Pottery of Protest 6

Another new year has arrived, bringing introspection and resolutions. The artists at Lincoln Square Pottery Studio - Learning Center take their reflections seriously; they channel the wrongs of the world into their work. Join us in giving their unique, creative perspective the attention it deserves during the Pottery of Protest 6 exhibition opening on Saturday, February 25th from 4-8pm. LSPS-LC students have been passionately making ceramic artwork with a cause since the first Pottery of Protest in 2018. Each year the studio adds new categories for their artists to expand their ideas into; Human Rights, Environmental Awareness, Politics and Governance, Justice and Politics, Conflict and Violence and Peace and Prosperity. Studio artist Ann Cibulskis plans her ideas out months before each exhibition. Her past works have repeatedly touched on gun violence in Chicago. She visually shows the immense human and community loss associated with the statistics. This year, her piece “The New Ocean” showcases how overwhelming it can be to reduce the use of benzine-based products from our lives. A life-sized human arm made of clay flails desperately against a tsunami of plastic bags, containers and food packaging. The mixed-media piece conveys the feeling of unsuccessfully fighting the plastics scourge. Artist and compassionate animal rights supporter Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair will be this year’s judge. Bouvet-Boisclair is an exceptional pottery-on-the-wheel thrower with an eye towards animal-inspired designs. The artist has an unusual process to her work. Based on her years of oil and watercolor painting, she layers her pieces with slip, stains, glazes and painterly brushwork. The results are a balance of messy and refined, making the work fascinating to explore. Bouvet-Boisclair anthropomorphizes her animal subjects to make the viewer connect with them as individual beings. Her personal history of spending time on her grandparent’s small dairy farm in the Quebec Province helped cement her commitment to vegetarianism and promoting animal rights. The artist will be selecting work for honorary medallions during the event. LSPS-LC has always paired a Buy-A-Cup Benefit with each POP exhibition. Students donate their hand-made cups and mugs for the event, which raises money for a local cause. Past recipients have been the LYTE Lounge youth building in the Greater Grand Crossings neighborhood as well as the Inner-City Muslim Action Network’s Beloved Ceramic Studio. This year, The Red Door Animal Shelter in West Rogers Park will be the recipient. The non-profit promotes respect for animals through education, rescue and adoption. The no-kill organization mainly shelters rabbits, cats and dogs. In celebration of the Year of the Rabbit, the shelter and studio will be working together on social media to promote and find forever homes for their bunnies, as well as raise money to help the shelter with staffing, food and bills. Join us, Saturday, February 25th, from 4-8pm, for libations and an overall sense of purpose. Open to the public. For the safety of our students and staff, this will be a masked event. Lincoln Square Pottery Studio – Learning Center is located at 4150 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL. 60618. Please send questions or comments to [email protected] or call 773-248-4430.

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