Arts Council of Lake Oswego

To Apr 10 Thinking Through Mud: Arrangements of Clay + Ikebana. Co-curated by Morgan Ritter & Jeffry Mitchell, this exhibition throws forth a new image of contemporary ceramics, featuring work that feels human, fecund and sometimes deliberately rough. The eight artists include James Alby, Lisa Conway, Marjorie Dial, Nick Norman, Ben Rosenberg, Ben Skiba, Calvin Wong and Ahuva Zaslavsky and are complimented by student work from local group Renka Ikebana. Many of the featured artists are incidentally friends or admirers, united by a shared way of thinking through their hands and arriving at unexpected, visceral work. Within their craft, skill is not performed. Instead, the work demonstrates care and curiosity for the process of making.