Marsha Mack - "Growth Edge"

"Featuring glazed ceramic and glass, introspection, overwhelm, and emotional reality underscore works in the exhibition. Dressed in a nervous smile, Growth Edge uses imagery including crying eyes, happy faces, hearts, and butterflies in a femme aesthetic that allude to an inner world of emotions and indecision. Taking its name from the popular psychology term, “growth edge” refers to the limits of one’s previous experience, knowledge, and comfort levels through which one must travel in order to mature or heal. Poised on pedestals or hanging in suspense, Growth Edge is a rumination on connection and dissonance, longing and avoidance."

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Marsha Mack holds an MFA in Ceramics and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Women’s and Gender Studies from Syracuse University, as well as a BFA in Ceramics from San Francisco State University. Working primarily in ceramic and installation, Marsha’s artistic practice blurs the line between sculpture and grocery shopping. In earnest pursuit…