JoAnn Kelly Castos, Mark Shapiro, Mara Superior, Josh Simpson, and Silas Kopf
August 20 – November 27, 2016
FCM Press Release for 413 Pioneering Western Massachusetts
Fall Exhibitions Reception is Sunday, September 11, 2016, 2:00 – 5:00 pm and will include three exhibitions (413): Pioneering Western Massachusetts; Metamorphosis: The Art of Altered Books; and New Sole of the Old Machine: Steampunk Brockton, Reimagining the City of Shoes
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Mara Superior, The Celadons, 2016. Porcelain, Celadon glazes, gold leaf. 10.5 × 4 × 5 in. Photo: John Polak.

JoAnn Kelly Castos, Jo’s Back Pack, 1999. Black ash plint, maple, leather straps. 18 x 13 x 11 in. Photo: David Wiechnicki.

JoAnn Kelly Castos, Anna’s Button Basket, 1997. Natural black ash splint, maple handle and rims, 3 x 4 x 4″. Photo: David Wiechnicki.
Potbelly Cat, 2013. Natural black ash splint, maple handle and rims. 3 x 2 x 2″. Photos: David Wiechnicki

JoAnn Kelly Castos, Jubilation, 2006. Natural and stained black ash splin. 8 x 6 x 6 in. Photo: David Wiechnicki.

Mark Shapiro, Cup group, 2016. Wood-fired, salt-glazed stoneware, approx. 3.25 x 3.5 in. Photo Beth McLaughlin.

Mark Shapiro, Tall Bottle Group, 2014. Wood-fired, salt-glazed stoneware. 39 x 7.5; 45 x 7.5; 49 x 8; 50.5 x 7; 46 x 7.5 in. Photo: Beth McLaughlin.

Mark Shapiro, White Stoneware Bottle group, 2015. Wood-fired, salt-glazed white stoneware. Tallest 30.5 x 5.5 in.Photo: Beth McLaughlin.

Josh Simpson, Vera Rubin’s Nebula, 2005. Hand blown dark amethyst glass with reactive silver decoration and crimson lip wrap, 30.5″ dia.