What inspires a ceramic artist when creating a work? It might be a wren nesting outside a kitchen window, color and brush strokes in a painting by Picasso, a favorite song, or flowers in the garden that sparks the imagination and helps inspire a form and its surface treatment.

Terry Young’s, Beatles’ House, uses lyrics “oh-blah-di oh-brah-da life goes on...” and “All you need is love....” faintly scratched on the walls of her work to convey how being confined to home during COVID-19 felt restricted but the optimistic Beatles’ words on life and love kept her looking forward.

Come see what inspires our artists this month at Scope Gallery. With the Kiln Club.

The “Inspirations” show at Scope Gallery runs August 29 - October 2, 2022. Hours are Monday - Friday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm., Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. Please check torpedofactory.org or scopegallery.org for any changes to scheduled opening times. The gallery is located at 105 North Union Street, ground floor, Studio 19 of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA. 22314