Summer Shows, Ceramics & a Little Bastille Day Magic

Mark your calendars — summer’s heating up with art, openings, and new gallery shows.

I’m excited to share where I will be popping up this summer. From Bastille Day West festivities in Milwaukee to a lakeside gallery launch in Sheboygan, here’s where you can find me (and my ceramics) in the coming months:

This summer’s work grew out of time spent at The Six residency in the mountains of Tuscany. Shaped by long days with clay and sky, it explores presence and absence—how form can hold what’s no longer there, and how color can echo memory. The pieces lean into organic shapes, soft edges, and layered surfaces, using the textures of earth and ash to speak quietly. Everything is rooted in the natural palette of that place: the colors of soil, smoke, and sky.

June 20 – Grand Opening at Impressions Gallery

Blue Harbor Resort, 725 Blue Harbor Dr, Sheboygan, WI 53081

Friday, June 20th 5pm-8pm

Celebrate the launch of this beautiful new space right on Lake Michigan. I’m honored to be part of Impressions Gallery’s inaugural group of artists.

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July 11–12 – Bastille Day at Galerie Bibliotheque

5700 West Vliet Street, Milwaukee, WI 53208

Friday 4–10pm & Saturday 11–4pm

Join us in Milwaukee’s West Side for a quirky, community-rich Bastille Day West celebration. I’ll be showing new ceramics at Galerie Bibliotheque, a storefront-turned-gallery filled with objects of curiosity, memory, and connection with Jamie Lee Ohland.

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August 2–3 – The Wilmette Art Fair

Village Center, Wilmette, IL 60091

Saturday 10-5pm & Sunday 10-5pm

I’ll be in Wilmette, Illinois for this juried summer show. Come say hi and browse in a fancy space!

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📚 August 2–3 – Galerie Bibliotheque

5700 West Vliet Street, Milwaukee, WI 53208

Saturday 12–5pm & Sunday 12-4pm

If you missed the July opening, here’s your second chance. More new work, more stories in clay, and more time to explore new concepts.

Thank you for supporting handmade and showing up for small-batch, story-rich art. I love seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones wherever I go. See you out there.

– Melissa