Bethany Krull
20th Annual Ceramic Invitational
Opening Saturday, February 8th, 2025 from 3pm - 6pm
Exhibition on view: February 8th - March 29th, 2025
Featuring work by:
Lindsay Bergquist, Rebekah Bogard, Ruth Borgenicht, William Brouillard, David Fink, Bonnie Gordon, Amy Halko, Michael High, Royce Hildebrandt, Tom Hubert, Molly Johnson, Gunyoung Kim, Bethany Krull, Andrea LeBlond, Alison Lowery, Ryan Osborne, Natalie Reed, Sam Scott, Kaname Takada, Shannon Webb
Featured Artist of the Month
Tom Bartel
Tom Bartel grew up on the Erie shores of Cleveland, Ohio and is known for his disturbing and humorous fragmented figures that take cues from a “shotgun blast” of influences ranging from antiquity to popular culture. He received his BFA from Kent State University and his MFA from Indiana University-Bloomington.
Tom has lectured, conducted workshops and exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally. His work is included in numerous public and private collections and he has received Individual Artist Fellowships from the Pennsylvania arts council, the Kentucky Arts Council and the Ohio Arts Council.
He has numerous publications to his credit, including American Craft, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, Ceramics Art and Perceptionas well as many other periodicals and books.
Bartel is currently a Professor and Ceramics Chairperson at Ohio University in Athens, Oh.
About River Gallery
River Gallery is dedicated to supporting the revival and continuance of Cleveland area arts and artists. The owner, Ara Hamamjian, has established connections with the art professors and alumni of area schools such as the Cleveland Institute of Art, Baldwin Wallace University, and Kent State University. The gallery shows everything from contemporary to traditional style paintings, works in metals, blown glass, ceramics, photography, and jewelry fabrications.
