Thank you Best Wishes for sharing my story of pursuing a creative life in Oakland, California.
Author: crystal
Beautiful Surface Feature
Thank you to Beautiful Surface for the wonderful post! This is such a great site, archiving so many amazing artists, check it out!
Muybridge’s Horse Feature
Thank you to Muybridge’s Horse for the wonderful post! See my feature along with many incredible artists archived on their site. 
Musing About Mud
Thank you Carole Epp for the lovely feature on Musing About Mud!
Habitats Collide: Antler Gallery
“Habitats Collide” – Crystal Morey works in a very traditional style, building each piece from the base up and firing/glazing them multiple times, to make pieces which reflect our complex relationship with the environments which surround us. Her human figures, encased in animal bodies, reflect the subjective and ever changing boundaries between humanity and the natural world. Through the “great acceleration”, which has been taking place since the industrial revolution, human beings have become the biggest variable in the changing nature of the natural world. The way we develop our societies has a direct and irreversible impact on the natural ecosystems that we are continually encroaching upon. Crystal’s works deal with these conflicts, whilst also referencing the ways in which ancient civilizations or peoples viewed wildlife and nature. This influence upon her sculpture has given the pieces a totemic feel that immediately calls to mind our changing attitudes toward the beings that we share the planet with.
Antler Gallery
2728 NE Alberta St.
Portland, Oregon. 97211
http://www.antlerpdx.com/
503-284-6757
June 26th through July 30th
Antler Gallery
Habitats Collide: New Works by Crystal Morey
I am interested in what it means to be human and our emotional connections to other creatures and the natural world. I am captivated in the way natural habitats are delicately and tenuously woven together, dependent on complex relationships and conditions. As humans we are both the most capable adapters to new environments while also the most destructive and invasive element. I aim to show ideas of interconnectedness through human and animal emotions of frustration, conflict and contemplation. I want to show how human and animal fates are infinitely bound together and how the stresses we invoke create uncertainty in our rapidly changing environment.
Artists Reception: June 25th – Opening: June 26th
2728 NE Alberta St.
Portland, Oregon 97211
OPEN EVERYDAY 11am – 7pm
503-284-6757
THE PASSAGE – NEW ART FROM OAKLAND
Artists:
STATEMENT
In this ambitious show from an ensemble of prolific and visionary artists, all of whom live and work in Oakland, the world is imagined as a space between locations, a line between two points, a journey and not a destination. These seven artists have set out to tackle disparate, even transient, notions of mystic identity through the use of their professional craft. It could be said that what holds this group of artists together, most obviously, is the use of the powerfully-graphic line in the employment of the human figure. Whether it is Lauren Napolitano’s lyrical use of patterns across gentle renderings of human hands, or Jake Watling’s whimsical sense of character balanced against subconscious, narrative stories, all of these artists understand the media-power of the beautifully-made image and its ability to convey underlying meaning. This show represents a huge swath of the recent work from all the included artists, and all of it will be for sale directly from the artist.
Artist reception: Sunday, June 8th, 2:30 to 4:30
Exhibition dates: June 1, through July 1, 2014
The Orinda Public Library
26 Orinda Way
Orinda, California
Show Installation:
Upcoming Shows
63 Bluxome St
San Francisco, California
May 3rd (7-10pm)- Opening Reception
Michael Campbell, Steve Ferrera, Crystal Morey, Yosiell Lorenzo, Calvin Ma, Emma SanCartier (Odd Fauna), Matt Ritchie, Masako Miki, Shea Brittain (Frankenfactory), Miles Ritchie, Alice Koswara, Erika Sanada, Brooke Fletcher (Feral Artery), Eric Broers, doubleparlour
Passage: New Art from Oakland
Orinda Public Library, Orinda California
June -July
- John Casey (www.bunnywax.com)
- Patrick Dunaway (http://patrickdunaway.com/)
- Obi Kaufmann (http://obikaufmann.com/)
- Crystal Morey (http://crystalmoreystudio.com/)
- Lauren Napolitano (http://peptalk.tumblr.com/)
- David Polka (http://davidpolka.com/)
- Jake Watling (http://www.jakewatling.com/)
June 26th through July 30th
If you are waiting for a perfect new piece, it will be in this show! I am very excited about the new grouping of sculptures I am making for Antler Gallery. I’ll keep you posted!
NCECA 2014
NCECA in Milwaukee was amazing, I am energized and inspired by our incredible ceramic community! Seeing old friends and making new ones was truly wonderful. Here are some highlights of the trip and beautiful works of art.
“Mini Sculpture Wall” at the Red Lodge Clay Center NCECA expo booth. My piece is in the top right corner.
Beth Cavener, Flow: NCECA Invitational, Milwaukee Museum of Art.
