RAC Spoltight: Tandem Solo Exhibitions
The Riverside Arts Center is pleased to present tandem solo exhibitions by Stephanie Brooks and Liz Chilsen in the Freeark Gallery and Sculpture Garden. This exhibition is part of the Riverside Arts Center’s “RAC Spotlight” Exhibition Series which highlights artists who are a part of the RAC community.
Messengers (2021)
24 Stoneware and Porcelain Canaries
Terra Sigilata, canary infusion stain, glazes, colored pencil, stain, skyblue wall paint.
Artist Statement
These works are part of my ongoing exploration of place, and connection to ancestral time, love and loss. Each piece is a container of mystery and promise. For the smoke-fired pieces, I hold firings at ancestral and family homes, I use fire and light transforming mud into glass. These fires are fueled with things from my collections and surroundings, such as leaves and seeds from my daily walks, lists and notes from my parents and loved ones, newspapers containing family obituaries and biographies, and other precious ephemera. Burning releases life to feed life.
