Open Studio Hours
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Blue Line Arts offers the following activities as a special opportunity for our community to meet with the artist and learn about her craft first hand
Ray Gonzales2025 Local SCG Resident & Teaching Artist
I work in clay. It has always, always been clay for me. The tactile, visual and narrative qualities are what drew me in and have kept me focused since my beginnings on this humble and incredible material. The endless possibilities keep me riveted. The contemporary, the historic, the ancient and the cultural works in clay provide endless inspiration for me. I see myself in it.
My sculptures are narratives. Stories of my experiences as well as reflections of world events- both past and present, historical and personal. My ancestry and cultural traditions are paramount to me and oftentimes included in the works.
My wheelworks include both traditional and contemporary directions. Color, form, surface and scale are included in my process when creating these works. I am constantly exploring variations with clays, glazes, raw surfaces and multiple firing techniques using electric and gas fired kilns as well as Raku and primitive firings. Life is good.
~Ray Gonzales
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Attend an SCG ART Workshop for FREE
Stipends for free workshop registrations are available for Local Artists (residing in Placer and surrounding counties: Yolo, Sacramento, El Dorado, Nevada County ) and are generously provided by the Placer Community Foundation.
Applications are due by 11:59pm on Friday, April 4th, 2025
The Artist in Residence & Teaching (ART) Program
The Susan Cooley-Gilliom Artist in Residence and Teaching (SCG ART) Program is a lasting gift to the many artists, arts educators and students, and arts enthusiasts we are fortunate to have in our community. The program represents a significant part of Susan’s lasting legacy–as a beloved local artist and environmental advocate.
The ART program works to develop and enhance the visual arts through short-term residencies and workshops taught by nationally-established and highly reputable artists who create in a range of media. Past visiting artists include:
- 2025 Local: Ray Gonzales
- 2024 National: Ruth Ellen Hoag
- 2024 Local: Marsha Godoy Schindler
- 2023 National: Kevin Snipes
- 2023 Local: Jennifer Rugge
- 2022: Mark Abildgaard
- 2021: Jason Walker
- 2019: Ana Lisa Hedstrom
- 2018: Michelle Gregor
- 2017: Karen Willenbrink-Johnson
- 2016: Phoebe Toland
- 2015: Sergei Isupov
- 2014: Tip Toland
- 2013: Laura Ross Paul
- 2012: Katherine Ace
- 2011: Richard Notkin
To learn more about Susan Cooley-Gilliom and this lasting gift to the community, visit The Placer Community Foundation.
In 2010 the Susan Cooley-Gilliom Artist in Residence and Teaching (ART)
Program was established at Placer Community Foundation through an
endowed gift made in memory of Susan by her family and the Sky View
Foundation. The ART program represents a lasting legacy to the beloved
local artist and environmental advocate. Short-term residencies and
workshops taught by established and highly-reputable artists are offered to
develop and enhance the visual arts in Placer County. To learn more about
Susan and this lasting gift to community, visit placercf.org.