Current 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. They will hold an 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.
Past Events
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.
