PRS NEWS -- April 2024
From the PresidentHappy Spring! I hope you’re well and have time to create. Please consider joining our board. We need more member involvement as we currently have three vacant positions. And - we will have another one later this year. Working on the board is rewarding. It’s great to watch and plan how the organization is going along. It’s lovely working with fellow sculptors, and it’s fun! We only have board meetings about three or four times annually, and you can join via Zoom. Thank you for considering. Please reach out to me if I can answer any questions - president@pacificrimsculptors.org Barry Beach President, PRS Board of Trustees
A few of the PRS Board hard at work before joining with PRS members at the SFMOMA, 2023. Photo by PRS Board President Barry Beach |
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BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATESTo the PRS member community,
On behalf of the PRS organization, we want to encourage your help and involvement in one of our committees! It takes a village effort to find curators and exhibiting spaces, as well as orchestrating member meetups, other field trips, and more. Bigger things can happen when we bring our collective minds together! Please consider joining one (or all if your ambitious!) of our three committees Exhibitions, Events and Communications. See below for more information about what our committees are up to. Briona HendrenOperations Manger, PRS _ EXHIBITIONS COMMITTEE
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PRS EXHIBITIONS |
A QUESTION OF BALANCE
The opening reception of "A Question of Balance" at the Museum of Sonoma County (MSC) at the end of last month was more than anything we could have asked for. At one point, there so many attendees that you could hardly see the art in the museum! A big thank you to the Exhibitions Committee for coordinating this amazing exhibition, participating artists for making the show so diverse and everyone who came to show support. we appreciate all of you!
In case you missed the reception the museum will be releasing a number of dates released for events including artist talks, and even sculpture demos on International Sculpture Day!
Info about the exhibition: “A Question of Balance: Selected Works from Pacific Rim Sculptors.” Artworks for the exhibition were selected by jurors Jeff Nathanson (MSC) and Kate Eilertsen (Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art). Artists used their own interpretations in materials, techniques, subject matter, or a combination of concepts to address the theme of balance. The resulting exhibition features 45 sculptors representing a diverse range of approaches, techniques, and materials. Included are sculptural works in metal, wood, stone, mixed media, and installation in sizes ranging from nine inches to over 12 feet in height!
Join us for the Second Saturday Artist Talks
- Saturday, April 13th with Leitha Thrall, Barbara M. Berk, Ruth Santee
- Saturday, May 11th with Moto Ohtake, Vickie Jo Sowell, Priyanka Rana
International Sculpture Day at the Museum of Sonoma County - Saturday, April 27th 1-5pm
@1pm - Metal casting demonstration by Briona Hendren
@2pm - Thermal Steel Cutting and Welding by Charles Splady and Alexander Yoshikawa
+ other programming by MSC including a new exhibition entitled On tap: Sonoma County and the Beer Revolution and special guest Tara Nurin, author of A Woman's Place Is in the Brewhouse
Exhibition dates: January 27- May 26, 2024
Location: Museum of Sonoma County - 425 7th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Congratulations to the participating artists!
Don Ajello, Richard Alpert, Susan Amorde, Jerry Barrish, Barry Beach, Barbara M. Berk, Jan Blythe, Nancy Brown, Jay Capela, Cheryl Coon, Sena Clara Creston, Catherine Daley, Lynn Dau, Rene Dayan Whitehead, Eileen Fitz-Faulkner, Rebecca Fox, Sheila Ghidini, Annette Goodfriend, Jane Grimm, Briona Hendren, Stan Huncilman, Rachel Karklin, Peter Keresztury, Jeff Key, Kathleen King, Terry Kreiter, Magels Landet, Oleg Lobykin, Jann Nunn, Moto Ohtake, Ucki Ood, Jeff Owen, Renee Owen, John Pashilk, Priyanka Rana, Ruth Santee, Rose Sellery, Vickie Jo S0well, Charles Splady, Richard Starks, Kline Swonger, Leitha Thrall, Laura Van Duren, Mary White, and Alexander Yoshikawa
Photo of Leitha Thrall next to her sculpture at MSC. She will be apart of the artist cohort talking on
Saturday, April 13th. Photo by Briona Hendren
Photo of viewers Catherine Daley's sculpture at MSC during her artist talk presentation from
February 10th. Photo by Briona Hendren
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MEMBER NEWSZAhava SherezZahava Sherez is excited to annouce her acceptance to the Eutopia Artist Residency, "Spring in Greek Nature" in Toxotes, Greece this coming Spring! This is a 3-week residency is in northern Greece in the small village of Toxotes, located near the Nestos river. Her residency begins May 10 and runs thru May 31, 2024, where she will be developing the second phase of her InBodied Light project. For more information about this residency: https://eutopiaart.com/
ZaHaVa Sherez, InBodied Light
Photo of Eutopia Artist Residency |
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Susannah IsraelSusannah Israel is an invited artist to be in residence at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helea, Montana this coming April 2024. The Invited Visiting Artist in Residence is a short term curated partnership between an established artist and The Bray. The Visiting Artist is provided a private studio space, in proximity to The Bray Resident Artists, to realize and conceive new work and projects while engaging in shared on-site resources and a lively creative atmosphere. This isn't Susannah's first time being invited to this residency! Her first AIR at Archie Bray was in the Summer 2002. She was also Writer in Residence there in 2011, and now will return for the third time in April 2024. "I will spend the time creating a three-part site-specific sculpture that will be permanently installed on the grounds. This is a tremendous honor! I'm planning to make a piece called "We are the body/the boat/and the water" about love and loss, creative community, and my (so far) seven decade journey." -Susannah Israel Big Congratulations to you Susannah! For more information about this residency and the visiting artists: https://archiebray.org/residencies/visiting-artists/
Susannah Israel, Scribe, a landform piece showing the technique used
Archie Bray
Susannah Israel, Tea at Archie Bray, sited piece from 2002 to present. Additionally, Susannah is in the exhibition entitled "MANE & TAIL". It is an exhibition of painting, sculpture and photography by Devynn Barnes, Susannah Israel and Charles Lee. "Horses are incredibly massive and strong animals and yet we don’t fear them. We revere them, trust them, confide in them and have depended on them for centuries." ~ Charles Lee, Curator Exhibition Dates: April 4– May 4, 2024 Opening Reception: Saturday, April 6, 2024 Location: Minnesota Street Project: Casemore Gallery - 1275 Minnesota Street San Francisco, CA 94107 For more information: https://minnesotastreetproject.com/galleries
Susannah Israel, Soaring Horse
Susannah Israel, Soaring Horse - detail |
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Paul ReiberPaul Reiber is apart of the upcoming exhibition entitled Deep Roots, Spreading Branches Fine Woodworking of Krenov School. Curated by Chelsee Boehm, the Curator of Collections and Exhibits for the Grace Hudson Museum, this show will be comprised of works done by graduates from the Krenov School of Fine Woodworking and the exploration of the history of the school. The opening reception will be held on April 6, 2024. Exhibition Dates: 3/30/24 -8/18/24 Location: Grace Hudson Museum, The Sun House, & The Wild Gardens - 431 South Main Street Ukiah, CA 95482 For more information: gracehudsonmuseum.org
Paul Reiber, Glyph II |
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JERRY ROSS BARRISH, Richard Alpert, Barry Beach, Jeff Key, & JAN BLYTHE
PRS members Jerry Ross Barrish, Richard Alpert, Barry Beach, Jeff Key, and Jan Blythe are showing together in the exhibition entitled In Flux: Recalibrating The Unknown at the Museum of Northern California Art. This is an exhibition of 170+ SFAI artists, curated by Jeremy P. H. Morgan. The exhibition showcases individual and collaborative works that explore the unknown, including the video Earshot by PRS member Richard H. Alpert.
This show runs from March 21 to May 12, 2024, at MONCA, with an opening reception on March 22, 5:00 - 8:00 PM.
Location: Museum of Northern California Art - 900 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926
Jerry Ross Barrish,
For more information: www.sfartistsalumni.org/influx
Jerry Ross Barrish, Really Down, 2023
Berry Beach, Accumulations Column 1
Cheryl CoonCheryl Coon is in the exhibition Materiality curated by Beverly Rayner at the Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College Aptos, CA. The three artists, Cheryl Coon, Ben Hunt, and Robert Ortbal, in this exhibition all use unusual materials, or work with materials in unusual ways. This shows runs from March 11 - April 12, 2024. The Closing Reception & Artist Talk for the show will be held on Saturday, April 13, from 2-5p. For more information: https://www.cabrillo.edu/materiality/
Cheryl Coon, Symbiosis (detail)
Jerry Ross Barrish
Jerry Ross Barrish is in the exhibition entitled You Made That With Plastic? Turning Trash into Treasures at Gualala Arts in Gualala, CA. This is a curated group show of 15+ artists all creating work with upcycled plastic.
From Curators Paula Haymond & Mirka Knaster: "The artists invited to show in this exhibit have created interesting, playful, beautiful, and powerful objects by upcycling plastic found on our beaches as well as in our homes and workplaces, restaurants and cafés. Their creativity will demonstrate what’s possible when we make the effort to keep plastic off our streets and roads and out of waterways and oceans, garbage cans and landfills." Exhibition Dates: April12, 2024 - May 5, 2024 For more information: https://gualalaarts.org/2024/04/you-made-that-with-plastic-turning-trash-into-treasures/
Jerry Ross Barrish, Puppy Dog, 1990 |
Mary Curtis RatcliffMary Curtis Ratcliff's solo exhibition, Aviary, hosted at the Mercury 20 Gallery in Oakland,CA, features work created over the past 50 years and includes bas relief, drawing, painting, collage, kinetic sculpture, and photo transfer — all united by wonder and reverence for winged creatures. For more information: https://mercurytwenty.com/exhibition/mary-curtis-ratcliff-aviary/ Exhibition Dates: March 29 - May 4 2024 Reception: Saturday April 6, 3 - 6pm with an Artist Talk at 3:30 - 4pm Location: Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Mary Curtis, Nightbird
Mary Curtis Ratcliff, Feather Hoop |
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Natasha DikarevaNatasha Dikareva's solo exhibition, Through Sorrow Into Light, at the Art Center Sarasota, delves into the depths of our shared human struggle. Like guardians of a shattered realm, these sculptures remain standing among the wreckage, punctured with holes that speak of both vulnerability and resilience. Within their melancholy, there is a quiet whisper of hope - a call to embrace empathy, love, and light. They remind us that even in our darkest hours, there exists a path toward enlightenment. For more information: https://www.artsarasota.org/onview Exhibition Dates: March 14- April 20, 2024 Location: Art Center Sarasota, 707 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida 34236
Flyer for Through Sorrow Into Light
Natasha Dikareva, Under Silent Sky
Natasha Dikareva, Quest for Balance |
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