All outside in the garden & courtyard

Featuring a Wide Selection of Pottery, Garden Sculpture + more

6 Ceramic artists:

• Jan Schachter
• Lindsay Marx
• Peggy Forman
• Jane Peterman
• Sally Jackson
• Nina Else

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Join Maryland potter and Pond Farmer Hunt Prothro for an extended tour + throwing demonstration+ talk  at Pond Farm Pottery, a National Historic Landmark in Northern California’s coastal hills. Hunt will  discuss surface and glaze effects of his teacher, Bauhaus-trained Master Potter  Marguerite Wildenhain, and her influence on his own body of work.

9:30AM-12:30PM           Saturday, May 16, 2025

Refreshments provided.

Cost: $35/person

Sponsored by Steward of the Coast and Redwoods

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Twice a year, in June and November, the San Diego Potters’ Guild turns the Spanish Village patio into a lively open‑air gallery, showcasing fresh work from members’ home studios. The Spring Show runs 10am–5pm on Saturday and Sunday, offering a rare chance to meet the artists, explore new pieces, and talk with them about their craft.

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Material Remembrance explores the human desire for storytelling through fiber art, featuring work by Cameron Taylor-Brown and Aneesa Shami Zizzo.

Both artists create abstracted imagery referencing historic places and personal memory using textile materials, showing deep commitment to their craft and the mastery of technique that speaks to the breadth of their experiences.

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Stop, Drop, + Pose: Clay in Motion traces the evolution of clay as a time-based medium, from one of the earliest efforts in The Sculptor’s Nightmare (1908) to early television and experimental theater, to contemporary artists pushing the material into new territories of video, performance, and moving image.

While early animation popularized clay’s elasticity, today’s artists investigate its fragility, resistance, and intimacy.

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In Conversation: Saturday, April 11th at 2pm
Sarah Amos

Reception: 3-5:30pm

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In Conversation: Saturday, April 11th, 2pm
Julia Couzens

Reception 3-5:30pm

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Los Angeles Basketry Guild and Misti Washington Gourd & Basket Guild proudly present a special class with Marsha Orr in the San Diego Area.

Using round reed and a variety of other materials, such as jute, sisal and twine, if desired, students will learn weaving and design techniques including triple-twining and chase weave and will use a bisque-fired pottery piece for the core of their basket.

Class in San Diego Area
(El Cajon, CA 92021)

Sunday, April 26, 2026 – 9:00am-4:00pm
~LIMITED TO 10 STUDENTS ~

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In this hands-on workshop, led by AMOCA Artist in Residence Bianca MacPherson, students will explore the intersection of personal reference, conceptual thinking, and large-scale handbuilding in clay.

Using their own ideas, experiences, and visual references as a foundation, participants will investigate abstraction as a personal code or visual language.

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In-person and online talk with scholar Lorne Platt on the evolution of skateboarding environments in suburban developments. Platt’s studies focus on urban history, city planning, and cultural geography.

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In-person and online talk by Todd Huber, skateboard historian and founder of the International Skateboarding Hall of Fame on the DIY origins of the skateboard.

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Abe Dubin, exhibition advisor to Vehicles of Expression will discuss his artistic evolution ranging from illustration to performance, and how he views skateboarding as a world of pure imagination.

4/30/26, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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Join us in the gallery for a fun and informative panel discussion with artists Bianca McPherson, Kristy Moreno, Maxwell Henderson, and Yoon Hwang, the artists behind the exhibition AIR 2026: Compulsion.

Gain firsthand insights about how the inspiration, concept, and process works for these creative individuals. Our moderated panel will take place in the exhibition gallery and will be followed by time for Q&A, where you’ll have the opportunity to pose your own questions to the artists.

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Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics explores Japan’s ceramic tradition and traces its evolution from functional wares to modern artistic expression.

This will be the first exhibition in half a century of modern and contemporary Japanese ceramics in eastern Los Angeles County, providing a rare chance for many to see the range of this unique facet within modern and contemporary ceramic art.

Exhibition Curator: Hollis Goodall

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Learn to make your own soft sculptures with artist Reniel Del Rosario.

Inspired by work on view in the Vault exhibition The Store of Sturtevant’s The Store of Claes Oldenburg, you’ll make your own foodie-inspired soft sculpture keychain of a hamburger, pie slice, or ice cream cone.

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