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wall, standing & suspended ceramic sculptures

Jean Smith, Ceramic Sculptor​

           Calendar 2024
October, November, December

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D'art Holiday Market 2023
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D'art Gallery
900 Santa Fe Dr
Denver, CO 80204
"D'art Collection"
ongoing small-works show
I have ceramic wall sculptures
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"Holiday Market"
November 21 - December 15
Opening Reception: Fri, Nov 22, 5 - 9 pm
I will have ceramic sculptures
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Park Hill Open Studio Tour
4857 E. 17th Ave , Denver, CO
Oct 19 & 20, 10 am - 5 pm
Stop by for a peek into my studio!
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​Kanon Collective
6501 W. Colfax, Ave
Lakewood, CO 80214
"Zip Reunion" featuring past Zip Gallery members
Oct 4 - 27, Fri 5 - 9:30, Sat/Sun noon - 5pm
I have a ceramic sculpture
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You can stay current with
me on my facebook page, Jean Smith, JBS Arts.
and on my Instagram, @jeanbsmith13
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Check out the article about me as one of Colorado Creatives:

http://www.westword.com/arts/another-100-colorado-creatives-jean-smith-5782708
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Zip 37 Gallery
3644 Navajo Street
Denver, CO 80211
Closed Aug 31, 2018

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5 Bubbles on the wall

Visit Stephanie Powell's Blog for a peek-a-boo look at me working in my studio:

http://www.stephanie-powell.com/personal-projects/the-makers-jean-smith/

2024
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D'art Gallery, Denver, CO

"Charisma" with Lydia Reigle

-showed ceramic standing and wall pieces

"OG - Original Gangsters"

-showed ceramic wall pieces

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Colorado Women's Art Museum, Denver, CO

"I Belong in a Museum, Part II"

-showed ceramic suspended sculpture

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Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO
"All Colorado #41"
-showed ceramic totem

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CORE: New Art Space, Lakewood, CO

"Architecture of Form #5"

-showed ceramic wall sculpture

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Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO

"Body of Knowledge", WCACO Member Exhibition

-showed ceramic suspended piece

 

Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA

Modernism Week Show

-showed ceramic wall and floor pieces

 
 
2023
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D'art Gallery, Denver, CO

Holiday Market

-showed ceramic wall pieces

"4th Anniversary: Essentially D'art"
-showed ceramic wall, standing sculptures
"Falling in Love, Again...New Modernism"
-showed ceramic wall, standing and suspended sculptures with Lydia Riegle, printmaker
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Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO
"Taking up Space"
juried exhibition featuring members of the Woman's Caucus for Art, Colorado chapter
-showed ceramic wall sculptures
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Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA
Modernism Week Show
-showed ceramic wall and standing sculptures
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Core: New Art Space, Lakewood, CO
"Architecture of Form #4"
-showed suspended ceramic sculptures
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931 Gallery, Denver, CO
"Expanding Modernism"
-showed ceramic wall sculptures, totems
WCACO Member's Show, "Our View"
-showed suspended ceramic sculpture
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Kanon Collective, Lakewood, CO
"Zip Reunion"
-showed ceramic wall and suspended sculptures
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ParkHill Open Studio Tour, Denver, CO
-showed totems, vessels and floating leaves
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ParkHill Garden Tour, Denver, CO
-showed totems in the yard at 1349 Grape St
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2022
D'art Gallery, Denver, CO
"Dart & Friends"
-showed ceramic wall sculptures with Katharine
McGuinness, printmaker
"3rd Anniversary"
-showed ceramic wall and suspended sculpture, small totem 
"Simply Small"
-showed ceramic wall sculptures and leaf platters
"D'art & Friends"
-showed ceramic wall sculpture in with Shelley  Hull, painter
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Modernism Show, October, Palm Springs, CA
-showed ceramic wall and floor sculptures
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Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
"Beyond 2D" juried
-showed ceramic totem
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Exploration of Flight Hanger, Centennial Airport
"Mod Vintage"
-showed ceramic wall and suspended sculpture, totems
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CORE New Art Space Gallery, Lakewood, CO
"Architecture of Form #3"
-showed vessels
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"Over, Under, Further, Forever: Women's Caucus for Art Member's"
-showed suspended and standing ceramic sculptures
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Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
"Nod to Modernity" with Lydia Riegle
-showed ceramic wall sculptures
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Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO
"FIRED" Hand Built Clay Exhibit featuring 10 ceramic artists
-showed wall and standing ceramic sculptures
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Tabor Center, Denver, CO
-installed a large ceramic wall sculpture in the conference area
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Hilltop Senior Living, Denver, CO
-installed two ceramic sculptures in the lobby
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Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, CO
"National Fine Art"
-Showed ceramic sculpture
Received the blue Ribbon for best 3-D piece!
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Blo Back Gallery, Pueblo, CO
"Blue Skies: On my Mind" with Sheigla Hartman
-Showed ceramic sculptures
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Gallery 931, Denver, CO
"Expanding Modernism: The Mutiny of Mediocrity"
-Showed ceramic sculpture in group show
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40 West Gallery, Lakewood, CO
"Small Works, Big ideas" Group Show sponsored by WCACO
-showed ceramic wall sculptures
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2008 - 2022
Artma, Denver, CO
-showed ceramic wall sculpture in Bi-Annual fundraiser for Pediatric Cancer Research
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2021
D'art Gallery, Denver, CO
"Shaken Stirred, Savored" with Lydia Reigle
-showed ceramic wall, suspended and standing sculptures
"Take Two", D'art Member's Group Show
-showed ceramic wall sculpture
"From the Earth" with Gabrielle Shannon
-showed suspended, wall and standing ceramic sculptures
"New Beginnings" Gallery Member's Show
-showed ceramic sculpture
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Catbird Hotel, Denver, CO
-installed three ceramic wall sculptures on the top floor
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Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO
"Old Myths, New Stories" Juried Show sponsored by WCACO
-showed ceramic sculpture
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CORE New Art Space, Lakewood, CO
"The Architecture of Form 2"
-showed ceramic sculpture
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The Gallery @ Bus Stop Apartments, Boulder, CO
"Work of Women" Show featuring members of WCACO
-showed ceramic sculpture
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GreyCube online gallery
Finalist in "Floral Art" Show with Rose Totem
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Park Hill Studio Tour, Denver, CO
-showed ceramics and jewelry with guest oil painter, Rebekah Robinson
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2020
Curtis Center for the Arts,Greenwood Village, CO
"37th Annual All Colorado Art" Show, awarded second place
-showed ceramic sculpture
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Art Hub-Elevation Room, Lakewood, CO
"Synchronicity"
-showed suspended, wall and floor ceramic
sculptures
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40 West Art Gallery, Lakewood, CO
"Members Small Works Exhibit", featuring 40 members of WCACO
-showed wall and pedestal ceramic sculptures
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D'art Gallery, Denver, CO
"Simply Small 2"
-showed ceramic wall sculptures
"Andra Tutto Bene" Group Member's Show
-showed ceramic wall sculptures
"Walk-up Window" Group Member's Show
-showed ceramic wall sculpture
"Elements," two person show with Gabrielle Shannon
-showed ceramic wall sculptures
"Many Voices, One Message: Art" Group Co-Op Member's Show
-showed ceramic wall sculpture
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CORE: New Art Space Gallery, Lakewood, CO
"The Architecture of Form" Group Show
-showed ceramic wall, floor, and suspended sculpture
"30 Year Anniversary" Show, Women's Caucus for Art, Colorado Chapter,
-showed ceramic wall sculpture
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2019
fooLPRoof Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
"Blue Skies Forever"
-showed ceramic sculpture installation
"Beat Clap Snap"
-showed ceramic sculpture installation
"Feel"
-showed ceramic sculpture installation
"Grown Up?"
-Showed ceramic sculpture installation
"Puechritudinous"
-showed ceramic sculpture installation
"Artilicious"
-showed ceramic sculpture installation 
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D'art Gallery, Denver, CO
"Grand Opening"
-showed ceramic sculpture
"Simply Small"
-showed ceramic sculpture and jewelry
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Park Hill Art Studio Tour, Denver, CO
-showed ceramic sculptures and jewelry
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Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
"Blue/Green: Art and Environment"
-showed ceramic wall sculpture in the juried Art
Show, awarded third place
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Modernism, Mid-Mod Show, Denver, CO
-showed ceramic sculptures in the juried Art Show
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Core and Annex@ Core: New Art Space, Denver, CO
"Resolutions," Member's WCACO Show
-showed ceramic wall sculpture 
"Positioned," with Annette Coleman
-showed ceramic wall sculptures
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First Congregational Church Boulder, CO
"Art Speak" featuring 24 artist/poet combinations
-Showed ceramic installations in this show
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Pop Up Art Show Longmont, CO
"Bloom" 
-showed ceramic work and jewelry
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RiNo Made Shop, Denver, CO
-showed ceramic work and jewelry at this shop
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2018
fooLPRoof Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
-November, Artist in Residence, working with clay
"Spellbound"
-showed ceramic installation 
"Wonderland"
-showed ceramic installation
"Coldplay"
-showed ceramic installation
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LightspaceOnlineGallery
-showed ceramic sculpture in "Patterns"; received 2nd Place in 3-D category
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Annex@Core: New Art Space, Denver, CO
"Green Verde Vert" Open Entry Juried Show, sponsored by WCACO
-showed ceramic sculpture
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Park Hill Open Studio Tour, Denver, CO
-showed ceramic sculptures and jewelry
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Athena Project@40 West, Lakewood, CO
"Inside Out: Art and Reflection" Juried Show
-showed ceramic sculpture
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Modernism Show, Denver, CO
-showed ceramic sculptures in the juried Art Show
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Zip 37 Gallery, Denver, CO
"Friends of Zip"
-showed an installation
"Valentine"
-showed ceramic sculptures
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Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
"The New Underground Artist"
-showed ceramic sculpture
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Core: New Art Space Gallery, Denver, CO
"We are Here" Show for Members of the Colorado Chapter of the WCA
-showed ceramic sculpture
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Reed Art and Imaging, Lakewood, CO
"TrueArt West Fest"
-showed ceramic sculptures and jewelry
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2017
Dona Laurita Gallery, Louisville, CO
-showed ceramic sculpture in this fundraiser
"MM for PP" (Money Maker for Planned Parenthood)
 
National Western Complex, Denver, CO
Modernism Show
-showed ceramic sculpture in "The Art" Show
 
Anthology Fine Art and Gallery, Englewood, CO
-showed ceramic sculptures in duo show, with Sue Crosby Doyle, "Pigment, Value, Density"
 
Zip 37 Gallery, Denver, CO
-showed ceramic wall sculptures and jewelry
in Solo Show, "Wall Works"
-showed an Installation in the "Friends of Zip" Show
 
Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
-showed photography
"Look App This!" juried by Mark Sink
 
Core: New Art Space, Denver, CO
-showed ceramics and collage
"Glam & Grit" Artwork and Post Cards in collaboration with the Michigan chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art
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past showing history from 1986 - 2016 upon request
Medium totem
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Suspended ceramic sculpture
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Jean Smith booth at Modernism Week, Palm Springs, CA, 2022

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Wall Sculpture #21 @ Red Brick Center, 2022
View of Shaken, Stirred, Savored Show, 2021
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View of From the Earth Show, 2021
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Ceramic wall relief sculpture @ Catbird Hotel, Denver, 2021

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Ceramic Totem, Curtis Art Center Show, 2020, awarded Second Place

Ethnic-inspired jewelry creations I do with African Trade Beads, see my Etsy Page:

Jeanbsmith, https://www.etsy.com/shop/Jeanbsmith?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

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