🎉 Congratulations to our incredible Residents on a beautiful and successful exhibition! This collection of work titled “Rooted in Clay”, is a reflection of their time together as a group of Columbia natives and East Coast transplants, intertwining their root systems, while inspiring the introspective nature of one another’s craft. These works reflect on lives deeply interconnected with the natural world, forces behind it, and the intersections of these forces with processes of ceramics. Their hands work in clay as their minds work through the past, merging nostalgia, processing change, and experiencing growth. The show featured work by Karley Deets, Stephanie Francis, Malik Ibdah, Genevieve Kirk, Steph Kubish, Margaret Larson, Sophie Lever, and Willow Stevenson, created during their Access Arts residencies. Endless thanks to the Osage Arts Community for hosting us in their gorgeous gallery space and helping make this vision come to life. @osageartscommunity Huge appreciation goes to our fiber studio manager Marina Cano for guiding and mentoring the residents throughout the curation of this exhibition. @marinadelrae.art And finally, thank you to our student Sarah Mostellar of Mostellar Visual Arts for photographing the show so beautifully. Sarah launched her business in 2021, and we are so grateful for her talent and care in capturing this show. You can find her work at @mva.portraits (fb)

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