This Friday May 23, from 5 to 7 pm, the invitational exhibit Bricks and Mortar:  Inspired by Architecture opens at Santa Fe Clay.  The show is up until May 22, giving you a whole month to make your way west if you aren’t already there.  

Its that time of year again when the American Craft Council Show makes a visit to Saint Paul.   And once again, I will be amongst some really good talent as I demonstrate some of my mad coil and slab building skills to the masses.  Come and see me at 1:00 p.m on Friday.  
If you […]

A couple of weeks ago at this opening I had great conversation with S.C. Rolf about life and work, ideas and time, inspirations and pleasures.  It was the highlight of my night.  We talked a bit about the work I made for the Jerome show, and he asked me what was next.
I made this […]

I don’t imagine that when a few artists decided to create an event and call it Fault Lines that they were planning on an earthquake happening just a few days before.  But such is life…always full of scary wonderful ironies.

So for more of the wonderful after the most recent scary, go to Rare Device and enjoy some very […]

While looking at some of Alexander Calder’s work I came across this gem…

It is the dressing table of his wife Louisa, and I wish it were mine.   
These too  
 
 
And if I wore this necklace today, it would be the only sun everyone around me would see.  

 It is thick grey, welly-wearing-weather in Minneapolis.  So please please, […]

 
I have a bit of the winter blues, but this makes me happy.  
 

Hill Hut by visiondivision.
Thanks to designboom.
 
 

 
What if our hearts were this big? 

Magdalena Abakanowicz
courtesy of The Best Time of The Day. 

When I saw Matt Peiken at the opening for the Jerome show a couple of weeks ago, I was feeling ill prepared and a bit apprehensive for a conversation that would be well documented.   As per usual, I really had nothing to worry about.  Matt asked me not only good, but […]

Alec Soth, Pauline, 2007
 
 

Robert Polidori, Wall detail and Surveillance Camera of Grand Cabinet de Madame Victoire, 2007.
 
at the Weinstein Gallery through Saturday.
And this is the last weekend to visit the Art Shanties.
Have a great weekend even if you don’t choose to look at pretty pictures or get some icy bright sun in […]

Upon opening up what I thought was going to being the last kiln before bringing my work to the gallery for the upcoming Jerome Exhibition (more on that later), I was initially quite pleased.  The top layer couldn’t have been better.  The second looked pretty good too.  But when I removed the shelves to see […]

In the NY Times Thursday Styles section a few weeks ago I read this great quote from William Faulkner:
“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again, since it is […]

If you are in the Twin Cities, there is still time for you to see the MNWCA group show. As a teaser, I thought I would show you some of my favorites. 
 
     
 
I love that in the first image Kelly Connole’s rabbit is tucked in next to Ursula Hargen’s most wonderful pitcher.  And I really […]

It’s time to select an image to be used for the Jerome Grant press, and I am having a hard time deciding. 
The pieces that were recently photographed are still rather new to me, and I’m not sure that I see them clearly for what they really are…especialy when I see that some of my […]

A wonderful group show opens this evening from 5-10 p.m. in suite 332 of the Northrup King Building.  The show consists of sculptural and functional ceramics by women artists living and working in Minnesota and was juried by Gail Kendall and Janet Williams. 
 
I am proud to be part of such a talented group.   
 
 
 
I’ll […]

This year’s Solar Decathlon was  won by the German team.  And while I’m a bit sad that the University of Minnesota Team didn’t get the big prize (5th is still impressive), there is no denying the pretty of this building.  

 
And it’s not just about the pretty.  It’s efficient too!  Big contractors and developers could learn […]

In conjunction with the great show currently up at the Walker Art Center, there are three good things to do in the next few days here in Minneapolis.
 
Tonight 

At 7pm Beverly Semmes will give an Artist Talk at the University of Minnesota Regis Center for the Arts.
 
 
Tomorrow 
 
There will be a Panel Discussion at 7 pm between Ann Agee, Kathy Butterly, and Beverly […]

Since last week when the calendar turned to 5770, I have been meaning to post.  Despite the intention to post more frequently (what is it about a new year that inspires one so much more than the new days that we wake up to so much more frequently?), I’ve been having a hard time getting […]

 
I have a new body of work to share with the world and the opening is this Saturday at gallery 360. 
  

 
At this time (pre-installation), I do believe that I am most excited about the wall pieces.  I can’t wait to install on Wednesday!
 
Hope to see you at the opening.