Weekly Update

I feel like I’m moving through water lately, and some days more like jello. Everything seems to be moving slower than usually except for time. It’s a very odd feeling and I’m not sure how to move at full speed again. I’ve been working to finish up projects and clean my table and my brain of excess “stuff”, but it feels like its always there… At the Medusa photo shoot the other day we talked about sorting things into boxes either mentally or, if needed, physically and I’m working on compartmentalizing but life feels like a fire hose to the face most days. Here’s the update for now. More to come once I pick some stuff up from the ceramic supply shop this week.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Small Wonders 11 opens at Arch Enemy Arts next Friday, November 4th. This exhibition features small works priced at $250 or under so they tend to go quickly! For early access to the show before the opening, you can email info@archenemyarts.com with SMALL WONDERS 11 in the subject line and they'll add your email to the collectors list, which goes out on Thursday, Nov 3rd at 2pm EST.

Exploring the Vessel will open at Antler Gallery in Portland, OR on Friday, November 25th. This show features both functional and non functional vessels. My party bird cups are in process so stay tuned. If you would like to receive an online preview of the show please write Antler to request one by email: gallerist@antlerpdx.com

I am still doing research for my September 2023 show at The Delaplaine in Frederick, MD. Sketches are started but too rough to show anyone, let alone the internet.

Paul and I are continuing to gather ideas for our show in November 2023.

Upcoming Workshops

Workshops in Kalamazoo at KIA // March 2nd-5th, 2023

Workshop at Pocosin Arts // June 12-16, 2023

Registration for my 2023 workshop at Pocosin Arts will open on January 18th so stay tuned!

Work in Progress

I am headed to pick up some slip today so I can start casting these cups. I am excited and nervous but mostly excited. My job today is to not spend $1,000,000 on all the glazes.

Upcoming Miscellany

Sale of available work // November 1st, 2022 - 25% off all available pieces in my catalog. See the previous post for a sneak preview. Possibly more work to come depending on what I find hiding around the house.

Sip & Sketch at the Wagner Free Institute of Science // December 8th, 2022 I’ll be discussing “Birds in Art” and then leading a drawing session. I’m so excited.

Workshops in Kalamazoo at KIA // March 2nd-5th, 2023

Workshop at Pocosin Arts // June 12-16, 2023

Weekly Update

The last two weeks have been crazy, and I feel like the crazy affects me more than it ever has. I used to almost thrive on chaos and now I most assuredly do not. This weekly update is the place where I sort my upcoming projects and work and my brain appreciates that, so here we go:

Upcoming Exhibitions

Small Wonders 11 will be coming to Arch Enemy Arts on Friday, November 4th. This exhibition features small works priced at $250 or under so if you are looking for holiday gifts, this is the place to do it! To get access to this work before the opening, you can email info@archenemyarts.com with SMALL WONDERS 11 in the subject line and they'll add your email to the collectors list, which goes out on Thursday, Nov 3rd at 2pm EST.

Exploring the Vessel will open at Antler Gallery on Friday, November 25th. This show features both functional and non functional vessels. More info on this soon.

Talks for our show in Nov 2023 have slowed with all that we have going on but now as everything calms down here a bit I expect it will pick up again soon. November of 2023 feels far away but will be here before we know it!

Upcoming Workshops

Registration for my 2023 workshop at Pocosin Arts will open on January 18th so stay tuned!

Work in Progress

I am still casting bird skulls and deciding next moves to make on a few different projects. I’m at the stage where I have too many ideas all at once and its a bit paralyzing. Too many ideas is always a good problem and usually I just start somewhere and see what happens.

Upcoming Miscellany

Sale of available work // November 1st, 2022

Sip & Sketch at the Wagner Free Institute of Science // December 8th, 2022

Workshops in Kalamazoo at KIA // March 2nd-5th, 2023

Workshop at Pocosin Arts // June 12-16, 2023

Weekly Update

This week has been a little crazy despite it being only Wednesday. I feel like I’m doing a whole lot and very little at the same time. Some major things are happening around the house (roof! bathrooms!) and that’s got a chunk of my attention. The rest of my time feels filled with lots of little things that all need finishing.

Current Exhibitions

Spectrum 3, at Arch Enemy Arts, will have an opening reception on First Friday, October 7th.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Paul and I continue to prep for our show in Nov 2023. I am gathering a lot of thoughts and testing things and hope to make a fair amount of sculpture (and more) that I can edit down as is appropriate for the show. I’ll get more into some things I’m thinking about soon…

Upcoming Workshops

There is only one space left in my upcoming Animal Sculpture Workshop at Union Hall Arts in Atlantic City, NJ!

You can view more information and sign up HERE

Work in Progress

Upcoming Miscellany

Sale of available work // November 1st, 2022

Sip & Sketch at the Wagner Free Institute of Science // December 8th, 2022

Workshops in Kalamazoo at KIA // March 2nd-5th, 2023

Workshop at Pocosin Arts // June 12-16, 2023

Weekly Update

I am getting more done in the world of paperwork than the world of sculpture this week, because of much needed resting (but when sitting still I have an innate need to do something so hence all the paperwork…like deep diving our finances and budgeting in addition to the depths of my email.) Below are the usual updates and a beautiful scene from my studio early this morning.

Current Exhibitions

As Above, So Below at Arch Enemy Arts is up through this Sunday, September 18th.

Spectrum 3, also at Arch Enemy Arts, opened last Friday, September 9th, with an opening reception on First Friday, October 7th. I am happy to report that my piece Bluebird of happiness… (Hold it all in) has sold!

I do still have a sculpture (The Alchemist (2021) which is really a favorite of mine) available from Spectrum 2.

The Alchemist, 2021

Upcoming Exhibitions

Paul and I have both started prepping for our show in Nov 2023. I am casting and sculpting and testing. He is buying and gessoing panels and thinking about frames. It’s always exciting to see how different our processes are, but how similar at times. At this point, it is really wonderful to gather images and ideas and throw them out there to see how they change and develop.

Upcoming Workshops

There are only a few spaces left in my upcoming Animal Sculpture Workshop at Union Hall Arts in Atlantic City, NJ!

You can view more information and sign up HERE

Work in Progress

I am not making much this week, but rather taking a much needed rest. Though I am still casting bird heads, now just one a day, which is nice.

Upcoming Miscellany

Sale of available work // November 1st, 2022

Sip & Sketch at the Wagner Free Institute of Science // December 8th, 2022

Weekly Update

Back to School! We dropped Olivia off to school today (7th grade!) and later today I’ll start my semester teaching at PAFA. I teach Foundations Experience, a class for first year students where we dive in to the resources at PAFA in the first semester and resources in Philadelphia during the second semester. It’s a class I’ve been teaching since it started and I may have said this before, but I try to make it the class that covers everything I wish I learned in school about the Art world.

Current Exhibitions

As Above, So Below at Arch Enemy Arts is in its last week, so if you are able to see it, be sure to get there before the 18th!

Upcoming Exhibitions

Here’s the full sneak peek for Spectrum 3, also at Arch Enemy Arts, and this show opens this Friday, September 9th, with an opening reception on First Friday in October. To request the preview for the show email Lawren at INFO@ARCHENEMYARTS.COM

Paul and I are continuing to talk about thoughts and ideas for our solo show in 2023. Expect more on that as we head into the end of this year.

Upcoming Workshops

There are only a few spaces left in my upcoming Animal Sculpture Workshop at Union Hall Arts in Atlantic City, NJ! Tomorrow I’ll talk more about the specifics of what will be covered so stay tuned.

You can view more information below or sign up HERE

Work in Progress

Most of my in progress works have been packing related. I did finish up the last of my Tangle sculptures this week and am looking forward to starting new work. I suppose Eddie Bunson is still lurking around, so I’ll finish him too. (It’s silly how much that little sculpture makes me laugh.)

Upcoming Miscellany

I’ll be planning a sale of available work for late October or early November, in advance of the holiday season. I’ll be sure to share it here first.

That’s all for now!

Weekly Update

Last week before school starts… both for Olivia and I. I’ll be at PAFA on Wednesdays this year teaching a class that readies first year students for the Art world, first by showing them the resources at PAFA (of which there are many) and then the resources in Philadelphia and beyond. I try to teach this class as the “everything I wish I learned during my first year of art school” class and therefore always look forward to teaching it. Anyway, because it is the last week before school starts, Olivia and I have been trying to squeeze in some last Summer bits while we can, including a trip to Member’s Night at the Philadelphia Zoo.

Seconds Sale

The rest of my week has been primarily devoted to getting my Seconds Sale ready for tomorrow, Sept 1. This required gathering everything, photographing it, and listing it in my online shop so that it will release on Thursday at 11am EST. Everything is ready to go and while I’m always nervous that nothing will show up when it turns 11, it always does (because I refresh obsessively until it does.)

Upcoming Workshops

There are only 2 spaces left in my upcoming Animal Sculpture workshop, which is taking place on October 1st and 2nd at Union Hall Arts!

Work in Progress

I finished the clay sculpture for Spectrum III and it is currently waiting to be fired. Fingers crossed.

Upcoming Miscellany

You can vote for my piece CHAMBER XXXVI Bring the motherfucking ruckus for the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize People’s Choice Award HERE until September 9th.

Also, Paul (my love, who has been hard at work on all the things) was just recently in an episode of The Mastodon Podcast HERE.

Weekly Update

As I try to squeeze the last bits out of this Summer by running around with Olivia, I am also looking forward to the Fall. The change of weather is of course most exciting but the change of pace is helpful too. I always do better when there is some structure to my days and the Fall schedule always seems to snap things back into place. (Mom guilt looms when it’s a perfectly nice Summer day that I had planned to spend working on the house or in the studio and Olivia asks “What are we doing today?”… so my days are more unpredictable right now because having fun is also important.)

As I mentioned, I’ll be teaching less this Fall, only having taken on one class at PAFA and workshops. I’m hoping to use this time to plan for the future and finish up some things around here.

Current Exhibitions

I’m happy to say that my sculpture, Am I flying? // Am I falling?, that is featured in As Above, So Below at Arch Enemy Arts sold! There is some really beautiful work in this exhibition, but my favorites are:

Upcoming Exhibitions

I’m working on a piece for Spectrum 3, also at Arch Enemy Arts, and this show opens in September with an opening reception on First Friday in October.

Paul and I are also both in the planning stages for our solo show in 2023, so there that has been discussions and the beginnings of ideas.

Upcoming Workshops

There are only 3 spaces left in my upcoming Animal Sculpture Workshop at Union Hall Arts in Atlantic City, NJ! I am so excited for this workshop. It’s going to be a really packed two days, full of information and sculpting (my favorite things.) I’ll also be making a sculpture tool for each participant and we’ll talk about things like moldmaking vs. firing clay work, composition and making narrative work using symbolism.

You can view more information below or sign up HERE

Work in Progress

I’ve started a sculpture but in the chaos of redoing the studio, it’s dried out! So it looks like I’ll be starting again.

I also have a much neglected Eddie Bunson left on my table that I should finish for miss Olivia.

Upcoming Miscellany

Back to School Seconds Sale is scheduled for September 1st! I’ll photograph the sculpture this week for a sneak peek so stay tuned!

Weekly Update

As we head full speed back into the upcoming school year, I am trying to get back online with consistency in my life and in my studio (as much as is possible.) I’ve shifted my schedule dramatically and will only be teaching minimally this semester in order to give myself a chance to sort out some things. Keep an eye here for upcoming shows, sales, bodies of work, etc.

Current Exhibitions

As Above, So Below 4 opens this Friday, August 19th at Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, PA . Paul and I both have works in the show and each piece is meant to work both right side up and upside down. Here is a preview of my piece Am I flying? // Am I falling?

Upcoming Exhibitions

Next month will be Spectrum, also at Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, PA. I’ve chosen the color blue this time so stay tuned.

Upcoming Classes

I’m very excited about the upcoming Animal Sculpture Workshop at Union Hall Arts in Atlantic City, NJ. The space is run by my friend Jim Dessicino and is really wonderful. Because I’ve dialed back my teaching so much, this is one of only two animal sculpture classes that I’ll be teaching in 2022 (and the only one on this coast!).

You can view more information below or sign up HERE

Work in Progress

Right now it’s really just my studio that is in progress, though I am finishing up the very last of my ‘Tangle’ casts and getting ready to start 2 new bodies of work for solos in 2023!

Upcoming Miscellany
Back to School Seconds Sale coming soon… September 1st, 2022

I’ll list the remainder of any “seconds” I have (sculptures that did not make the cut for one reason or another that are offered at a lower price than normal.)