New Visiting Artist Class, Artist Spotlights, and more!

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EXHIBITIONS | EVENTS | CERAMICS | GLASS

Visiting Artist Hadley Clark

Artist, educator, and fashion designer, Hadley Clark creates handmade garments and sculptures from textile remnants. Her work draws from her belief in the importance of material reuse and natural dyeing processes.

During her residency at Belger Crane Yard Studios, she’s creating “clay fixtures and fastenings for her wearable and sculptural works.” This new body of work will be on view in her upcoming solo exhibition that opens on September 12 at Studios Inc.

Clark studied Painting at the University of Kansas (BFA) and Garment Design and Construction (BFA) from The New School | Parsons Paris. She’s taught at the University of Kansas, the Kansas City Art Institute and leads community-based workshops.

Sign up for her two-part Weekend Intensive, Ceramic Buttons and Stitching, where you will create ceramic buttons and learn to sew them onto a garment or soft object. The Weekend Intensive will be held at Belger Crane Yard Studios over two Sundays, August 7 & 24, from 11:00AM to 2:00PM each day.

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Belger Collection Spotlight

Center: Paul Dresang (source: https://americanart.si.edu/artist/paul-dresang-7093); Left and Right: Tool Bag (with tools) in the Belger Crane Yard Gallery. Photos: Belger Arts.

“I choose to seduce them through the intricate, formal, trompe l’oeil details of the work… I want my work to provide the ultimate lure of the object and I am finished and most satisfied only when they too are hooked.”—Paul Dresang

This month, the spotlight is on legendary ceramics and glass artist Paul Dresang whose work is featured in More than Meets the Eye and is part of the Belger Collection.

Dresang is primarily known for his trompe l’oeil sculptures, including Tool Bag (with tools) featured in the exhibition. His ceramic bags are sculpted and treated to look like real leather, including lifelike cracks and scuffs. Dresang spent almost 50 years as a ceramics instructor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville before he recently retired.

See Dresang's work alongside other hyperrealistic artworks in More than Meets the Eye, on view through September 6, 2025 at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery.

You can also read The Pitch's recent review of the exhibition!

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"Replicake" Pop-up with Mooyuei Baker

We're excited to announce our next "Replicake" artist, Yuei Costello, owner of Mooyuei Baker! In conjunction with the More Than Meets the Eye exhibition, culinary artists were invited to select an artwork from the exhibition to replicate for our “Replicake” series.

In a report by KCUR, Costello explains that she "loves combining Thai flavors and techniques with common American baked goods." Don’t miss your chance to enjoy the flavors of her "replicake.”

Stop by the Belger Crane Yard Gallery on First Friday, September 5 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM to see and sample her "replicake," and to shop her delectable desserts.

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Subject: New Visiting Artist Class, Artist Spotlights, and more!

Visiting Artist Hadley Clark

Belger Collection Spotlight

"Replicake" Pop-up with Mooyuei Baker