Shalya Marsh

Shalya Marsh’s work expresses the intrinsic limitation that language places on communication, through the use of decipherable codes and symbols. Marsh’s hand built ceramic sculptures reference illuminated manuscripts, ancient cuneiforms, and primitive accounting systems known as tokens. These archaic systems of recording information are juxtaposed with modern codes and ciphers such as binary, substitution, and Morse. The viewer is invited to literally decode the piece’s nonsensical pangrams and whimsical definitions.

Saratoga Clay Arts Center | 167 Hayes Rd | Schuylerville, NY 12871 | 518-581-2529

Hours: Daily 11am - 4pm
Date: March 16th 2013 - April 13th 2013
Opening Reception: March 16, 2013 5 - 7pm

Elizabethtown College Hess Gallery | One Alpha Drive | Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2290 | 717-361-1000

Hours: Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m.
Dates: April 5th through May 3rd 2013
Opening Reception: April 5, 5-8pm

Three great places to pick up a handmade gift. Rattles, wall boxes,and small sculptures are ready and waiting for you to give them a new home.

Kevin Lehman Pottery and Lancaster Creative Factory | 560 S Prince St. | Lancaster, PA, 17603 | 717-509-7547

Gallery Hours: Friday 10-8pm, Saturday 10 - 4pm, Sunday 12-4pm

Baltimore Clayworks: Sales Gallery | 5707 Smith Avenue | Baltimore, MD

Hours: Mon-Wed 10am - 5pm, Thurs-Fri 10am - 7pm, Sat-Sun 12 - 5pm

Marietta Art House | 316 East Market Street | Marietta, PA 17547 | 717-426-2285

Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat 12-5pm, Sunday 1-5pm

I am honored to announce that I have been awarded the Lormina Salter Fellowship at the Baltimore Clayworks. The residency fellowship runs from September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012.

Realizing the need to enrich the existing collective studio with creative, energetic and artistically diverse ceramic artists, Baltimore Clayworks offers a one-year residency fellowship as a memorial to one of its founders, Lormina Salter. Salter was a gifted teacher and respected artist whose initiative, energy and insistence on artistic excellence were instrumental in setting direction for the Clayworks.