March 20 - 21, 2021 | 
The Distinguished Artist Series features textile artist, Bisa Butler

Gallery Visit:
Saturday, March 20 | 1 - 2:30pm
Virtual Zoom event
$25 members | $30 non-members
$85 for all 4 workshops, members only

***This workshop will be a review of four different fiber techniques with four artists of color led by Claire Oliver of Claire Oliver Gallery. (Bisa Butler will not be demonstrating.)

Free Lecture:
Sunday, March 21 | 2 - 3pm
Virtual Zoom event

MARCH 14, 2021 | 
Spend an hour immersed in the craftsmanship and design legacy of Detroit’s renowned Pewabic Pottery. Executive director Steve McBride and senior designer Genevieve Sylvia will take you behind-the-scenes for an insider’s look at this legendary institution, which has been handcrafting architectural tile since 1903. 

*All proceeds from this event support the James Renwick Alliance. 

March 8, 2021 | 
Meet the three Chrysalis Awardees of Excellence and hear them speak about their practice.  

​In response to the economic hardship in the arts caused by COVID, we have increased support for emerging artists through the 2020 annual Chrysalis Award. The James Renwick Alliance has granted $5,000 to the winner of the Chrysalis Awardee, three Awards of Excellence of $1000 each, five honorable mentions, and over 100 gift memberships to the Alliance for applicants.

Mar 7, 2021 |
See the “visual diary“ of Patti Warashina, the 2020 Smithsonian Craft Show Visionary Artist and the JRA’s 2014 Distinguished Educator.
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This journal was started at the beginning of 2020 (which Patti calls the “Year From Hell”).  They are drawings done on 8.5” x 11” sheets of paper documenting her thoughts about the pandemic, politics, natural disasters, and some personal matters. These 35 drawings are works in progress that serve as an intimate look into the thoughts of the artist. In addition you will see ceramic works created between 2018 and 2020, that are inspired by these drawings, speaking to the themes of national and international politics.

*All proceeds from this event support the James Renwick Alliance.