Curatorial Statement
Exhibition Posted Online: Monday, May 5, 2025 at 10 am MT
Artist Reception with guest curator Margaret Bohls on Friday, May 16, from 5-6pm MT
Sculptural Form, Painterly Surface coincides with one of RLCC’s favorite programs, our ASPN residency, and the exhibition will directly contribute to that programming. Our May 2025 ASPN mentor will be Margaret Bohls. This exhibition features hand builders whose work pushes the boundaries of form and function with the vessel. The work includes highly considered ornamental or painterly surfaces that enhance these sculptural forms.
Participating artists include Margaret Bohls, Marc Digeros, Mike Helke, Gail Kendall, Kate Marotz, Leanne McClurg, Malcolm Mobutu Smith, Holly Walker, and Adero Willard
Margaret Bohls:
Margaret Bohls makes hand-built pottery and vessel forms that she exhibits and sells nationally. She received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1989, and her MFA from Louisiana State University in 1995. She has been teaching ceramics at the college level for over twenty years. Margaret is currently Associate Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. She previously taught at the University of Minnesota and has been a visiting faculty member at Ohio University, Penn State University and NSCAD University in Halifax. She has given lectures and workshops at universities and art centers across the US. Margaret’s work is included in several public and private art collections and has been featured in periodicals including Ceramics Monthly and Studio Potter magazine.