Current Events
Susan Beecher, Kit Davenport & Peggy Loudon
at Fire Arts Center Gallery
January & February, 2023
Artist Reception Friday, February 10,5-7pm
at Fire Arts Center Gallery
January & February, 2023
Artist Reception Friday, February 10,5-7pm
Susan Beecher
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Kit Davenport
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Peggy Loudon
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For Immediate Release
Well-known local artists exhibit works at Fire Arts Center Gallery during January and February.
Fire Arts is exhibiting the works of three well-known local artists at our Gallery during January and February. A reception is planned for Friday, February 10, 5-7pm during Arts! Arcata. All are invited.
Susan Beecher is a nationally recognized Studio Potter whose work has appeared in more than 80 national juried shows over the past 30 years. She was the Director of Sugar Maples Center for the Arts in Maplecrest, New York for 15 years, where she taught workshops and expanded the offerings of the center. She has taught workshops at art centers throughout the Northeast, and Florida. Her work has appeared in articles in Ceramics Monthly & Studio Pottery. In 2005, a book exploring her work was published by Catskill Press: Susan Beecher: Wood Fired Pottery. “In my working methods & style, I attempt to carry on the folk traditions of the past while trying to marry these concepts to a contemporary flavor of form, surface and gesture. I hope that my pots speak of home, family and close friends sitting down together to a delicious meal served in hand-made pots that reflect warmth and generosity.”
Arcata ceramic artist, Kit Davenport, is exhibiting drawings that are part of a recent body of work based on sketches she uses to develop concepts for clay sculpture. The drawings begin with a sketchbook page (or photocopy) and are developed colorfully with ink, acrylic and colored pencil, and collaged mulberry paper. Imagery in the drawings relates to vessel and body forms, with fracture or flow underlining a psychological component.
Peggy Loudon has been creating beautiful, functional pieces for many years in Humboldt County. She is an instructor at Fire Arts and has shown her work in many local and national shows. Peggy’s work has been featured in several publications, including Ceramics Monthly, Craft of Northern California, Ceramics Today and the California Association of Clay and Glass Artists of Northern California and was a selected artist on the KEET Television Special “Studio Space’. “By integrating form, proportion, and texture. I strive to create work that brings a sense of beauty and calm to the home. Work that transcends time and will continue to have integrity throughout my lifetime and beyond”.
Fire Arts, located at 520 S. G Street in Arcata, across from the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, has been teaching ceramics and fused glass skills and providing studio space and kiln firing resources to the local community since 2000. Fire Arts is open every day and has a large selection of locally- made ceramic and fused glass pieces for sale all year. Classes are held year-round and include day and evening classes for adults and children. Contact: (707)826-1445 and www.fireartsarcata.com.
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Well-known local artists exhibit works at Fire Arts Center Gallery during January and February.
Fire Arts is exhibiting the works of three well-known local artists at our Gallery during January and February. A reception is planned for Friday, February 10, 5-7pm during Arts! Arcata. All are invited.
Susan Beecher is a nationally recognized Studio Potter whose work has appeared in more than 80 national juried shows over the past 30 years. She was the Director of Sugar Maples Center for the Arts in Maplecrest, New York for 15 years, where she taught workshops and expanded the offerings of the center. She has taught workshops at art centers throughout the Northeast, and Florida. Her work has appeared in articles in Ceramics Monthly & Studio Pottery. In 2005, a book exploring her work was published by Catskill Press: Susan Beecher: Wood Fired Pottery. “In my working methods & style, I attempt to carry on the folk traditions of the past while trying to marry these concepts to a contemporary flavor of form, surface and gesture. I hope that my pots speak of home, family and close friends sitting down together to a delicious meal served in hand-made pots that reflect warmth and generosity.”
Arcata ceramic artist, Kit Davenport, is exhibiting drawings that are part of a recent body of work based on sketches she uses to develop concepts for clay sculpture. The drawings begin with a sketchbook page (or photocopy) and are developed colorfully with ink, acrylic and colored pencil, and collaged mulberry paper. Imagery in the drawings relates to vessel and body forms, with fracture or flow underlining a psychological component.
Peggy Loudon has been creating beautiful, functional pieces for many years in Humboldt County. She is an instructor at Fire Arts and has shown her work in many local and national shows. Peggy’s work has been featured in several publications, including Ceramics Monthly, Craft of Northern California, Ceramics Today and the California Association of Clay and Glass Artists of Northern California and was a selected artist on the KEET Television Special “Studio Space’. “By integrating form, proportion, and texture. I strive to create work that brings a sense of beauty and calm to the home. Work that transcends time and will continue to have integrity throughout my lifetime and beyond”.
Fire Arts, located at 520 S. G Street in Arcata, across from the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, has been teaching ceramics and fused glass skills and providing studio space and kiln firing resources to the local community since 2000. Fire Arts is open every day and has a large selection of locally- made ceramic and fused glass pieces for sale all year. Classes are held year-round and include day and evening classes for adults and children. Contact: (707)826-1445 and www.fireartsarcata.com.
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Past Events
Fire Arts Staff Gallery Show November-December 2022
The Fire Arts Staff (Alder Gustafson, David Jordan, Jessica Swan, Elaine Y. Shore, Elizabeth P. Johnson, Sophie Holderman, Natalia Melendez Rosa) are exhibiting their works through December, 2022. Opening reception for Arts! Arcata, Friday December 9, 5:30-7:30.
Please stop by to meet the artists and view their newest works.
Please stop by to meet the artists and view their newest works.
Monsters at Fire Arts Center Gallery for October
Jessi Von Floto and Deidre Pike, two local ceramic artists and Fire Arts members, will be exhibiting their fantastical clay creatures at the Fire Arts Gallery during October. They will be hosting a reception during Arts! Arcata, Friday October 14, 4-8pm.
Both potters share a fascination with creature creation. Jessi Von Floto has been creating with clay since his college days. He graduated from Humboldt State University, with a degree in art, emphasis in painting, ten years ago. “I came here to go to HSU and never left,” Von Floto said. “That’s the story for so many.” While at HSU, Von Floto took all the offered ceramics classes. He has been sculpting creatures, from snakes to fanged frog-fish, and painting monster portraits ever since. The roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons also provides inspiration. “I have fun with monsters, and I love Halloween!” He works in sterile processing at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka.
Deidre Pike, a journalism professor at Cal Poly Humboldt, starts many of her creatures on the potter’s wheel, then “I smash, whack, slice and then add teeth, eyes, ears, and limbs. My monsters distract me from the weirdness of contemporary life,” said Pike. She makes critters with wide open mouths, fangs, and wild tongues. “My monsters aren’t really scary; I think they’re kind of cute.”
Fire Arts, located at 520 S. G Street in Arcata, across from the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, has been teaching ceramics and fused glass skills and providing studio space and kiln firing to the local community since 2000. Fire Arts is open every day and has a large selection of locally made ceramic and fused glass pieces for sale all year. Classes are held all year and include day and evening classes for adults and children. Contact: (707)826-1445 and www.fireartsarcata.com.
Jessi Von Floto and Deidre Pike, two local ceramic artists and Fire Arts members, will be exhibiting their fantastical clay creatures at the Fire Arts Gallery during October. They will be hosting a reception during Arts! Arcata, Friday October 14, 4-8pm.
Both potters share a fascination with creature creation. Jessi Von Floto has been creating with clay since his college days. He graduated from Humboldt State University, with a degree in art, emphasis in painting, ten years ago. “I came here to go to HSU and never left,” Von Floto said. “That’s the story for so many.” While at HSU, Von Floto took all the offered ceramics classes. He has been sculpting creatures, from snakes to fanged frog-fish, and painting monster portraits ever since. The roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons also provides inspiration. “I have fun with monsters, and I love Halloween!” He works in sterile processing at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka.
Deidre Pike, a journalism professor at Cal Poly Humboldt, starts many of her creatures on the potter’s wheel, then “I smash, whack, slice and then add teeth, eyes, ears, and limbs. My monsters distract me from the weirdness of contemporary life,” said Pike. She makes critters with wide open mouths, fangs, and wild tongues. “My monsters aren’t really scary; I think they’re kind of cute.”
Fire Arts, located at 520 S. G Street in Arcata, across from the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, has been teaching ceramics and fused glass skills and providing studio space and kiln firing to the local community since 2000. Fire Arts is open every day and has a large selection of locally made ceramic and fused glass pieces for sale all year. Classes are held all year and include day and evening classes for adults and children. Contact: (707)826-1445 and www.fireartsarcata.com.
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BOB RAYMOND AND AUK IN FIRE ARTS GALLERY
THROUGH SEPTEMBER
THROUGH SEPTEMBER
The Fire Arts Center Gallery is featuring the ceramic pottery and sculpture of Bob Raymond and Auk through September. Bob Raymond, a well-known local potter and instructor at Fire Arts, is displaying a variety of his functional pottery forms and his latest collection of whimsical sculptures. Auk is presenting a group of sculptures that exhibit a variety of characters in humorous and curious situations. The show runs until September 30. Bob and Auk will be hosting a reception for Arts! Arcata on Friday, September 9, 4-8pm.
The Fire Arts Center has been central to the arts in Humboldt County since 1999. It is a vibrant, community art studio offering year-round classes and workshops in ceramics, fused glass and jewelry making, and memberships in ceramics and fused glass, is located at 520 South G St. and is open daily from 10 am-4pm. For more information call (707)826-1445 or visit our website at fireartsarcata.com.
The Fire Arts Center has been central to the arts in Humboldt County since 1999. It is a vibrant, community art studio offering year-round classes and workshops in ceramics, fused glass and jewelry making, and memberships in ceramics and fused glass, is located at 520 South G St. and is open daily from 10 am-4pm. For more information call (707)826-1445 or visit our website at fireartsarcata.com.
