Mountain Times - Volume 49, Number 35 - Aug.26-Sept.1, 2020
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LivingADE<br />
16 • The <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Times</strong> • Aug. 26 - Sept. 1, <strong>2020</strong><br />
This week’s living Arts, Dining and Entertainment!<br />
Artist ‘breathes life’ into ceramics at the Brandon Artists Guild<br />
Aug. 28- Oct. 9—BRANDON— The Brandon Artists<br />
Guild (BAG) is open for business and featuring a<br />
new exhibit by ceramic artist-member Dasha Kalisz.<br />
A Space Within, runs from Aug. 28 through Oct. 9. The<br />
exhibit opens with a free reception to meet the artist on<br />
Friday, Sept. 4 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Covid protocols will<br />
be followed. Gallery hours are Friday through Sunday<br />
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Other hours by chance.<br />
Native Vermonter Dasha Kalisz finds the emotional<br />
center of her pieces by combining wheel-thrown<br />
forms with traditional and nontraditional surface<br />
methods. Her “Lung” series breathes new life into<br />
ceramic sculpture in a style that is whimsical, clinical<br />
and topical.<br />
Kalisz began her investigation of the function and<br />
dysfunction of the lungs a year ago when her father<br />
passed away from a chronic lung disease. The journey<br />
led her to more sculptural forms, often assembling<br />
them with found objects. “My sculptures explore<br />
the spaces between human biology and mechanical<br />
mechanisms,” Kalisz explained.<br />
Kalisz’s process is to throw traditional forms on the<br />
potter’s wheel and then construct them into sculptures.<br />
Traditional vases and bottles will also be on display.<br />
“I want the viewer to see how these shapes could be<br />
transformed into sculpture, so I kept some as functional<br />
pottery,” said Kalisz.<br />
Kalisz earned her MFA from Maine College of Art<br />
this year. She graduated from Burlington College with<br />
a BA focusing on ceramics and art history. Kalisz has<br />
traveled extensively in North America and Europe and<br />
is a member of the Brandon Artists Guild and has juried<br />
into The Clay Studio National <strong>2020</strong> in Philadelphia,<br />
the Paper and Clay Show at Utah State University, and<br />
has participated in the Emotional Value Auction in<br />
Topsham, Maine. She is a public-school arts educator<br />
dedicated to cultivating creativity.<br />
The Brandon Artists Guild is an artist-run gallery<br />
with approximately <strong>35</strong> exhibiting members and additional<br />
supporting members. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit<br />
cultural organization, the BAG supports the visual arts<br />
through exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations, and<br />
educational programs. For more information visit<br />
BrandonArtistsGuild.org.<br />
Courtesy Brandon Artists Guild<br />
Dasha Kalisz
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