Contact: Events@PacificRimSculptors.org

On Sunday June 12, 2022, PRS has a fundraising tour of the Oliver Ranch. Don't miss this opportunity for this "must-see" tour. The Oliver Ranch has a two-year waitlist, and this popular tour will likely sell out.

Located in the heart of Sonoma County, the Oliver Ranch is a picturesque 100-acre property, home to 18 remarkable site-specific installations by 20 award-winning artists spanning 35 years. Together these artists have transformed the ranch into a unique, one-of-a-kind outdoor museum that is harmonious with the surrounding environment.

The Oliver Ranch has strict rules, including restrictions about transportation. This tour is for PRS members and their guests; registration is required. Watch for announcements with details about registration, donations, and transportation. 

See: OliverRanchFoundation.org

Sculptures at Oliver Ranch

Contact: Communications@PacificRimSculptors.org

The Communications Committee welcomes new committee member Lynne Todaro who is helping out with Social Media and as a liaison with the Exhibitions Committee.

The Communications Committee aims for high quality communication in the newsletter, website, social media, recruitment of new members, recruitment of sponsors in art-related business. 

To help guide PRS programming, the PRS Communications Committee has been polling membership. The first poll was an overview about membership benefits (see results described in last month's newsletter). Follow-up polls are focusing on the individual benefits.

POLL ABOUT PRS EXHIBITIONS:

In the recent poll about PRS Exhibitions, thirty-four members rated several types of exhibitions, identifying this order of perceived importance:

1. Exhibitions of works by PRS members only, selected by distinguished jurors
2. Exhibitions of works by PRS members and non-members, selected by distinguished jurors
3. Exhibitions with at least one piece by each PRS member submitting works
4. Juried Exhibitions of works by ISC Chapters
5. More virtual (website) exhibitions
6. A regular (e.g., monthly or quarterly) online exhibition highlighting works by one PRS member, selected by the Exhibitions Commitee

Regarding a possible range of entry fees to cover costs of exhibitions, the largest number of respondents endorsed as acceptable a fee of $20.

Most respondents rated the need for an exhibition theme as only somewhat important or less important. High prestige venues were rated as important; smaller venues as somewhat important. About half of respondents indicated willingness to help as volunteers, but only when they have time.

POLL ABOUT PRS NEWSLETTER:

In the recent poll about the PRS Newsletter, twenty-nine members responded, rating the sections in this order of perceived importance:

1. Exhibitions Committee section describing current shows and calls-for-entry
2. Events Committee section describing recent & upcoming PRS events
3. "Letter from the Editor" section
4. Member News section with information about Members' exhibitions, publications, and awards
5. Welcome New Members section

When asked how members use the newsletter, most looked at it for their own interest; several added links to the newsletter in their lists of appearances in publications; several also emailed article links to their collectors.

Possible additional items for the newsletter were ranked as follows:

1. How-to articles
2. Reports from members about Artist-in-Residences
3. Informative links to ISC resources
4. Rated as less important were links to ISC chapters or articles by arts writers.

Thank you for responding to the polls; the information is helpful in guiding PRS's development! Subsequent polls will ask questions about the PRS website and PRS Events.

If you can volunteer skills in writing, editing, social media, photography, photo-editing, video, graphics, promotion, website development, or basic data management, the Communications Committee would love to hear from you! Just email questions and ideas to Chair Jane Ingram Allen at info@JaneIngramAllen.com  

Paul Reiber, "Star Gazer", 2021, 30" x 5.5" x 5.5", California nutmeg wood

Paul Reiber, "Jacob", 2022, 9" x 8" x 8" California nutmeg wood

Paul Reiber’s sculpture “Stargazer” will be on view in the international juried exhibition Night Visions: Cultural Interpretations of the Night Sky at Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ, May 21 - August 27, 2022.  More information: www.ccaflagstaff.org/current-exhibit  and  PaulReiberWoodcarver.com/about/

Pamela Merory Dernham, "Surfaces and Depths #11", 2013, 25 1/2"H x 23"W, theater lighting gels, double-stick adhesive on paper

Pamela Merory Dernham’s works titled “Surfaces and Depths" are included in “The USA Exhibition” by Curator, Julienne Johnson, for “The 21st Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition”, Opening April 10, 2022, at The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan.  For more information:  PamelaMeroryDernham.com

Pamela Merory Dernham, "Surfaces and Depths #14", 2013, 20"H x 24"W, theater lighting gels, double-stick adhesive on paper

Front cover of Light on the Walls of Life: a tribute anthology to Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Richard Alpert, "Open the Bomb Bay Doors, Hal", in Light on the Walls of Life: a tribute anthology to Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Richard Alpert, "Open the Bomb Bay Doors, Hal", 2020, 3"H x 16"W x 6.5"L, steel wire, synthetic rubber, lead weight

Richard Alpert’s work "Open the Bomb Bay Doors, Hal", 2020, appears in the book, Light on the Walls of Life: a tribute anthology to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, published by Jambu Press, San Francisco, 2022. The book contains works by 74 diverse contributors of poetry, prose, and visual art responding to Ferlinghetti's poetry. See: www.StudioSaraswati.com/titles/lightonthewallsoflife

Brad Burkhart, "Last Call"

Brad Burkhart, "Circle of Life"

Brad Burkhart of Santa Cruz, CA, will exhibit his work this month at Silicon Valley Open Studios, joining 8 other artists at Site 118 located at 2234 Vineyard Court in Los Altos, CA. For details visit SVOS.org or see his online gallery: SVOS.org/product-category/sculpture/. Brad also offers a Sculpture of the Month email series in which he discusses the unique and insightful stories associated with his sculptures. In May, “Last Call”, pictured here, will be featured. To participate, join his email list at the bottom of any page on his website: www.burkhart-sculptor.com

Kathleen King, "Deep Water", 2022, 60"W x 90"H x 1"D, found fabric; photograph by Dana Davis.

"Inspired by loved ones who have faced traumatic medical situations like autoimmune conditions and organ failure.

Also, an apology to Mother Earth for the catastrophe that human over-consumption has caused our ecosystem. How can we heal?"

Kathleen King has a solo show titled An Event in the Form of Questions, May 6 – June 11, 2022, at Mercury 20 Gallery, 475 25th St., Oakland, CA.  Her recent assemblages and sculptures are comprised of materials gathered from city streets and the waste stream. This work colligates discarded manufactured objects like plastic containers and metal frames with fragments of plastic, clothing and other detritus, referencing and re-arranging 20th and 21st century systems and ideas.  More information at: MercuryTwenty.com and KathleenKing.carbonmade.com/an-event-in-the-form-of-questions

Kathleen King, "Anatomy of a Refusal", 2022, 21"W x 75"H x 20"D, metal shelving unit, found fabric

"There is still so much to refuse — a punk stance remains foundational. Refuse to please, to be reduced. Refuse the values of systemic power. Refuse to make sense, refuse a conclusion. What do we say?"

Leitha Thrall, "The Pain of Chains / The Need to Change", 10.25"H x 18.5"W x 9.5"D, bronze

Leitha Thrall’s bronze sculpture titled “The Pain of Chains / the Need to Change” is included in the juried group exhibition About Face, at Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO, March 15 – April 30, 2022.  Juror for the exhibition was Ali Cavanaugh.  

For a video of the exhibition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHmBmTAh9uQandt=9s

Leitha Thrall, "Baby Barely Born Bombarded by Bullets", 1994, 7"H x 7"W x 5.25"D, bronze

Leitha Thrall’s work is also included in Anti-War 2022: International Group Online Exhibition by Exhibizone, Toronto, Canada, February 28 – March 31, 2022.  More information at these links:

www.artweek.com/events/canada/art-online/toronto/anti-war-2022-international-group-exhibition-exhibizone# 

www.exhibizone.com/anti-war-2022

Charles Stinson "Device for Determining Direction of Truthful Information Flow", 2019, 14" x 16" x 5.5", found objects

Charles Stinson "Device for Pursuing Multiple Simultaneous Lines of Inquiry", 2019, 11.5" x 17.5" x 4", found objects

Charles Stinson's works "Device for Determining Direction of Truthful Information Flow" and "Device for Pursuing Multiple Simultaneous Lines of Inquiry" are included in PRS's ECO SCULPT exhibition at Radius Gallery in Santa Cruz, CA; Juror: Ann Hazels, Director of Radius Gallery. See: CharlesStinson.com