Taste for Art Event

"This fall season, the East Bay Express hosted event Taste for Art ventures to Berkeley, ground zero for all things delicious and delectable. Taking place at the iconic Sawtooth Building, the party will feature small plate tastings from the area's best restaurants and an impressive 60,000 square feet of open art studios, film screenings, live music...", link to full article and more information.

Taste for Art

Friday, October 2nd
5pm-9pm
Earthworks Gallery + Studio
Plus the entire Sawtooth building

2547 8th St., #33 (at Dwight)
Berkeley, CA
Link to Taste for Art

Summer Days and a Doorbell

joanna glazing

Summer days at the studio, things are quiet but we are still producing and loving our work. The gallery is open every Saturday, so stop by and if you have not been by in awhile we have a doorbell now! If you visit on any day besides a Saturday just give our new bell a ring.

erin's sketches and works in progress

Joanna Mendicino at East Bay Open Studio

Joanna Mendicino's beautiful & charming vases will be on display at her studio Earthworks during East Bay Open Studio.

After browsing Joanna's pieces, you may also see Earthwork's other 7 artist's artwork and the many other artisans whose studios in the Sawtooth building will also be open for this wonderful event.

East Bay Open Studio
Hours are 11-6 Saturdays and Sundays on June 6,7, 13 & 14. For more information about Open Studios, click here.

News from NCECA

Well, it's official, I think I have taken over the Earthworks blog.  So keep an eye out for a posting with my own spin-off blog.  I think it is time to start my own!  

Brandon Reese's Sculpture

NCECA was amazingly fun and inspiring as usual, my crew and I skipped the clay conference itself and instead rented a car and visited all the beautiful galleries.  By far my favorite show was Brandon Reese (link to more pics) of Oklahoma, my Mom's home state so I may be 

biased. His use of clay and wood together was fantastic and a major inspiration. Some of the best contemporary clay work I have seen.  I also got to have a religious moment with a Hans Coper vessel that is similar to the pic on the left right, at the ASU Ceramic Research Center (link) , a wonderful collections of ceramic work and a must stop for any clay lover.

Cheryl Tall (middle) and friends

My other favorite show was mine!  The gallery owners Daryl and Michael of Costello-Childs did a beautiful job combining two and three dimensional pieces and were wonderful to work with. Here are some pictures of the opening.

Deborah Rael-Buckley, Maria De Castro, Cheyl Tall, Ceil Sturdevant & me

Cheryl with her pieces and Susan Beiner's work in the background.

Bye for now - Erin McGuiness

Gallery Opening - Hybrid Nation

Are you headed to NCECA or to the Phoenix/Scottsdale AZ area in April?  If so, please join me to celebrate a show my work is part of, Hybrid Nation.

Opening Reception - Thurs., April 9th 4-8pm

Costello Childs Gallery

2724 N. 68th St., Suite 1, Scottsdale, AZ

www.costellochildsart.com

Show runs through April 30th

Show features work form Susan Beiner, Maria De Castro, Aurore Chabot, Karen Gunderman, Priscilla Hollingsworth, Erin McGuiness, Deborah Rael-Buckley, Virginia Scotchie, Ceil Sturdevant and Cheryl Tall.

-Erin

Spring has Sprung

As a California girl, I always feel so lucky that we have flowers blooming even in the winter. This pic is from someone's front yard in Alameda.

Even so I love seeing so many plants start blooming this time of year, I can't wait to head out to Point Reyes and see all the wild flowers. The best part of spring is the time change. Now I can stay later at the studio without my circadian rhythms telling me I should be home eating and vegging.

Happy Spring! - Erin

My Favorite Things...

Yeah for cupcakes, these are from Betty's To Go on 4th street near Earthworks. They are by far my favorite in the Eastbay and they are pretty too! -Erin