March 2025:

Artist Tour with Catherine Daley of Land, Sky, and Sea
Saturday, March 15th, 2pm - 4pm
Sonoma State University Art Gallery
Rohnert Park, CA

Land, Sky, and Sea: A Tapestry of Perspectives

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

April 2025:

Second Sunday Studio Visit - Splady Art Studios

Sunday April 13th, time TBD

Oakland, CA

Alexander Yoshikawa and Charles Splady working in the studio

April's Second Sunday Studio visit will be at the studio of PRS members Chuck Splady and Alexander Yoshikawa in Oakland, CA. This visit will include an arts demo (TBA soon!), the chance to get to know their art process and what Splady Studios is all about.

Museum Visit: Oakland Museum of California 

Sunday, April 27th, 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.

May 2025:

Ruth Asawa: Retrospective at SFMOMA

Sunday, May 18th, time 1pm

Ruth Asawa working, Photo from SFMOMA website

Join us at SFMOMA for the Ruth Asawa: Retrospective! This exhibition will present the full range of the artist’s groundbreaking practice, offering an in-depth look at her expansive output and its inspirations through more than 300 artworks.

 

July 2025:

Second Sunday Studio Visit - Stephanie Metz

Sunday July 13th, 1pm - 3pm

Stephanie Metz in her studio

July's Second Sunday Studio Visit will be at the studio of Stephanie Metz. Join us to see what her felted sculptures are all about 

"I create alluring yet unsettling sculptures and installations that embody nuanced, contradictory ideas in approachable yet mysterious materials. I manipulate fiber—stitching thick industrial felt and needle felting—to create three-dimensional objects ranging from intimately sized to monumental, in forms that are both seductive and repulsive, muscular and elegant." ~Stephanie Metz

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. 

One of Christopher's clay vases entitled Cataracts, part of a black-on-black series of sculptural vase forms, was selected for the exhibition Off Center 2025. This exhibition is an international ceramic competition juried by Nancy Servis at the Blue Line Arts Gallery. This show "challenges, surprises, and reframes the role of ceramics in contemporary art."

For more information: https://www.bluelinearts.org/off-center-2025

Exhibition Dates: March 22 - May 3, 2025

Location: Blue Line Arts Gallery | 405 Vernon St, Suite #100, Roseville, CA 95678

Christopher Dworin, Cataracts, January 2025, clay, 18” x 7” x 22”

Richard Alpert is among 18 alumni and former faculty members from the North Bay that were selected to exhibit in the exhibition, UNЯULY: North Bay Artists from San Francisco Art Institute. The founding of the San Francisco Artists Alumni (SFAA) 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. 

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

Exhibition Dates: February 15 - August 08, 2025 

Location: Museum of Sonoma County, 425 7th St, Santa Rosa, CA

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

In celebration of a recent gift of Lipofsky's glass work, the Crocker Art Museum will be holding a major exhibition of his work spanning 5 decades of artistry, Marvin Lipofsky Blows Glass. This is the second solo exhibition organized by the Crocker. 

Berkeley-based artist Marvin Lipofsky (1938–2016) helped reinvent the challenging material of glass through experiments in scale, color, and technique. Lipofsky studied ceramics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, before turning to glass in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied with renowned glass artist Harvey Littleton. Lipofsky’s contributions to studio glass during the mid-to-late 20th century cannot be overstated. From 1964 to 1987 Lipofsky served on the faculty of University of California, Berkeley and California College of the Arts and Crafts (CCAC). He was a founding member of the Glass Art Society, participating in national and international glass communities and inspiring a new generation of artists working in California.

For more information: https://www.crockerart.org/press/marvin-lipofsky-blows-glass

Exhibition dates: March 9 - August 17, 2025

Location: Crocker Art Museum | 216 O St, Sacramento, CA 95814

Marvin Lipofsky, L’viv Group 2001-2002 #2, 2001-2. Glass, 8 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 18 in.

Created at L’viv Experimental Ceramico-Sculptural Factory, L’viv Ukraine by Marvin Lipofsky with help

from Ivan Karolovich Shumants’kyi, Roman and Taras.

Concurrently, works by the late Bay-Area artist will be exhibited at House of Seiko that highlight his later works created overseas.

For more information: https://houseofseiko.info/marvinlipofsky

Exhibition Dates: March 22 - May 4, 2025

Opening Reception: March 22, 2025 | 5:00 - 8:00 pm

Location: House of Seiko | 3109 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA

Marvin working in his Berkeley studio, circa 1976. Photo by: Joffré Clarke

Clay Unleashed: Fantastical Creatures

Natasha Dikareva will guide participants through creating fantastical beings, merging mythological, contemporary, and imaginative elements into sculptural ceramic pieces. The first day will begin with a slide presentation and a hands-on demonstration of various hand-building techniques, including sculpting faces and hands. The second day will delve into surface treatments where the ceramic surface will transform into a canvas, utilizing slips, underglazes, and the sgraffito technique to create vibrant, dynamic narratives. Dikareva will collaborate with  students to nurture their personal iconography, symbols, and meaningful forms.

Location: Epperson Gallery, 1400 Pomona Street, Crockett, CA

Workshop Dates: April 19-20, 2025

For more information:

https://eppersongallery.com/event-works.php?eventId=27965&event=Clay+Unleashed%3AFantastical+Creatures

promotional poster for the workshop

Explore the creative journey of mixed media artist and sculptor Jan Blythe in this Benicia Magazine article, Mixed Media Artist and Sculptor Jan Blythe - A Need to Make Art.

Blythe, originally from Glasgow, Scotland, has spent over fifteen years in the Bay Area, where she transforms mundane and repurposed materials into unique artworks. Her studio in the historic Benicia Arsenal is a testament to her experimental process, filled with items gathered from flea markets, hardware stores, and nature. Blythe's work, ranging from paintings to installations and sculptures, reflects her sense of play and curiosity, often referencing nature or the human form.

Read the full article here: https://www.beniciamagazine.com/mixed-media-artist-and-sculptor-jan-blythe-a-need-to-make-art/

Jan Blythe working in the studio

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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.

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