SALE!!

Winged Art Hearts Are Back | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

 

I’m joining the masses with all of these cyber-giving-small biz dealios and putting the Art Hearts on sale from now until Christmas! Each heart on sale for only $15 each and makes a great gift for your favorite office-mate, that housewarming gift you need to bring or your sweetie!

This sale is only available online and while supplies last so order yours soon!

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Winged Art Hearts Are Back!

Winged Art Hearts Are Back | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

Art Hearts with Wings are a best seller and they have been out of stock for quite a while but not anymore…

Now available in Bright Red, Deep Red or Winter White on both stems and as ornaments in the online shop. These hearts make great gifts for the holidays or house warming gifts throughout the year. Oh! And this gift gives back…a portion of all art heart sales is donated to doing philanthropic art projects locally and abroad!

Get yours before they’re gone! SHOP NOW

Art Hearts for the Holidays!

Art Hearts for the Holidays! | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculptureIt’s the start of the holiday parties, house warming dinners and the gift giving season, so don’t forget to give handmade hearts to your loves! You can buy them from the online shop or support your local shops and buy Art Hearts here:

Earth Art Studio | Santa Cruz CA
Santa Cruz Art League Gift Shop | Santa Cruz CA
The Homeless Garden Project Store | Santa Cruz CA
Ace’s Flowers | Aptos CA
Bonny Doon Garden Company | Santa Cruz CA
Norrie’s Gift Shop at the UCSC Arboretum | Santa Cruz CA
The Garden Company | Santa Cruz CA
Posy Handpicked | Leavenworth WA

Want to see Art Hearts in your shop? Contact Jenni to create a wholesale order…

Busiest Art Show Time of the Year

Busiest Art Show Time of the Year | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculptureI feel like I have been running a marathon of art shows this past few months and it’s finally slowing down with almost all the shows coming to a close. From the the Spring Studio Sale way back in May, to the launch of the Annieglass Craftbar, the Umbel Installation at the UCSC Arboretum, Sculpture IS: 2017 exhibit at Sierra Azul Nursery, The Church Street Fair downtown, Sculpture SLAM in San Luis Obispo, JCO’s Affordable Art Fair in Los Gatos, 2 weekends of Open Studios in Santa Cruz and rounding it out with The Bioneers Conference in San Rafael and that was just the past 6 months.

Nine major shows in 6 months is a little bit crazy but it’s been fun too. I am definitely  looking forward to the slow down. That said, I’ve been conjuring up new ideas and will probably be hitting the studio hard making new work this winter. I look forward to sharing the work with you as it comes out of the kiln. In the meantime, you can always shop online for your creative holiday gift needs!

And if you happened to miss alllll of those exhibits but you still want to see me and my work in person, the only show on the schedule through the end of the year is a fantastic group exhibit with the LOOK collective, be sure to join me at that one for all your gift giving needs! I’m so looking forward to wrapping up the year with these talented folks in their beautiful coastal community. Click here for details on this one day show…

Save the Date: Look Collective

Look | Made by Hand

Save the Date: Look Collective | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

Sunday December 10th, 2017 11 – 5

Nora Dougherty
Dave Gardner
Felicia Gilman
Bridget Henry
Christina Mac Coll
Mariclare Mc Knight
Beth Sherman
Jenni Ward

5221 Coast Rd Santa Cruz (5 miles north of Western Dr)
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Thank You Gift!

jenni ward ceramic sculpture | a relationship with earthThank you to everyone who came out to Open Studios this year, it was so fun catching up, saying hi and meeting new faces!

For all of you new to getting my email blasts, I want to welcome you and thank you for coming to the studio during my 14th (or15th?!?) Open Studios Art Tour. If you signed up on my mailing list, you’ll be getting a once a week email with all of my blog posts for the week AND you’ll get a once a month email with a wrap up of everything going on in the studio; events, classes, new work etc. If you want to adjust your settings and only get the once a month email from me, you can click the link here to do that or click the link at the bottom of any email from me and adjust your email preferences.

As a thank you gift for joining this creative community, please click the link below to download your free PDF book of my work ‘a relationship with earth’. Enjoy!

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Selling AND Buying Art at Open Studios

I was so fortunate to have many pieces of art find new happy homes during Open Studios Art Tour this year. Thank you so much to all of you who put your money where you mouth is and supported your local artists!

Selling AND Buying Art at Open Studios | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculptureWhen you are a participating artist in the tour it’s really hard to make your way around to see other artists studios but this year, my husband and I were able to sneak in a few studio visits one afternoon. While we don’t have the biggest budget to buy art, let alone the space to put it in, we also believe in supporting local artists. So many people think that art is out of their price range so I wanted to share the gems that we bought, all for under $200. Seriously. Under $200.

The koi fish and coral original painting was done by muralist Elijah Pfotenhauer, the rabbit print was done by muralist Taylor Reinhold and the small bowl was done by ceramic artist Liz Crain. I love the color and energy that each of these pieces add to my collection of local and global artists.

What did you collect this year at Open Studios?

Two-For Art Weekend!

Two-For Art Weekend! | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculptureSometimes it would be really convenient to clone myself and be at multiple art events all at the same time but unfortunately I can only be in one place this weekend. So here’s the line up of art events you can hit… and if you want to see me in person, I’ll be at the studio!

Open Studios Encore Weekend
OCTOBER 21 & 22 FROM 11 – 5 | ARTIST #17 IN THE CATALOG
MISSION INDUSTRIAL ART STUDIOS | 2523 C MISSION ST SANTA CRUZ

Bioneers Conference
UPRISING BIONEERS 2017 | OCTOBER 20 – 22
MARIN CENTER | SAN RAFAEL

To learn more about Art at the Bioneers….

Sculpture IS: 2017 is coming to a close!

Sculpture IS: 2017 is coming to a close! | the dirt | Jenni Ward ceramic sculpture

 

If you’ve been planning on getting out to Sierra Azul Gardens to walk among the sculptures included in the 11th annual Sculpture IS: exhibit but you just haven’t made it out there yet, your time is running short! This exhibit closes Oct 31st!

I have two exhibits from my Umbel Series included in this show along with over 90 other amazing sculptures from California artists in all mediums. Check it out!!

Sierra Azul Nursery and Gardens
2660 East Lake Avenue | Watsonville California