43rd Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts Exhibition

Feb. 17 - June 2, 2024
LOCATION:

FIGGE ART MUSEUM
225 West Second Street
Davenport, Iowa

The Rock Island Art Guild and the Figge Art Museum are proud to present the 43rd Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts Exhibition featuring a selection of artists living within 200 miles of the Figge Art Museum. This exhibition has been organized by the Rock Island Art Guild since 1970 and hosted by the Figge Art Museum since 2016.

City Living and Pueblo Buildings are in By Land or Sea @ ShockBoxx Gallery in Hermosa Beach, CA

Open Blossom and Unfurling Floral Form will be in the Visions in Clay 2023 exhibition @ the LH Horton Jr. Gallery, from August 28 – September 21, 2023

Serpentine Form and Mottled Tripod Vase will be on display in the FROM THE EARTH exhibition @ the Kavanagh Gallery, June 29 - August 9, 2023

Location:
Fine Line Creative Arts Center
37W570 Bolcum Rd
St Charles IL 60175

Striated Vortex Vessel is included in GALEX 56

April 1st - May 6th, 2023 @ Galesburg Community Arts Center, 349 East Main Street, Galesburg, Illinois 

2023 HANDCRAFTED:
A juried exhibition of ceramics, fiber, glass, metal,  and wood
@ the Rocky Mount Imperial Centre

https://imperialcentre.org/

Exhibition dates: Jan. 20 - April 23, 2023

Variegated Coral Bouquet is included in the "Earth and Fire" exhibition at Stifel Fine Arts Center in Wheeling, West Virginia
Exhibition Dates: Feb. 24 - March 31, 2023
Opening reception is Feb. 24, 2023, 6:30 -8:30pm

SMALL CORAL BOUQUET IS INCLUDED IN THE 2022 SCULPTURE NATIONAL EXHIBITION
Juried by Meaghan Gates
On display August 12 - September 24, 2022

Location:
Clay Center of New Orleans
1001 S Broad Street, Unit 116
New Orleans, LA 70125

(504) 517-3721
www.nolaclay.org

DARK CORAL BOUQUET AND URCHIN VESSEL are coming to the Visions In Clay 2022 exhibition!
(Juror, Rachel Gotlieb, curator of ceramics at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.)

Short Textured Bouquet, Tall Textured Bouquet, and Weathered Sandstone Vessel were included in the Contemporary Clay
Biennial Juried Exhibit 2022 (Fong Choo, Juror)!

Dates: May 13 – June 25, 2022
Location:
The Art Center
1803 N 7th Street
Grand Junction, CO 81501

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:

The Art Center’s Contemporary Clay Biennial began in 2006. In the past 16 years it has grown to be a stellar exhibition featuring artwork from top artists in the contemporary ceramic field. This year’s juror, Fong Choo, has chosen 92 pieces to be exhibited from the 146 entries submitted. Along with the juried artworks, the invitational component to Contemporary Clay allowed Fong Choo to select a small group of professional colleagues to show contemporary ceramic work from nationally known artists.

https://gjartcenter.org/exhibitions/contemporary-clay-2022

This exhibition @ the Quad City Arts' Rock Island Gallery runs through June 24, 2022!

https://www.quadcityarts.com/rock-island-gallery.html

Reception: May 6, 2022
Dates of the Exhibition: 5/6/22-6/24/22

Mottled Tripod Vase is included in the 24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition!
Exhibition dates: April 8th -- June 26th, 2022
@ the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.samfa.org/

Floral Cluster is included in "Flourish"

Flourish is an exhibition of artworks that feature floral and botanical artworks from across the country! The open call for artists reached 39 states. 268 artists submitted for a total of 996 submissions, and d’Art’s Gallery Manager, and the juror, Diane Husson, selected 65 pieces from 58 artists from 25 states for the exhibition!

Date: April 28, 2022 - May 21, 2022

Location: d’Art Center

Address: 740 Boush Street Norfolk, VA 23510

Contact:757-625-4211

Cost:Free admission and open to the public.

Link:More information on website.

Tall Coral Swirl Vase and Urchin Vessel are included in the Handcrafted Juried Art Show @ Rocky Mount Imperial Centre!

Location:
270 Gay St.
Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Dates:
January 14th - April 17th, 2022

Two of my building sculptures are included in the SCENE exhibition located in Norfolk, VA.

OF THE EARTH

https://www.art-fluent.com/of-the-earth

This online exhibit is a beautiful expression of the majesty, mystery, and power that our planet holds. A big thank you again to ALL who entered and congratulations to our featured artists:

Soulaf Abas, Sean Free Alcala, Kayla Andrus, Debra Archibald, Catherine Armistead, Willow Banks, Steven Barger, T Barny, Julienne Beblo, Timothy Bergeron, Ricardo Beron, Saba Besier, Melanie Bisbach, Lee-Margaret Borland, Linda Celestian, Rosie Connelly, Thomas Crawford, Donna Dangott, Sofia del Pedregal, Mark Dierker, Rosalyn Driscoll, Samantha Dziubek, Orna Feldman, Chloe Finley, Daniel Franc, Susan Gaylord, Marita Gootee, Melodie Grubbs, Lizz Hamilton, Susanna Harris, Allison Heddon, Lee Heintze, Diane Hemingway, Tom Hessel, Sandra Hildreth, Kenzie Holzinger, Rick Hurst, Jeremy Janus, Jacob Jimerson, Lynne Miller Jones, Michael Jorgensen, Jouni Kaipia, Marian Keeler, Dawnice Kerchaert, Karey Kessler, Cindy Konits, Marie Krajan, Renate Kuprian, Jill Law, Ulrika Leander, Patricia Leeds, Claire Lima, Terry Longtin, Flavia Lovatelli, Connie Lowell, Judith Lungen, Soni Martin, Sophia Moreau, Fiona Morehouse, Marjorie Moskowitz, Barbara Murak, Chloe Niclas, Christine O'Dell-Ferguson, Valerie Ordas, Sara Pajunen, Lisa Palladino, Nancy Perry, Michael Potts, Trish Poupard, Alan Paine Radebaugh, David Robinson, Liz Ruest, Tobin Schmuck, Petra Schott, Trevor Shea, Alma Shoaf, Elizabeth Shriver, Steve Sorensen, Tatiana Soteropoulos, Andra Stanton, Erin Starr, Peter Szarmach, Barbara Tabachnick, Shiho Takahashi, Anne Thiam, Ann Turley, Roman Tybinko, Amy Usdin, Betty Vera, Travis Vermilye, Scott Ward, Amy Williams, Arlene Wohl, Irene Yesley, and Anne Yoncha.

7 ARTISTS, 3 DIMENSIONS
APRIL 17, 2020 - May 23, 2020
John Beckelman | Andrew Casto | Firat Erdim | Mary Merkel-Hess | Elizabeth Shriver | Aaron Tinder | Amy Uthus

A VIRTUAL EXHIBITION @ OLSON-LARSEN GALLERIES, 203 Fifth Street West Des Moines, Iowa  

For more information:
http://www.olsonlarsen.com/

 311 Gallery LANDSCAPES and SEASCAPES Juried Show

September 2019 – Landscapes and Seascapes

311 Gallery is excited to host its annual national juried exhibition, Landscapes and Seascapes, showcasing artists’ ongoing conversation with nature. The exhibition will be up until September 28, 2019.
 

Coral Bouquet will be in the upcoming 311 Gallery LANDSCAPES and SEASCAPES Juried Show!
(Runs from Thursday September 6 through Saturday September 29, 2018)
Location:
311 Gallery
311 West Martin Street
Raleigh, NC 27601

MWSU Clay Guild – Off the Table: Clay for the Wall 2018

              Potter Fine Arts Gallery
              Missouri Western State University
              4525 Downs Drive
              St. Joseph, MO  64507
              1-816-271-4282  

Exhibition opens Feb.23rd, with reception 6-8PM

Exhibition closes March 23rd
Juror: Novie Trump

@Florida CraftArt, in St.Petersburg, Florida

February 10-March 24, 2018

Lightheaded: New Directions in Fine Craft Lighting
Curators Mary Anna Murphy and Catherine Woods.
This exhibit promises to make viewers take a renewed look at fine-craft lighting. It presents new materials paired with lighting, shows current trends in using LED lights, and pushes the audience to consider amping up the art in their own home lighting.
February 10, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. Opening reception
March 24, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. Closing reception

See Fluted Vase at the Freeport Art Museum!

The Freeport Art Museum's 13th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
November 11, 2016 - February 18, 2017
Opening Reception Friday November 11th, 5-8 PM
Freeport Art Museum 121 North Harlem Freeport, IL

http://www.freeportartmuseum.com/annual-regional-juried

Exhibiting Artists:  Pamela Andros, Jean Apgar, Nick Baxter, Sara Slee Brown, Jim Davis, Doug DeWitt, Mark Dierker, Simone Doing and Max Puchalsky, Joan Geary, Sarvin Haghighi, Carol Hamilton, David Hauptschein, Eric Hazeltine, Eric Hazeltine, Kathleen Isacson, Stephen Jensen, Katsy Johnson, Yvette Kaiser Smith, Deanna Krueger, Cindy Lesperance, Bert Leveille, Judy Lipman Shechter, Bob Logsdon, Jeanne Ludeke, Benjamin Madeska, Carol Mantey, Janice Meister, Taylor Mezo, Leah Mitchell, Paul Nitsche, Paul Pinzarrone, Gina Robbins, Kathleen Roman, Kathryn Scott, Elizabeth Shriver, Dan Spahn, Frank Spidale, Rebecca Stahr, Randal Stringer, Daniel Tajlili, Linda Vietmeyer, Candace Wark and Shirley Nannini, Zachary Williams, Sandra Wilson

"Balance" and "Dark Embrace" are in the Divided Attraction Exhibition starting on April 8th.

Divided Attraction is a juried exhibition open to artists working in all three-dimensional medium, functional or sculptural. Exhibition will showcase accepted contemporary artworks addressing the nature of magnitude, duality and connectivity.

Exhibition dates: April 8th-May 28th

Location:
Gilded Pear Gallery
808 Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403

Opening Reception- April 8th 5-8pm

Interwoven Vessel was chosen for the 2016 All-Media show at the Octagon Center for the Arts, one of 69 pieces of artwork selected from 350 works submitted from across the United States.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1475634992766370/

http://www.freeportartmuseum.com/10th-annual-regional-juried-exhibition

From the Daily Iowan:

http://www.dailyiowan.com/2015/08/04/Metro/42703.html

Returning Clay to Nature

BY ALLIE BISCUPSKI | AUGUST 04, 2015 5:00 AM

As picturesque as a coral reef, Elizabeth Shriver’s art, displayed in the Chait Galleries, 218 E. Washington St., aims to pay homage to the free-flowing structures of nature.

“I’m trying to achieve something that’s beautiful and lifelike and yet not actually replicating nature,” she said. “I want it to be something different but that evokes that feeling of something growing.”

Shriver is a ceramics artist. But instead of using a pottery wheel, the Iowa native prefers to craft her pieces out of clay slabs and coils.

“I do a lot of building with slabs,” she said. “Which is basically just a flat piece of clay that you can cut into any shape you want.”

A selection of Shriver’s pieces wrapped up their display in the Chait Galleries today. Emily Wolfe, a gallery attendant, said Shriver’s 3D pieces stand out from the rest of the gallery’s visual array.

“We don’t carry a lot of ceramic work, so she has that corner in the market,” Wolfe said. “Her pieces are very organic and natural. We usually just have 2D work, so having some 3D sculptures is a nice addition to round out the artwork that we have.”

Shriver did not expect to become a ceramics artist growing up.

“[Art] was something I always knew I wanted to do,” she said. “I didn’t know I would end up doing ceramics; that was a surprise.”

Her discovery of the medium happened while attending the University of Iowa in the 1980s.

“I was majoring in psychology, but I was taking art classes,” she said. “I’d taken some drawing, painting, and I just decided to try ceramics.”

She also credits her instructor for spurring her passion in the medium. 

“I had a really good instructor. She was inspiring, and I just found I loved it,” she said. “I couldn’t sleep at night because I had images of things I wanted to make.”

Today, Shriver spends her time working on sculpture, which can be an intensive process. A piece titled Coral Bouquet took her around 40 hours to complete, which, Shriver said, she labored on five to six hours a day to the point the sculpture was so massive that it could barely be squeezed in her kiln.

For all artists and aspiring artists, Shriver has a piece of advice.

“It’s kind of a cliché, but get a day job if you can because you’re free to do what you want with your art, rather than having to do some bread and butter work,” she said. “But it helps to just be flexible with your work. And don’t give up.”