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ARTE NOIR – Black Clay
Shirley
December 11, 2025
8:53 am
A ceramic sculpture of a rabbit sitting with it's head turned all the way back while also having a paw and a foot raised to give the appearance that they're stuck with tar and thorns all over their body. It's body is done with blue underglaze to mimic blue and white porcelain, with it's lower half covered in the blue underglaze to mimic tar. And gold luster thorns crisscrossing all over it's body.
an image of the flyer for the Black Clay opening reception which gives details about the show. It features over 20 artists and will be on Dec 12, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM at ARTE NOIR, 2301 E Union St Suite H, Seattle, WA 98122, USA

Tomorrow evening is the opening reception for the Black Clay exhibition at ARTE NOIR!
ARTE NOIR originally began as a publication dedicated to uplifting Black arts and culture. But it has since expanded to an actual physical space in Seattle, Washington.
Black Clay is a show in partnership with Pottery Northwest that features over 20 Black ceramicists either local to the PNW area or from across the country.

SHOW DETAILS:

📅: Dec 12, 2025

⏳: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
📍: ARTE NOIR, 2301 E Union St Suite H, Seattle, WA 98122, US

My piece is that of Br'er Rabbit, a trickster spirit/folk hero found in Black American folktales.
This piece was actually an experiment to try and do something a little different—both with my source of inspiration and aesthetically.

A ceramic sculpture of a rabbit sitting with it's head turned all the way back while also having a paw and a foot raised to give the appearance that they're stuck with tar and thorns all over their body. It's body is done with blue underglaze to mimic blue and white porcelain, with it's lower half covered in the blue underglaze to mimic tar. And gold luster thorns crisscrossing all over it's body.

A ceramic sculpture of a rabbit sitting with it's head turned all the way back while also having a paw and a foot raised to give the appearance that they're stuck with tar and thorns all over their body. It's body is done with blue underglaze to mimic blue and white porcelain, with it's lower half covered in the blue underglaze to mimic tar. And gold luster thorns crisscrossing all over it's body.

A ceramic sculpture of a rabbit sitting with it's head turned all the way back while also having a paw and a foot raised to give the appearance that they're stuck with tar and thorns all over their body. It's body is done with blue underglaze to mimic blue and white porcelain, with it's lower half covered in the blue underglaze to mimic tar. And gold luster thorns crisscrossing all over it's body.

A ceramic sculpture of a rabbit sitting with it's head turned all the way back while also having a paw and a foot raised to give the appearance that they're stuck with tar and thorns all over their body. It's body is done with blue underglaze to mimic blue and white porcelain, with it's lower half covered in the blue underglaze to mimic tar. And gold luster thorns crisscrossing all over it's body.

I really wanted to attend, but plane tickets from Fresno to Seattle are frankly astronomically ridiculous so I won't be able to make it. But I hope y'all local to the area can do so!

Category : Art Pottery
Tags : Art Gallery Show Pottery