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.

June 2025: 

Second Sunday Studio Visit - Jeff Key

Sunday, June 8th, time TBD

Jeff Key next to his sculptures Vessel #63 -Once and Vessel #43- Boundaries

Join us for a special studio visit with PRS member Jeff Key, San Francisco-born sculptor, educator, and founder of Youth Beat. Jeff’s work blends sculpture and media arts, reflecting a lifelong commitment to creative expression and community impact.

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. 

International Sculpture Day 2025 - Saturday April 26th

Are you hosting an open studio, art demo, or some other fun sculpture related event next weekend for IS Day? Don't forget to register your event on the ISC website!

Register your event now at this link: https://sculpture.org/page/2025ISDAYForm

2025 International Sculpture Conference Call for Panels Submission

Deadline: May 19, 2025

We invite you to submit a panel proposal for the 31st International Sculpture Conference, taking place in Dallas, TX from October 23-26, 2025. The ISC is seeking a diverse and comprehensive program, covering topics relevant to sculpture today.

All submissions must be 200 words (or less) and include a clear but brief statement of the panel objective, relating to relevant topics in contemporary sculpture. We welcome any topics in contemporary sculpture that show diverse perspectives from around the world on the current state of the art community. 

To Submit: https://sculpture.org/page/2025Conference_CFP_Submission 

Conference Panel Guidelines: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://cdn.ymaws.com/sculpture.org/resource/resmgr/2025_dallas/2025_cfp_guidelines.pdf 

For any other inquiries, please contact events@sculpture.org

Recently, Susannah's sculpture, "Beekeeper" was featured in Ceramics Monthly, representing Baltimore Clayworks' Garden Reverie exhibition, and has been purchased by a local collector.

Garden Reverie was on view at Baltimore Clayworks from January 11 – March 8, 2025 and was juried by Leigh Taylor Michelson.

For more information: https://baltimoreclayworks.org/event/garden-reverie/

https://www.susannahisrael.com/copy-of-exhibitions

Susannah Israel, Beekeeper. Glazed terracotta, H 21.5 x 6 x 7 inches, 2023

From now until April 18 you can see works be Sannah on display in the juried exhibition Connection showcasing 20 artists at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts.

For more information: https://www.nwmissouri.edu/finearts/deluce/index.htm

Exhibition Dates: March 24 - April 18, 2025

Location: Olive DeLuce Fine Arts, Northwest Missouri State University

Susannah Israel, La música (right view), 2024. Glazed terracotta, H 20” x W 9” x D 8”

Vicki Gunter is currently featured in the exhibition Let The Fur And Feathers Fly at the Epperson Gallery in Crockett, CA, on view from March 22–April 20, 2025. Her ceramic sculpture “BLOOM 4 ~ Allen’s Hummingbird Pollinating Bolander’s Lily” is part of her ongoing project BLOOM, which celebrates California native plants and their pollinators.

This particular piece was inspired by a community vote in Crockett, where 50 native flowers were chosen for Vicki to sculpt. Artist Elizabeth Addison selected the Lilium bolanderi, a rare and vibrant bloom native to the Smith River—the only un-dammed river in California. Vicki sculpted both the flower and its pollinator, the Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin), at four times their natural size, capturing their beauty and ecological connection in stunning ceramic detail.

For more information:  https://eppersongallery.com/index.php

Smith River runs free~

Bolander’s Lily rare sight~

Hummer’s, Human’s light!

©Vicki Gunter

Exhibition Dates: March 22 - April 20, 2025

Location: Epperson Gallery - 1400 Pomona St. Crockett, CA 94525

Vicki Gunter, Bloom 4~ Allen's Hummingbird ~ Pollinator of Bolander's Lily, 2025,

ceramic, underglaze, mason stains, beeswax, copper, glass 31" x 28" x 7.5" 

Pacific Rim Sculptors members Jun Yan and Vicki Gunter are featured in Off Center 2025, Blue Line Arts’ annual international ceramics exhibition in Roseville, CA. Juried by ceramics curator Nancy Servis, the show highlights bold, innovative works that push the boundaries of clay. Jun’s piece Embracive and Vicki’s evocative ceramic sculpture are both part of this dynamic showcase. The exhibition runs from March 22 to May 3, 2025, with a public reception on Saturday, April 19, 5–7 PM.
For more information:  bluelinearts.org/off-center-2025

Reception April 19th, 5-7pm

Exhibition Dates: March 22 - May 3, 2025

Location: Blue Line Arts- 405 Vernon St. Roseville CA 95678

Jun Yan, Embracive, 2025, ceramic , bronze , wood, 14x15x17 in.

Vicki Gunter, Shooting Star Wishes Amid the Anthropocene - New Era Series, 

Porcelain, Red Clay, UG-Glaze, Hourglass, Brass, Beeswax

27.5" x 20" x 18" - 2023

A female figure embodying an ancient fertility figure and today’s burden of the hourglass figure, wishes on ‘shooting stars’ for a future.

Surrounded by excavations of the Anthropocene, revealing bits of trash & vehicles. Yet life still thrives, in the larger than life flowers, leaves & roots.

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• A call for news items goes out the 15th of each month. 
• Help build the PRS network that allows sculptors to connect. 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.
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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.