. The show has a strong spiritual component and a joyous feeling

For more information: https://www.deanza.edu/euphrat/

Kitsune Shrine, 2024,  wood with metal and tile 30" x 11" x 22"

One of three shrines created in 2024 for family members who died since the Pandemic began.

These shrines are placed in nature and are therefore healing places, places to revere nature and ancestors.

Three Shinto shrines: Takahashi Inari Shrine, left, Kitsune Shrine, center and Chozuya at right with the artist. 2024

Photo by Crystal Bien

Three Shinto shrines constructed and carved in bass wood with small metal accents and interiors which contain nature elements. 

Installation view of Glimmers showing the work of Carlos Rodriguez, Edwin Carungay and Cheryl Coon from left to right

Congratulations to Barbara Berk for being of the the selected artists to exhibit an art piece in the Crocker Kingsley 2025: Biennial National Art Competition at Blue Line Art in Roseville, CA.

The Crocker Kingsley Exhibition was first juried in 1940 as a cooperative effort of the Kingsley Art Club and the Crocker Art Museum. Grace Kook-Anderson of The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Northwest Art at the Portland Art Museum, juried the 2025 competition.

For more information: https://www.bluelinearts.org/event/crocker-kingsley-3rd-saturday-reception

Exhibition dates: January 11 - February 22, 2025.

Location: 405 Vernon St Suite #100, Roseville, CA 95678

Opening Reception is January 18, 2025

Closing Reception is February 15, 2025.

Barbara Berk, Grandest French Knot, 2023; Phosphor Bronze - 16th century bobbin lace stitch, made by hand;

31" x 22" x 7". Photographed by Fred Aron. 

Barbara Berk, Grandest French Knot (detail), 2023; Phosphor Bronze - 16th century bobbin lace stitch, made by hand; 31" x 22" x 7". Photographed by Fred Aron. 

Wall-mounted sculpture: Using 24 strands, I created a square of lace to form the foundation, then played with the long wire ends to embroider and embellish the surface of the lace. The strands and lace are sewn together with wire rosettes to establish the 3D form. The wire ends are welded and polished.

"The Majesty of Trees", featuring the artworks of PRS members Jane Ingram Allen, Catherine Daley, Marguerite Elliot, and Jeff Key, will celebrate with a Closing Reception on January 23, 6 - 9 pm, the Art Gallery at Pepperwood Preserve. Although not an official sculpture for the exhibition, be sure to visit the garden to see Briona Hendren's "Head Space".

Location: 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 (Above Safari West, off Franz Valley Road)

Jeff Key “Vessel #43 Boundaries"

Curator Ben Benson talks about Jeff Key's "Vessel #43 Boundaries" while a guided tour of the exhibition on December 8th, 2024.

Briona Hendren, Head Space

New board member Sena Clara Creston experiences "Head Space" at the PRS board meeting.

Catherine Daley, Quercus Surrogate, 2024, Recycled Basketball Post, 14.5 H x 13' W x 13' D, operates as a mobile.

Catherine Daley and two other artists will showcase their work in an environmentally-themed exhibition, Land, Sky, and Sea: A Tapestry of Perspectives, February 6 - March 15, 2025, at the University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928. The show will feature sculpture, painting, ceramics, tapestry, video, and photography.

For more information: https://artgallery.sonoma.edu/

Opening reception: Thursday, February 6, 4- 6 pm.

Artist Talk: Thursday, February 27, noon - 1 pm, moderated by Art Historian Taryn Nicoll.

Land, Sky, and Sea: A Tapestry of Perspectives

Postcard showing the artworks of Catherine Daley, Adrian Mendoza, and Bambi Waterman

Catherine Daley, Quercus Illuminosa,2019, Photography, Plexiglass, Stainless, Mirror, Ultra-Chrome Powder Coat,

16.5' x 20' x 15'

Catherine Daley, Sea Fan Bleaching, 2024, Bronze, Ceramic Shell, Wood, 26” x 19” x 4.5”

Paul Reiber is included in the exhibition, How We Shape Each Other. Curated by Dav Bell, Director of the Mendocino Art Center, this group show exhibits of mixed media works how individual experiences can shape the who we are in the world in relationship to others.

"We are made of relationships, both human and non human alike. Every past, present and future encounter shapes who we are, and who we are becoming. The way we move through the world shapes others and our environment. This happens both on a micro and macro level, but it is not always clear."

- Dav Bell

For more information: mendocinoartcenter.org

Exhibition dates: Dec 14, 2024 - Feb 2, 2025

Location: Mendocino Art Center, 45200 Little Lake St, Mendocino, CA 95460

Paul Reiber, Covid Pole, 2020, Pole carving in Nutmeg wood 7'x 12"x 12" 

Richard Alpert is amongst the cohort of San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) alumni included in the exhibition UNЯULY. The founding of the San Francisco Artists Alumni marked a defining moment in the history of the San Francisco Art Institute, uniting a community dedicated to honoring the school’s storied legacy. Curated by SFAI alum Jude Mooney, UNЯULY embodies the daring spirit that has always set SFAI artists apart. This exhibition features works by 18 alumni and former faculty members from the North Bay.

For more information: https://museumsc.org/unruly/

Exhibition dates: February 15 - August 08, 2025 

Location: Museum of Sonoma County, 475 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Opening Reception: February 15, 2025, 5-7 pm

UnRuly exhibition flyer

Richard H. Alpert, Mechanism For Twisting Wire, 2018, Steel wire, wood, 60” x 48” x 144”

Richard H. Alpert, Glad/Sad (Inflated), 2022-24, Latex gloves, wood cabinet, electronically controlled air pump system,

tennis balls, polycarbonate clear tube, cable ties, 50” x 24” x 8.25”

PARTICIPATE IN PRS

• Volunteer in several ways:  Apply to be on the Board of Directors (email president@pacificrimsculptors.org); help organize events (email Events@PacificRimSculptors.org); help coordinate exhibitions (email Exhibitions@PacificRimSculptors.org); help with the newsletter and website (email Communications@PacificRimSculptors.org); 
• A call for news items goes out the 15th of each month. 
• Help build the PRS network that allows sculptors to connect with each other; Invite your sculptor colleagues to join!
• PRS is a volunteer-run 501(c)3 non-profit organization; to report your donation for tax purposes: EIN # 81-0919806.
• Join the PRS google group so you can send and receive messages from other members:  Email info@pacificrimsculptors.org to request to join. We will add you to the list. You will then receive messages sent to our group email list (pacificrimsculptors@googlegroups.com ). A moderator screens for spam to ensure appropriate use. As a member of the group you can easily send announcements or questions to the group. 
• Sign up for the PRS Facebook page by visiting this link and clicking on the "Join Group" button. A PRS moderator will authorize your request, usually within 1-2 workdays. Then start posting! 

MEMBERSHIP IN PRS & ISC

Members of Pacific Rim Sculptors receive a 20% discount when joining the International Sculpture Center, publishers of Sculpture magazine (ISC, www.sculpture.org). Just enter "PRS" as the Chapter Code. The online version of Sculpture magazine is now available at SculptureMagazine.Art, which includes archived issues.

Also check out the ISC Website Sculpture.org member resources; add photos of your works annually for review by collectors, gallerists, curators, and corporate buyers.