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Studio 7 Fine Arts Presents
Obiter Dictum
Provocative and controversial sculptures by artist
Amber Aguirre
May 2 - September 20th
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Sunday May 18th
4-7PM
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* Featured artwork by Setsuko Morinoue and Tomoko Nakazato
Exhibition on View at Donkey Mill Art Center: August 23 – October 11, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 23, 2025 from 10:00am – 12:00pm
Panel Discussion: Conversations in Clay – Reflections on Collaboration: Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 10:00am – 1:00pm
About this Exhibition: Ceramics is often a solitary pursuit—artists spend countless hours alone in their studios, cultivating a deep, personal relationship with clay. The nature of the medium demands patience, intuition, and an intimate understanding of material, process, and form. Rarely, however, do ceramic artists have the opportunity to engage directly with one another in creative partnership—until now.
Rhythms of Resonance brings together teams of accomplished ceramic artists in a unique collaborative project that invites them to step outside their individual practices and into a shared studio conversation. This exhibition highlights the process of these artistic partnerships, emphasizing the transformative potential of collaboration within a medium often worked with in isolation.
Through this process, artists are encouraged to explore clay through a new lens—guided by the insights, approaches, and aesthetics of their collaborator. As they share ideas, techniques, and inspirations, each artist’s relationship with the material is deepened and expanded. From initial conversations to final works, the exhibition documents and celebrates the journey of co-creation—where boundaries dissolve, voices blend, and the medium itself becomes a meeting ground for innovation and exchange.
Rhythms of Resonance offers viewers a rare glimpse into the dynamics of collaborative ceramic practice—where dialogue, experimentation, and mutual respect shape both process and outcome.
Co-Curators: Jake Boggs and Mina Elison
Exhibiting Artists: Amber Aguirre with Kate and Will Jacobson, Jill Backus and Dave Wheeler, Stephen Freedman and Kainoa Makua, Tomoko Nakazato and Setsuko Watanabe Morinoue, Shelby Smith and Kimberly Hagen
Enduring Impressions: Contemporary Woodblock Prints
August 29–December 14, 2025
Gallery 3
This exhibition, presented in collaboration with the Portland Japanese Garden in Oregon, explores how select contemporary artists throughout the world are incorporating the techniques of traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking (mokuhanga) into their practices today.
As Japanese society modernized in the early 20th century, the printmaking tradition associated with influential artists such as Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) waned in popularity. In the 1990s, the San Francisco–based publisher and printer Crown Point Press (est. 1962) spearheaded a revival of interest in the medium, encouraging artists to produce new works in collaboration with traditional Japanese print specialists. Public enthusiasm for this initiative further intensified with the development of artist residency programs in Japan and with the formation of the International Mokuhanga Association in 2011.
Enduring Impressions features the work of six rising stars in the international mokuhanga community: Yoonmi Nam, professor of printmaking at the University of Kansas; April Vollmer, a New York-based printmaker and author of Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Art of Mokuhanga (2015); Takenaka Kenji, a Kyoto-based printmaker and author of Woodblock Printing: Traditional Techniques and its Design (2021); and Hiroki, Setsuko, and Miho Morinoue, co-founders of Donkey Mill Art Center (est. 2001) in Hōlualoa, Hawai‘i. The second iteration of this exhibition will be on view at the Portland Japanese Garden from March 7 to June 22, 2026.
Support provided by
The Robert F. Lange Foundation
Image credit
Yoonmi Nam (n.d.). The Four Seasons (detail), 2019. Suite of four woodblock prints; ink and color on paper.