november
Lisa Bare: Black Birds
I have been a potter for 30 years. Knowing myself and the way I like to work, I would say this:
“When my life is calm, my work is complicated…and vice versa”
Clay is one of the most important grounding forces in my life. In times of personal struggle, I tend to strip everything down, looking for a peaceful spot. In those times the work is usually functional pottery, simple forms with quiet unadorned surfaces. So, when you look at the pieces in Black Birds, you can surmise that I am in a good place. This work is not quiet or simple. The pieces are not even all made of clay. Many are not glazed but painted with oils and shuffled with found objects. These pieces tell a story, the story of how I got to that good place in my life. The story is about finding strength in yourself and being healed by nature, birds, family and art.
~Lisa Ann Bare, October 2025
December
Glenn Gustafson: figures of myth; shadows of smoke
Glenn Gustafson works in ceramics using alternative firing techniques such as Raku, Horsehair and Feather, Obvara, and Saggar. His sculptural pieces draw inspiration from myth and the collective unconscious, depicting archetypal figures like the Queen of the Night, Changing Woman, and the Elementals. In his other works, Glenn reimagines traditional vessel forms—vases, urns, and other classic shapes—infusing them with a contemporary sculptural sensibility.
