Images and Re-cap from California Handmade Opening

Last Sunday’s opening reception of California Handmade: State of the Arts was a bustling celebration at the Maloof Foundation! It was a bright blue, sunny day, and the gallery was packed for this new exhibition of distinguished artworks. Rooted in a range of material traditions, the 80+ artists hale from across California and many joined us for Sunday’s reception! If you are in the LA-area, don’t miss the extraordinary collection of works that makeup California Handmade, on view at the Maloof Foundation in Alta Loma through January 2, 2016 .

Check back on our website for news about California Masters: State of the Arts, opening at the Craft in America Center on July 11. Be sure to stay tuned for the upcoming series of California Handmade: State of the Arts Lecture Series for Artist Talks being hosted at the Center throughout the summer, and fall.

Take a look at California Handmade exhibition images and Sunday’s reception here:

Darrick Rasmussen, Credenza, 2013

Mike Johnson, Scott Chair, 2015 (l) Gerardo Monterrubio El Tiradero, 2014 (r)

Marvin Lipofsky Russian Group 2006-7 #12, 2006-2007

Lesley Nishigawara, Diamond Lace Repeat, 2014

Sandra Enterline, Diamond Web Necklace, 2012 (front). Petra, Class Gold and Lapis Brooch, 2011 (back)

Nate Cotterman, Some Assembly Required: Tazza, 2014

(l-r) Dorothy Yule, Memories of Science, 2012; Sandy Simon, Lucky Teapot, 2015

Richard Shaw, Still Life with Two Landscapes, 2013 (front) Adrian Clutario Labeija Series – Chair, 2012 (back)

Marilyn Da Silva, Changing Tides, 2012

Jennifer Anderson, Folding Chair, 2014; Victoria May, Study in Convulsion #3, 2014 (front)

(c-r) Hiromi Takizawa Mineral, 2014; Matthew Hebert, Cinder Slump, 2013

Julie Chen, Chrysalis, 2014

Barbara Holme, Curl, 2012