Visions In Clay 2024

The Horton Art Gallery presents the 15th Annual Visions In Clay Exhibition, August 29 – September ­20, 2024.  The Gallery Reception is planned for Thursday, August 29, from 5:00 to 7:00pm.  Admission to the Gallery exhibition and reception is free and open to the public.

Artist Kevin Snipes was this year’s guest juror, selecting the artwork and awards for the exhibition. The awards are given for a body of work in three award categories (Best of Show $800, 2nd Place $600, 3rd Place $400) sponsored by the Horton Gallery Foundation, and the San Joaquin Potters Guild presents a $300 Founders Award each year. There is a fifth award for $800 funded by San Joaquin Delta College for a Regional Artist-in-Residence selected by

Delta College ceramics instructor, Professor Shenny Cruces. The Regional Artist will present a ceramic art demonstration and artist talk to the ceramics and sculpture students. The awards will be announced at the Opening Reception on Thursday, August 29, and on the exhibition website the following day.

This year’s exhibit features 45 works by 36 artists from around the country, including Delta College Alumni students, Abraham Alvarez and Mia Hill.

Visions In Clay was founded by the San Joaquin Potters Guild in 2002–2007, and turned over to the Horton Gallery in 2010 to continue presenting the ceramics-based exhibition. Visions In Clay is the largest exhibition of ceramic works in the San Joaquin Valley

Visions In Clay Awards 

• Best of Show: G.V. Kelley
• 2nd Place: Asia Mathis
• 3rd Place: Brian McNamara
• San Joaquin Potters Guild Founders Award: Brad Blair
• Regional Artist-In-Residence: G.V. Kelley

Exhibition Juror: Kevin Snipes

Kevin Snipes is an American visual artist whose works primarily consists of an interplay of narrative drawings and hand-built porcelain constructions. Along with his studio practice, Kevin has taught numerous workshops and has given lectures on topics such as creativity, art, and the construct of otherness. He was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He holds a BFA (1994) from the Cleveland Institute of Art and did graduate studies at the University of Florida (2003), in Gainesville, Florida. Kevin’s work reflects his interest in understanding human behavior through psychological attributes such as attraction and repulsion, inner versus external identity and the relationship of the self and the other.  Kevin’s art embodies his role as a storyteller. He seeks to draw people into conversation through his art.

Exhibiting Artists:

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To purchase artwork, please contact the Gallery: jan.marlese@deltacollege.edu