On Saturday, October 11, the Burl Gallery, formerly known as as AZ gallery, in downtown St Paul will hold an opening reception for its show ‘Kaleidoscope’. I submitted one of my Raku angels and it was accepted!

From the gallery’s show announcement:

On Saturday, October 18, from 2 to 4 pm, Rumriver Art Center will have its opening reception for ‘Look closely – Art made on a small scale’.
I submitted two small wall pieces to this show; they are titled ‘Denial won’t absolve you’, and ‘You can’t take my joy’.
Both got in, and ‘Denial won’t save you’ won first prize, judges choice!
This recognition for my piece really made me happy. I pushed my artistic limits with this piece by re-using foam fruit netting as an artistic tool, and I’m just thrilled this resonated so strongly.

The show will be on display at Rumriver Art Center from October 18, 2025 through November 8, 2025. The exhibition will then move to the Anoka County Library’s Northtown branch and be on display from November 10, 2025 through January 5, 2026.

About three weeks ago, I was invited to be part of Supercharged Print Makers show ‘Weathering Climate Change’ at the Casket Arts Building. The opening reception was Thursday October 2 from 6 to 8 pm – as always at this place, it was vibrant, animated, and lots of connections among artists and visitors were made. Why am I posting this after it happened? Let me explain.
The piece that is in this show (pictured below) is titled ‘Hanging in there; holding on’. Basically until the day I installed it on its pedestal the evening before the show opening, I wasn’t sure whether it would be finished in time for the show. And it did get dicey! 
Keep reading if you want to hear all about this sculpture’s journey.
The making started out easy –  I felt inspired right away because of my idea to work the broken parts of a Blue Willow China cup into this piece. Bisque firing worked like a dream, but then, and this is a first, I actually flat out dropped the piece on our concrete driveway after taking it out of the Raku kiln. Not a good time!
I frantically gathered all the shards and threw them into the wood chips, to still give them the Raku look, and in the hopes I could actually put this piece back together. And what do you know – it worked!
I love this piece so much. It expresses all the things I’m feeling and experiencing right now, and I actually think that the broken/fixed look really matches what I’m going for – our imperfect, brave attempts to come to grips, and hold ourselves together in a world where so much of what we love and care for is under attack. It felt immensely cathartic to put the finishing touches on this piece.
I received much positive feedback for it during the show, and it sparked many conversations. I felt truly blessed being an artist that night!