2025 exhibitions and events
pottery throw down & raffle
Pottery Throw Down “Stifel Style”
Come and watch 4 featured artists test their skills in different pottery challenges throughout the afternoon. Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar featuring a Bloody Mary Bar will be included.
Admission $25/$20 OI members
Call 304-242-7700 for more information or click HERE to register for the workshop.
Neighbors Artists’ Reception and cocktail party: meet the artists
The Stifel Fine Arts Center and the Wilson Lodge invite conference goers to a meet-and-greet cocktail party from 9-11 in the Hickman Lounge.
Come celebrate the artists, jurors, and all the folks that make this event happen and close out the Earth & Fire weekend festivities with us!
earth & fire
Opening Reception
Join us from 6:30-8:30pm Saturday, February 22 at Stifel Fine Arts Center for the opening reception of Earth & Fire: A National Ceramic Art Exhibition.
Explore the exhibit, discover who the winning artists are, and enjoy refreshments. We will have a Facebook Live Stream of the awards ceremony starting around 7:15 p.m. on Oglebay Institute's Facebook page.
Register Here Online or call 304-242-7700 to attend the opening reception. RSVPs are appreciated, but not required. All are welcome. Admission is free for the opening reception.
The exhibit is on display through March 29, 2025.
Regular gallery hours are 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday and 10am-4pm, Saturday. Evening hours vary, please call 304-242-7700 for more information. Admission is free.
Locally Centered Art Opening
Please come and see “Locally Centered” a ceramic exhibition at the Wheeling Artisan Gallery. This exhibit focuses on talented local artists, offering a unique perspective on ceramics created right here in our community. Don’t miss the opening reception on February 22! It continues until March 22.
artist talk w/ rebecca harvey
Collective ideas shape and mold our perceptions of the world and these new perceptions are in turn reflected in the environments we construct for ourselves. Objects tell our stories for us; they construct the reality we wish to see. I am interested in the odd, the illogical, the seemingly random objects and images that fill our world. Their meanings often operate outside the bounds of taste and decorum flitting at the edges of our understanding. This talk will explore some of the ways in which this has been manifested in ceramics historically and poke around the edges of our ability as humans to attach meaning.
ceramics demo w/ george rodriguez
Artist George Rodriguez will demonstrate his unique style of forming and ornamenting a small figure. This four-hour demonstration will focus on creating a sculpture using the slab technique and two-part press molds. Decorative surface elements will cover the figure.
Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Tyler's Ceramics Program. Rodriguez creates highly ornamented, figurative ceramic sculptures, often connected to sociopolitical issues. His sculptures are part of museum collections, including the National Museum of Mexican Art, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.
kara zuzu solo exhbition
Clientele Art Studio will be hosting Order Out of Chaos ceramic works by Kara “Zuzu” Zupancic. The Show will have an artists opening on Friday February 21st starting 7:00pm. Please come out and support this talented ceramic artist.
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43 15th St, Wheeling, WV 26003
from the brickyard: rebecca harvey & sunshine cobb
The Gallery at Towngate Theater will be hosting From the Brick Yard ceramic works by Rebecca Harvey and Sunshine Cobb (Jurors for Earth & Fire 2025).
The opening reception will take place on Friday February 21st from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition will continue until March 30, 2025.
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2118 Market St, Wheeling, WV 26003
jen gandee solo exhibition
Artworks Around Town will be hosting ceramic works by Jen Gandee. The show will open with a Gallery Hop on Friday, February 21st from 5:00 until 7 p.m. in the Centre Market. The event is free and open to the public and is a great opportunity to meet the talented potter. The exhibition will continue until March 30, 2025.
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2200 Market St, Wheeling, WV 26003
george rodriguez solo exhibition
The Gallery at 2265 will be hosting Faces & Vases ceramic works by George Rodriguez (Best in Show Earth & Fire 2024). There will be an artist opening reception on February 21st from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. The exhibition will continue until March 30, 2025.
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2265 Market St, Wheeling, WV 26003
ceramics demo w/ sunshine cobb
Sunshine’s demonstration will motivate you to experiment with new and old forms and methods of construction. Her workshop is geared toward creative expansion, and a process-over-product mentality, beginners to advanced students will be inspired by. The workshop will include coil and pinch methods, and hard and soft slab construction to generate pottery components. She will speak to the building surface through the making process and discuss the glaze and surface treatment of her work.
Sunshine’s work foundation is very much based in the tradition of historic ceramics. But she is a completely modern potter with contemporary themes in her work. She will talk about inspiration and how abstract concepts make their way into her work, and how to foster similar insertion into your own creative practice.
cocktail party: meet the artists
The Stifel Fine Arts Center and the Wilson Lodge invite conference goers to a meet-and-greet cocktail party from 9-11 in the Hickman Lounge.
Come celebrate the artists, jurors, and all the folks that make this event happen and kick off the opening night of the Earth & Fire weekend festivities with us!
intercollegiate exhibition
Stifel Fine Arts Center of Oglebay Institute, in partnership with historic Bethany College, will be hosting a national collegiate exhibition of ceramic art in February and March 2025. This exhibit will celebrate and honor the college ceramic artist. The juror will be Earth & Fire 2024 best in show artist George Rodriguez.
The intercollegiate exhibition is the kick-off event for Ceramics Take Over Wheeling, a citywide event celebrating ceramic artists and enthusiasts alike. Galleries and venues across the “Friendly City” are excited to showcase the very best in contemporary and traditional ceramic art during this newly organized 4-day experience.
justin coleman solo exhibition
Solo Ceramic Exhibition by Justin “Jstn Clmn” Coleman.
Biography
JstnClmn is Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Denison University, and a practicing artist working in sculpture and ceramics. Clmn is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA 05) and the University of Delaware (MFA 17). His experience starts from a base in studio craft and has developed into a more conceptual practice around cultural relationships to objects and a theoretical redefinition of craft. His work includes experience as an arts educator, professional studio assistant, and a practicing artist. His work has been shown in galleries and exhibitions, including the Occupy Museums “Debtfair” show at the 2017 Whitney Biennial. He most recently created an installation for the 2018 Brickscape Residency and is the recipient of a 2018 individual artist grant from The Pittsburgh Foundation.
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