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July 3, 2025 - July 26, 2025
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
July Potters’ Nook
July Potters’ Nook
Featuring Works by Barry Calvarese
Open same hours as Hoffman Gallery
Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
Barry doesn’t set out to produce art about one subject or another. His work tends to focus on the environment with an organic and at times industrial message. Weathered pieces of wood and old stones covered in beautiful moss remind him of the power of nature. Some of his subject matter is about people’s daily lives, beliefs, routines and a comment on human nature. The unknown aspect of firing atmospherically really excites him. Whether in an underground pit, soda kiln or week-long wood firing, Barry works with the flame to decorate his works.
His influences are things he sees, feels and experiences. Barry has always been influenced by the work of Gerhard Richter, Robert Arneson and Toshiko Takaezu. The artists he most admires are Richard Diebenkorn, Bay Area figurative artists Elmer Bischoff and Joan Brown and the rustic Japanese Shigaraki ceramic style.
Barry Calvarese earned a BA in Psychology and MS in Epidemiology from UCLA. he began ceramic work as a freshman at Mt. Whitney High School in Visalia, California where he won several awards for innovation and was a member of the Tulare County Art Association. Barry worked for ten years in the Tortuga studio in Sebastapol, California learning salt and wood firing techniques from bay area ceramic artist Diana Crain. Today he works in clay, encaustic, clay mono-printing and multi-media.
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July Potters’ Nook
