NEWS FROM OUR MEMBERS

At Hoffman Center for the Arts

Manzanita, Oregon

For the month of March we are featuring ceramics of Mary Roberts. 

Mary is interested in elegant and modern forms with a feeling of volume. She seeks tension between perfection in the forms with imperfection in surface through carving, texturing, etching, drawing, or applying slip to a refined shape.

This balancing act seems like a metaphor for just about everything. The search for perfection or ideal and then the beauty that comes from messiness and imperfection. 

Mary is a local potter and volunteer with the Hoffman Center for the Arts.  

This exhibit opens this Friday March 4 and continues every Friday through Sunday, 1-5pm, until March 27. Hoffman Center for the Arts

594 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita, Oregon

The gallery is free and open to the public.

FREE old, used softbrick, plus catenary arch kiln door made of kaowool and galvanized steel.  Brick is mostly broken, odd size, and/or stuck together. Door probably has a sheet of transite inside it. Approximately 2 cubic yards of material in all. Should fit in the bed of a full-size, long bed pickup truck or a 4 x 8 x 2 foot trailer. Located in Newberg. (not Newport)

MUST TAKE ALL. 

Contact Mike@twobearspottery.com or leave a message on our landline (503) 538-0119.

The Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita Oregon is very pleased to feature OPA member Serafine Lilien through the month of September. The Gallery is open 1-5 Thursdays through Sundays until September 26 at 594 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita Oregon. 

Serafine works in clay to create whimsical yet realistic sculptures of dogs and cats. She captures the character of the animals and sees and creates their love and sensitivity in the gestures and poses of her pieces. Her art background is classic from studying and sculpting the figure at the National Academy of Design in NY and Artida Arts Inc. in Italy. She has an undergraduate degree in Medical Illustration, hence her realism style.

https://hoffmanarts.org/events/gallery-show-sept-2021/

Also note- the gallery is accepting applications for shows in 2022 through Oct. 15 for artists with a connection to the Oregon Coast. We encourage those interested to read through the application information. Check it out here! https://hoffmanarts.org/submissions-and-proposals/

Please come join me on September 1st for the online preview show at Sidestreet Arts! The featured show includes jewelry by Kathleen Mistry and metal paintings by Emily Pratt. For the month of September, Cheryl Quintana is the spotlight artist for the small works gallery! All artist work will be available for purchase online or direct from the gallery. Check out the events at:

https://www.sidestreetarts.com/events

I hope you can make the events!

The Hoffman Center for the Arts is pleased to show the exceptional Anagama-fired ceramics of OPA members Joe Robinson & Audrey Sloan through August. These collaborative works speak to the wind, the ocean, and the earth. Made in proximity to the water, each piece was hand thrown on the potters wheel by Joe Robinson and carved by Aubrey Sloan. Each work is fired with trees and air from Oregon’s coastal mountains for 5 days and nights around the clock. Inspired by the movements of the water observed from our Bay City home overlooking Tillamook Bay, the pots serve as a record in stone of artists and water. Opening Reception August 7 from 3-5pm, the Show runs through August 29th. Located in Manzanita, Oregon. We hope you visit!

We had Dancing Dogs Pottery and Art in Yachats for the past 6 years but had to close due to covid.  We have to move to Maine so we are selling a ton of supplies and equipment at a tremendous discount (80% of retail).  We want to sell the items as a lot, but will entertain offers  on specific items.   We live in Waldport and all items must be picked up.  You can contact me at 541-351-1048 or at dancingdogspottery@gmail.com.  Al Erikson

LOT #1:  Shimpo slab roller (new), Boss Potter's wheel, Crackpot X-Truder 4 inch, 13 twelve inch hydrobats, 1- 24inch hydrobat and wedging table. $800 obo for all in this lot.

LOT#2:  200 pounds of Gerstley Borate, 45 containers & bags of materials including Mason stains, cornwall stone, kaolins, zircopax, various frits (3110, 3124, 3195 & more); various carbonates, oxides, opacifiers, Albany slip & others, Aardvark cone 10 glazes, Amaco underglazes and much more.  Retail is about $1500 but would take $400 for entire lot. 

LOT#3:  Glass Display Cases with individual 12 inch squares of tempered glass that can be assembled into different display combinations with chrome metal connections.  Make your own individual displays to meet your needs.  These were the central display cases in our gallery and there are over 300 pieces of glass and all the connections and bases to set up your own ceramic gallery.   We will also throw in 4 formica display pedestals for large pots and 2 glass jewelry display tables that can be locked.  All of the above for $500 and you will have all you need to set up shop in a professional manner.     I can be reached at 541-351-1048 or email me at dancingdogspottery@gmail.com  Ask for Al Erikson

LOT#4: 1000 pounds of Coleman Porcelain Aardvark,  550 pounds of Laguna #850 stoneware ; 150 pounds New Zealand Ice; Laguna Dakota Red 50 pounds.  Sell entire lot $1000 obo.

LOT#5:  Paragon Sentry Express 4.0 electric kiln.  TNFQ11.  Digital front loading table top model.  Used once.  Jeweler's kiln.   $800 obo.

Thursday, June 10, 5-7pm

4614 SE Salmon St, Portland. Janet Buskirk & Jim Koudelka

We will socialize outside in the yard. Please wear a mask. You are welcome to bring picnic dinner, beverages and a chair! We will be finishing setting up our Studio Sale, and you can have a sneak preview. We are also happy to talk about how we organize the sale, if you are interested. Or you can just visit with other members and friends. Kids are welcome, we have a swing set and our 13 year old would be happy to organize a Nerf battle. Reserve your spot here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BA5A828A0F94-opapottery

Friday, June 11^th 6pm

6734 N Burrage Ave, Portland Connie Cheifetz

Come sit and chat in an overabundant city backyard. Bring your own supper, chilled minty water provided, maybe even some fresh strawberries & raspberries! Please bring a mask to wear when not eating. We’ve got tables & chairs for about 20, more if you don’t mind sitting on the grass or bringing your own chair. Just across from Arbor Lodge Park, where your kids can romp around, if you’d like. Please RSVP conniejean1956@gmail.com so I know how many to expect.

Friday, June 11^th 6pm 

19438 SW Neugebauer Road, Hillsboro Larry & Debi Nelson

Join the Nelsons on their woodsy homestead. Come ‘self-sufficient’ with your own chair and picnic, though some homebrew may be available. We have room for lots of folks and about 20 cars. It would be helpful if you’d RSVP nelson@chehaylemmountainpottery.com so we know how many are coming. Bring your musical instruments. We can set up the PA system on our outdoor stage and if you mention that in your RSVP. Outdoors (or if you're fully vaxxed and basted) masks are not required.

Saturday, June 12th 2:00 pm

25672 Gap Road, Brownsville Rhoda Fleishman

Come to this idyllic farm where you can visit with ducks and sheep and potters, plus a big beautiful garden. Bring a chair, or a picnic blanket, your own beverages and snacks for a relaxing afternoon of clay camaraderie. Outside there’s room for 30, fewer if we are inside. RSVP flashpointartworks@gmail.combut if you get a last minute urge to come by, do so! We’re easy to find--- I-5 to the Brownsville exit, once in Brownsville (4 miles off the freeway) turn south at the 76 gas station and go 3.2 miles on Washburn/Gap Rd.  Rhoda has big signs, and a blue mailbox. She’s got a large parking lot, but carpooling is a nice idea. She also reports that Brownville is a fun little town to explore if you want to make a day of it.

The Hoffman Center for the Arts features Tom Bottman's deeply textured ceramics through the month of May, 2021. Tom uses oxides and underglazes to highlight the unique textures and patterns he creates.

Located in Manzanita Oregon, the Hoffman Center Gallery is open April 30 and the show runs through May 30. Every Friday through Sunday 1-5pm. Hoffman Center Gallery

Located in Manzanita, Oregon, the Hoffman Center Gallery will feature Mary Roberts functional wheel-thrown vessels from April 2 through 25. Gallery hours are Fridays through Sundays 1-5. 

Mary’s works are elegant and modern: round, oval, angular, often brought to conclusion by exaggeration: a diminutive or elongated neck, platters ample, bowls coaxed upward or folded. .

The Pacific Northwest coast inspires each surface – delicately lined shells, sculpted driftwood, fissured bark, overcast skies and granite rock, incandescent spring growth. Subtle and understated.

All are food and dishwasher safe. See more examples of her work here Mary Roberts Ceramics

We are very pleased to have Chayo Wilson's ceramic and metal sculptures in the Hoffman Center Gallery through February. Open Fridays through Sundays 1-4. 

Chayo Wilson

I am inspired each day by the leaf I pick up on my morning walk, the colors of the sky, texture of bark, bringing divine to Earth through our Vessel, Age and Beauty, Journey and Story, and the highly charged emotional climate of our Present Time.