Kala Stein, Amy Hamley, and Kristina Nobleman.

November 8 - December 8, 2024

Three artists focus on material exploration, drawing inspiration from patterns and textures of the natural world while pushing traditional approaches to their mediums. Grounded in process, each of their work strikes a dynamic balance between cultivated refinement and bold experimentation.

Kala Stein

April 14-May 7, 2023

A solo exhibition of ceramics by Kala Stein mapping themes of climate and place through experimental design, fire, and flux studies. Exploring motifs of water, fragility, and changing landscapes through vessels and wall art, Stein considers the ceramic process a metaphor for geologic and climate change. She uses the kiln to simulate geologic transformation including cracking, melting, flow and fluxing. Stein explores the wonder of ceramic material, the love of being near water, and laments negative impacts of the Anthropocene Epoch. By leveraging the inherent fragility of ceramics, a theme emerges that contemplates the sublime, being and loss within the context of climate change in Northern California.

Sandy Young

September 28 – October 7, 2023

“Chapters” as Markers of Change
Life is change. It’s during the times of greatest change that we actually notice change –moving from one “chapter” to the next. In these works I try to express not only the continuum of “chapters” but also capture that time of change between the chapters –the transition, the moments in transformation. –Sandy  “Chapters” features Altered Books, Glass and Pages Made of Porcelain.

Kala Stein

March 16- Apr 30, 2022

Quench: Things For and About Water is a culmination of ceramic work by Kala Stein. The exhibition explores motifs of water, fragility, and changing landscapes through vessels, wall work, and experimental design. Stein considers the ceramic process a metaphor for geologic and climate change and uses the kiln to simulate geologic transformation. Cracking, melting, and fusing photographic imagery, earthen material and metallic glaze, she explores the wonder of ceramic material, the love of being near water, and laments the depletion of natural resources. By leveraging the inherent fragility of ceramics, a theme emerges that contemplates beauty, value and loss within the context of climate change in Northern California.