Morean Arts Center

Let your creativity flow with shapes and textures in the&nbsp;Hammered Hoops&nbsp;Workshop!
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Craft your own hoop earrings by forming sterling silver or gold filled metal wire into shapes like a circle or teardrop—and add stunning hammered textures that make each piece stand out. In this session, you’ll learn hands-on wire shaping and texturing techniques, hoop design basics, and how to finish and polish your piece to create your very own wearable art.
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<img src="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_1949-225x300.jpeg">My name is MJ. I have been a silversmith since 2015, when I learned the artform at Pikes Peak Community College, where I was also a teacher’s assistant for 2 years. I have been a jeweler in two upscale boutiques, and had success selling my jewelry in stores, at markets, and online. Metalsmithing is my passion, and I love to share the techniques of the craft with others!

Local Event: Hammered Hoops Workshop with MJ Hodges

Pinellas County

St. Pete

Florida

Hammered Hoops Workshop with MJ Hodges

Let your creativity flow with shapes and textures in the Hammered Hoops Workshop!

Craft your own hoop earrings by forming...

Price:&nbsp;
$60
$20 Materials Fee – Paid directly to teacher at the start of class
Learn the basics of painting, color mixing &amp; matching, and creating the illusion of depth in a painting by working step-by-step with artist Shawn Dell Joyce. She will lead you through the painting process from beginning to end and teach you how to paint methodically from dark to light. Work from a supplied photo reference of a St Pete sunset populated by seagulls and finish a completed 11×14 canvas that you take home and enjoy!
Supply list:
All supplies provided

Local Event: Workshop: Painting Seabirds at Sunset in Acrylic with Shawn Dell Joyce

Workshop: Painting Seabirds at Sunset in...

Price: 
$60
$20 Materials Fee – Paid directly to teacher at the start of class
Learn the basics of painting, color mixing &...

Workshop: Painting Seabirds at Sunset in Acrylic with Shawn Dell Joyce

On View: July 11 – September 23

Sugar High, our annual members show, welcomes viewers to appreciate and recognize our artist members and celebrate their talent.
The 2026 members exhibition presents nearly 150 works of art with the theme of excess and things we hate to love, as well as a joyful sense of color, chaos and childlike wonder.
Special thanks to Sara Felice, Curator for the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art at St. Petersburg College, who served as guest juror this year. She gave out monetary awards in memory and in honor of special artists and individuals who have shaped our organization in a profound way.
Thank you to our incredible member artists who have made this the most popular exhibition we do all year. Thanks also to Betsy Orbe Lester, Tom Kaltenbaugh and Christopher Andrews who make our galleries look amazing.
Participating Artists:&nbsp;
Geoff Anderson, Lia Andrews, Paula Aument, Lisa Bagley, Rebecca Bagley, Angela Barbarin, Randee Baum, Kathleen Beggerow, Kim Benson, Steph Blondet, Gail Borowski, Geneviev Carrero, Javi Carval, Bill Castleman, Jenipher Chandley, Marilyn Chaulk, Laura Cooper, Rachel Covello, Carol Crumrine, Benaiah Cusack, Margot Dalgetty, Maria L. Damico, Madi Diana, Barbara Dibble, Kerry Didday, Melissa Donley, John Doyle, Jeannine Clark Dunlap,&nbsp; Chris Eisenbraun, Mary Ericson, Pamela Finamore, Ann Flynn, Eric Folsom, Dean Fortune, Patricia Fosnaught, Gina Fote, Judy Freeman, Barbara Gerdeman, Amy Gil, Elizabeth Gordon, Madie Gotshall, Sue Graef, Valeriya Grant, Jean Grastorf, Michele Greene, Mary Grieco, Lynnette Grimm, Jo Gurka, Nina Haaskivi, Maryann Hamilton, Myron Hansen, Susan Harbison, Judy Heady, Jay Herres, Mindy Hester, Jeanne Heywood, Heather Hickman, Karol Hilker, Lisa Hinkley, Jillian Holladay, Harriett Hritz, Isabel Hundley, Peter Hynes, Zoey Johnson, Victoria Jorgensen, Paul Kerkhoven, Melanie Kielich, Mary Kay Klein, Mary Kay, Carolyn Klova Kospender, Candace Knapp, Patricia Knapp, Kasey Kurowsky, Stacy Lamy, Irina Lapin, Claudia Larrain, Keaan Lele, Ted, Valerie Luciow, Lalo MacKenzie, Beate Marston, Greg Matthews, Fahan McDonagh, Laura Militzer Bryant, Jenna Miller, Sherry Moore, Deborah Novack, Michael O’Neill, Betsy Orbe Lester, Jane Peppard, Diana Pepper, Adrian Peter, Sheila Plant, Richard Pollin, Chris Price, Alexandra Quintos, Kim Radatz, Diane V. Radel, Jan Richardson, Addie Rodriguez, Maria-Angelica Sanclemente, Jessica Scott-Dunda, Bonnie Seide, Richard Seidel, Marshall Seiden, Lynn Serulla, Mary Shambach, Ricky Singh, Linda Sizelove, CeCe Skeith, Rebecca Skelton, David Wade Slater, Linda Slator, Phynyx Soltis-Tatro, Brandy Stark, Jennifer Steel, Rachel Stewart, Elizabeth Suggs, Marian Tagliarino, Carly Thalmann Shortcake, Jack Tovey, Karen Tullo, Jeff Unger, Judy Vienneau, Judith Villavisanis, Kimberly Vorperian, Hannah Warnick, Marilynne Wasielewski, Susan Weinberg, Eric Weinstein, Jeffrey Wilcox, Zibby Wilder, Elizabeth Wunderlick, Marianne Wysocki, Laura York, Cynthia Zanella, Paul Zolan

Local Event: SUGAR HIGH: 2026 Members Show Opening Reception

SUGAR HIGH: 2026 Members Show Opening Reception

On View: July 11 – September 23

Sugar High, our annual members show, welcomes viewers to appreciate and recognize our artist...

*$10 materials fee, to be paid directly to teacher at the start of class
Embrace the Blues!&nbsp;Learn to make beautiful cyanotype prints at the Morean Darkroom. Film photography guru Lance Rothstein will walk you through the steps of coating the special emulsion and making breathtaking cyanotype photographs and botanical prints during this 3.5 hour workshop. You’ll learn a creative method of turning your digital pictures into genuine analog photographs made with photosensitive emulsion and sunlight! We can even tone some with Tea or Coffee.&nbsp;<img src="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cyanotype-Botanicals-IMG_6595-211x300.jpg" srcset="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cyanotype-Botanicals-IMG_6595-211x300.jpg 211w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cyanotype-Botanicals-IMG_6595-720x1024.jpg 720w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cyanotype-Botanicals-IMG_6595-768x1093.jpg 768w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cyanotype-Botanicals-IMG_6595-600x854.jpg 600w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cyanotype-Botanicals-IMG_6595.jpg 918w"><img src="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20251029-4x5-Maison-Bourbon-Cyanotype-1s-300x228.jpg" srcset="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20251029-4x5-Maison-Bourbon-Cyanotype-1s-300x228.jpg 300w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20251029-4x5-Maison-Bourbon-Cyanotype-1s-1024x779.jpg 1024w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20251029-4x5-Maison-Bourbon-Cyanotype-1s-768x584.jpg 768w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20251029-4x5-Maison-Bourbon-Cyanotype-1s-1536x1168.jpg 1536w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20251029-4x5-Maison-Bourbon-Cyanotype-1s-600x456.jpg 600w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20251029-4x5-Maison-Bourbon-Cyanotype-1s.jpg 1920w"><img src="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Illy-Boat-cyanotype-coffee-1-230x300.jpg" srcset="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Illy-Boat-cyanotype-coffee-1-230x300.jpg 230w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Illy-Boat-cyanotype-coffee-1-786x1024.jpg 786w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Illy-Boat-cyanotype-coffee-1-768x1000.jpg 768w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Illy-Boat-cyanotype-coffee-1-1179x1536.jpg 1179w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Illy-Boat-cyanotype-coffee-1-600x782.jpg 600w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Illy-Boat-cyanotype-coffee-1.jpg 1474w">&nbsp;Each participant can make at least two botanical prints and two photographs. All materials provided, but feel free to bring some interesting flowers, plant stems or leaves if you have them. And have two of your favorite digital photographs on your phone.

Local Event: Workshop: Creative Cyanotype Printing with Lance Rothstein

Workshop: Creative Cyanotype Printing with...

*$10 materials fee, to be paid directly to teacher at the start of class
Embrace the Blues! Learn to make beautiful cyanotype...

Workshop: Creative Cyanotype Printing with Lance Rothstein

Morean Center for Clay

On View: July 11 – September 5 Morean Center for Clay 420 22nd St. South&nbsp;
Art has long been a powerful medium for storytelling, preserving history, and expressing personal and collective experiences. Ceramics, with its tactile and transformative qualities, provides a unique avenue for artists to shape narratives in a tangible form. This exhibition brings together artists from various backgrounds to create ceramic works telling compelling stories.
Participating Artists:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.taylorrobenaltceramics.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Taylor Robenalt</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mariaalbornoz.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Maria&nbsp; Albornoz</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bryanwilkerson.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bryan Wilkerson</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tmarinuzzi55d0.myportfolio.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tammy Marinuzzi</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pavelamromin.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pavel Amromin</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.caseymcdonough.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Casey Mcdonough</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kolhouse.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Robert Kolhouse</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chelseyalbert.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Chelsey Albert</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiffanyleach.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tiffany Leach</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.keithwallacesmith.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Keith Wallace Smith</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.betsywild.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Betsy Wild</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.meghansullivanceramics.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Meghan Sullivan</a>
Project Objectives
1.&nbsp; &nbsp; To foster a community of artists interested in storytelling through ceramics. 2.&nbsp; &nbsp; To create a body of work exploring diverse cultural, personal, and historical narratives. 3.&nbsp; &nbsp;To provide opportunities for skill-sharing, idea developing, and artistic exchange.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4.&nbsp; &nbsp;To showcase the final works to highlight the power of ceramics as a narrative medium.

Local Event: Universal Narratives: A Group Show Presented by Taylor Robenalt

Universal Narratives: A Group Show Presented by...

On View: July 11 – September 5 Morean Center for Clay 420 22nd St. South 
Art has long been a powerful medium for storytelling,...

Universal Narratives: A Group Show Presented by Taylor Robenalt

Neverne Covington: Into the Mystic
On View: July 11 – September 23
Opening Reception: July 11th, 5pm to 8pm
Continuing a tradition at the Morean, we are proud to present last year’s Margaret Murphy Steward Best of Show winner,&nbsp;Neverne Covington. In addition to a cash prize, the winning artist receives a solo show in our gallery to coincide with the following year’s members show. Neverne is the 14th artist to receive this opportunity.
About Neverne:
Neverne Covington’s drawings, prints, paintings and sculpture explore childhood, language, landscape, memory, and the gothic south. Her work has been exhibited at the Tampa Museum of Art, the Brevard Museum of Art, the State Capital, the Florida Museum for Women Artists in Deland, Florida and various venues throughout Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
​​She recently returned from an artist residency at the VCCA Moulin a Nef in Auvillar, France. Covington was born in Laurelton, New York, grew up in Florida, and attended City &amp; Guilds College in London, England. She graduated from Eckerd College and has maintained her studio in downtown Saint Petersburg for three decades.
Artist Statement:
I use oil paint, oil sticks and wax on canvas to create my work. I start with small intimate studies and expand to larger works, often executing several paintings at the same time. I look for the dialogue as my paintings speak to one another. Using progressive layers and glazes, some transparent, some thick and opaque, each brushstroke or mark becomes the topography of the surface. Each layer informs the next.
Direct observation and immersion in the natural world, informs my work and determines its themes: permanence, impermanence, and transience. My paintings discover the tangible and intangible forces that form matter from which our being and our very nature emerge.
Rhythm, pattern, and repetition dictate my process and the direction each work will take. The viscosity and consistency of the mediums enhance the work as I smear, drag, rub to create volume and form. The oil sticks, paint, and wax, combined with the shimmering transparent glazes, produce depth. The history of painting, and my study of it, informs each mark I make.
Painting makes me pay attention. It entices me into the mystery of nature and the landscape of memory.&nbsp;It is a way of bringing order to the world I know and to the preconscious world of which I know so little. I am fascinated with what came before us, with humankind’s relationship to our living, breathing world. In my work I strive to reveal nature’s known, unknown and unknowable entities. It is my humble hope that audience will respond to these resonances.

Local Event: Opening Night of Neverne Covington: Into the Mystic 

Opening Night of Neverne Covington: Into the...

Neverne Covington: Into the Mystic
On View: July 11 – September 23
Opening Reception: July 11th, 5pm to 8pm
Continuing a...

Opening Night of Neverne Covington: Into the Mystic 

JOYLAND: Benaiah Cusack
On view: July 3 – August 8
Meet the artist/reception: July 11, 5pm to 8pm
Joyland is a state of mind guided by wonder and curiosity through the creative process of art making. Inspired by imaginary coastal spaces, ocean light, rhythmic movement, tropical color, the energy of street art, and a hint of the cosmic, this body of work explores environments that feel both vibrant and introspective. Layered surfaces, fluid forms, and bold color interactions create an atmosphere that moves between dreamscape and memory—places that do not exist, yet feel familiar. The work balances playfulness with reflection, inviting moments of connection, engagement, and emotional escape.
Through Joyland, viewers are invited into a vivid world where imagination, energy and emotion converge—a space that rekindles wonder and joy.
Benaiah Cusack is an abstract landscape and mixed-media painter working in acrylic, ink, graphite, and collage. His practice explores color, gesture, and layered composition, shifting between structure and spontaneity to build surfaces shaped through an intuitive process. Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, his work draws from coastal environments, street art and mural culture, atmospheric light, and rhythmic movement, translating fragments of observation into painted works. Through processes of building, obscuring, and reworking, he develops imagery defined by form, flow, and visual rhythm.
Rather than depicting specific locations, Cusack’s paintings move between imagined terrain, instinct, and sensory experience, inviting viewers into immersive spaces shaped by color, radiance, and abstraction.
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Local Event: Meet the artist/reception for JOYLAND: Benaiah Cusack Exhibition

Meet the artist/reception for JOYLAND: Benaiah...

JOYLAND: Benaiah Cusack
On view: July 3 – August 8
Meet the artist/reception: July 11, 5pm to 8pm
Joyland is a state of mind...

Meet the artist/reception for JOYLAND: Benaiah Cusack Exhibition

Chihuly Collection

Every Third Thursday
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Price:
$25 per person
Teaching artists:
– Full artist bio’s can be found at the bottom of this page.
“Healing Through Sound and Art” is an eight-part series that offers participants an opportunity to learn and rebalance the 7 main chakras, by using sound and art as a tool. With the intentional use of sound and art we offer participants a guided, multi-sensory experience that blends the physiological, mental, and spiritual benefits of sound healing with expressive and meditative art practices. The workshop is designed to help attendees slow down, ground their energy, release stress, and engage with art as a pathway to personal reflection and healing.<img src="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20250914_152111-1-300x225.jpg" srcset="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20250914_152111-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20250914_152111-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20250914_152111-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20250914_152111-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20250914_152111-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20250914_152111-1.jpg 1920w">
Participants are be encouraged to dress comfortably and come prepared for a calming, reflective experience. The workshop is suitable for all levels—no prior experience with meditation, art, or healing practices is required.
Participants will be supplied with their own canvas and drawing and painting tools, which they will take home at the conclusion of the workshop.
*Class will be held At the Chihuly Collection – 720 Central Ave. St. Petersburg&nbsp;

Local Event: Healing Through Sound Art with Malinda Ellis

Healing Through Sound Art with Malinda Ellis

Every Third Thursday
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Price:
$25 per person
Teaching artists:
– Full artist bio’s can be found at the bottom of...

Learn the basics of hand carving while making a wooden spoon!
Students will learn proper handling techniques, wood grain structure basics, sharpening, clamping, and sanding, all while carving out your own design of a spoon. Wood and Carving tools will be provided. It is recommended you purchase “no cut” carving gloves in your size. Links will be provided. This workshop is for beginners and those that want a relaxing fun atmosphere to learn and create a new skill.

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 Plan your visit Buy tickets Take a class Art &...

Learn the basics of hand carving while making a wooden spoon!
Students will learn proper handling techniques, wood grain...

 Plan your visit Buy tickets Take a class Art & Artists Programs Join Support Shop Event Rentals Abo

On view at the Chihuly Collection: July 25 – November 29
Each year at the Chihuly Collection, we highlight the work of artists who create and/or teach at the Morean Glass Studio. The purpose of this exhibition series is to demonstrate that extraordinary glass art is made not only in the Pacific Northwest (where Dale Chihuly is from) but also right here in our backyard.&nbsp; This year’s featured Morean Glass Studio artists, like Chihuly, are inspired by the rhythms and intricacies of the natural world to create meditative work that invites the viewer to pause and reflect.
Originally from Illinois, Matthew Szidik is a demo artist, narrator and instructor at the Morean Glass Studio. He teaches summer camp and intermediate courses as well as flameworking workshops. He holds a BFA from Southern Illinois University. Matthew says his work “transports people out of their everyday routine and into a place of meditation by reigniting their imagination.”
Kimberly Fahey joined the Morean Glass studio a year ago from New Jersey and currently serves as the introductory glassblowing instructor and assistant demonstration artist. She holds a BFA in Photography with a minor in Glass from Jacksonville University. Inspired by sacred geometry and mandalas, her work combines glass and painting to explore meditation, movement and material connection.
Hailing from Massachusetts, Kailey Carleton is a beginning glassblowing instructor and demonstration artist in the Morean Glass Studio. She holds a BFA in Glass from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. About her work, Kailey states, “it explores the relationship between organic growth, memory and transformation…I am drawn to the stillness found in small, often-overlooked moments in nature and seek to evoke that quiet sense of presence within my work.”

Local Event: Pattern and Pause Exhibition: Matthew Szidik, Kailey Carleton and Kimberly Fahey

Pattern and Pause Exhibition: Matthew Szidik,...

On view at the Chihuly Collection: July 25 – November 29
Each year at the Chihuly Collection, we highlight the work of artists...

Pattern and Pause Exhibition: Matthew Szidik, Kailey Carleton and Kimberly Fahey

Price:
$85 per adult, child pair
Open to ages 5 – 12, come explore various techniques to create their own one-of-a-kind doll!&nbsp;
Students will learn skills they can replicate at home for endless world building and creative expression. Whether it’s outfits, features, accessories or that unexplainable magic only you can create, each student will leave with a unique doll full of personality!
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Each child must be accompanied by an adult, who helps participate in creating accessories with their child as they monitor and help them with the use of hot glue, scissors, and other technically advanced tools. Adults get to create as well and customize a “Take-Home Bag” to transport their hand-made doll home.
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Artist Bio:
Emilie Hernandez is the founder of Mani Mina, a brand offering textile dolls, patterns, and doll-making experiences. She opened New York’s first doll-making school in Brooklyn in 2022 and moved to Saint Petersburg in 2024 to continue developing her workshops in the Tampa Bay area. With an Instagram community of 127,000 followers, she is set to publish two doll-making books in the US and France by June 2026. Her passion is sharing joy and creativity through doll-making, helping participants reconnect with their inner child through unforgettable experiences.

Local Event: Mommy and Me: Parent-Child Doll Making with Emilie Hernandez

Mommy and Me: Parent-Child Doll Making with...

Price:
$85 per adult, child pair
Open to ages 5 – 12, come explore various techniques to create their own one-of-a-kind...

Mommy and Me: Parent-Child Doll Making with Emilie Hernandez

The Morean Center for Clay invites you to our city-wide search for&nbsp;
St. Pete’s MOST ARTISTIC CUPCAKES!
Saturday, August 29, from12-3pm Morean Center for Clay,&nbsp;420 22nd St. S.
Help us decide the best creative cupcake for the People’s Choice award!&nbsp;
This decadent fundraising event features a variety of submissions categorized by youth/teen, novice, professional and specialty (gluten-free or sugar-free). Sample a dozen different tasty treasures and vote on your favorite flavor. Pre-registered attendees will receive a 12-count box to fill with the mini-cupcakes of their choice and will vote for their favorite flavor to win the People’s Choice award.&nbsp;
<h5>**Reserve your box in advance** </h5>
<h5>Note: We historically sell out and will not have boxes available the day of the event for walk-up purchase.</h5>12-count box: $25 / $20 for Morean Members
Yes! You are welcome to purchase multiple boxes or share a single box per party.Excited to share your legendary cupcake recipe?
Sign up by August 9th!&nbsp;

Local Event: 15th Annual Great St. Pete Cupcake Contest

15th Annual Great St. Pete Cupcake Contest

The Morean Center for Clay invites you to our city-wide search for 
St. Pete’s MOST ARTISTIC CUPCAKES!
Saturday, August 29,...

On View:&nbsp;September 12 – October 3 Morean Center For Clay –&nbsp;420 22nd Street South
This touring exhibition brings long-overdue attention to Georgia’s vibrant woodfiring tradition. The Contemporary Woodfire Potters of Georgia exhibition showcases a multigenerational collective of artists whose practices span folk pottery lineages, Japanese kilntraditions, and contemporary ceramic artistry—united by a shared devotion to the centuries-old craft of woodfiring. The group includes some of the most influential names in Southern pottery, among them legacy potters with more than 30 years of firing experience such as Roger Jamison, Geoff Pickett, Jon Brinley, and Allen Gee, as well as studio innovators including Stephen Hawks, and Ron Meyers. Equally central to the movement are the next generation of fire chiefs and apprentices—Rebecca Wood, Kyle Jones, and Liz Bloodgood—and a rising cohort of nationally recognized ceramic artists including , Linda Suskin, Kimberly Shelton and Joel Huff.

Local Event: The Contemporary Woodfire Potters of Georgia Opening Reception

The Contemporary Woodfire Potters of Georgia...

On View: September 12 – October 3 Morean Center For Clay – 420 22nd Street South
This touring exhibition brings long-overdue...

The Contemporary Woodfire Potters of Georgia Opening Reception

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 10, 5pm to 8pm
On View October 10 – December 31
Shapeshifter: New and Select Works by Palehorse is the distillation of 20 years of work by St. Petersburg based, multidisciplinary artist Chris Parks, and a glimpse into a new body of work that reveals his continued metamorphosis.
Shapeshifter traces the arc of a commercial illustrator who has worked with some of the world’s top brands, bands and cultural icons, and a studio artist and muralist who sees his personal work as a vehicle for sacred connection. In this new collection, Palehorse channels the transformative power of gods, guardians and totems to offer a mirror to the self, weaving together archetypes, sigils, symbols and sacred geometry.
In a retrospective spanning two decades of dedicated practice, Palehorse presents his creative journey through rock poster art, skateboard graphics, wrestling lore and apparel design, reimagined in new ways. He also explores long-imagined collaborations with friends such as Ben Venom, Morning Breath Inc, Masked Republic, Jon Stine and Bryan Nichols, whose influence has been enduring and foundational.
Shapeshifter is a continuum of becoming, a practice of reflection and an expression of gratitude.
About Palehorse
Palehorse is a traditional and digital artist known for his meticulous linework, vivid color palettes, and layered symbolic language. His work spans large-scale murals, gallery installations, identity and branding, print design and apparel.
His artwork has been commissioned by global brands including National Geographic, Nike, FX, Under Armour, PepsiCo and Hasbro, and exhibited in galleries internationally including the renowned Dalí Museum. He has also designed officially licensed posters for artists such as Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Jimi Hendrix and Rush.
Beyond the studio, Palehorse’s work extends into public spaces and popular culture, from co-founding the SHINE St. Petersburg Mural Festival to creating masked professional wrestling personas appearing in AEW and CMLL. His current practice focuses on personal studio work, an original line of clothing and products, and Kriya Yoga. He also leads Seekers of the Eternal, a weekly meditation circle.

Local Event: Opening Reception/Meet the Artist Palehorse for Shapeshifter: New and Select Works Exhibition

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Opening Reception: Saturday, October 10, 5pm to 8pm
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Opening Reception/Meet the Artist Palehorse for Shapeshifter: New and Select Works Exhibition

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Thirteen Days! Four Kilns! One Symposium!
November 30th – December 12th
Lead Artists: John Bradford, Scott Rutherford
12-15 Cubic Ft. Per Participant
Featured Kilns: Anagama, Groundhog, Train, Salt, and more!
Price: $450

<img src="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/65-DSC04269-300x200.jpg" srcset="https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/65-DSC04269-300x200.jpg 300w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/65-DSC04269-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/65-DSC04269-768x512.jpg 768w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/65-DSC04269-600x400.jpg 600w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/65-DSC04269-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://moreanartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/65-DSC04269.jpg 1920w">Did you miss us? The Winter Wood Symposium is back at the Morean Center for Clay! We’re sending 2026 off in a blaze of fire this December, so join us for an unforgettable week of clay and camaraderie.
Natural fiber clothing and closed-toed shoes are required. No plastic!
Gloves, glaze, and wadding are provided. Every participant must signup for at least one shift during the course of the firing.&nbsp; Our firing leads will be giving lectures throughout the week, so bring a notebook and a pen!&nbsp;
All participants will need to bring cone 10 bisque work to this event. Between 12 and 15 cubic feet of work is recommended. This is a great opportunity to fire large pieces. Tall pieces are highly encouraged! Dates and times for artist talks will be emailed out to participants as the symposium approaches.
Pull something out of the fire that you gotta show off? Submit your piece for our Woodfire Symposium Exhibition in January 2027. Include the piece’s title, the price/NFS (not for sale), and which kiln you fired it in. Paperwork will be provided after unloading.
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Enjoy a night of food, wine, local artist booths, and live music right here at the Morean Center for Clay. All are welcome, even if you did not participate in the workshop, so invite your friends and show off your amazing work!

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