Artist Lecture - Erin Furimsky

Parkland College

2400 West Bradley Ave.

Champaign, Illinois 61821

(217) 351-2200

Category

Arts & Theater

Hours

February 20, 2026

10:00am - 11:00am

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Giertz Gallery will host an artist lecture and workshop with Erin Furimsky.
The lecture is in C118 Lecture Hall on Parkland Campus,
followed by a gallery visit to see her work.
A demonstration on ceramic surface decoration will conclude the event in the ceramics studio.

Erin Furimsky is a practicing studio artist in Bloomington, Illinois, whose work focuses on the relationship of sculptural form with highly ornamented surfaces. She received a BFA from the Pennsylvania State University (1997) and an MFA from The Ohio State University (2002). Furimsky has exhibited her work nationally, with her work included in international exhibitions in China and Taiwan. Her work has been included in over 100 group and solo exhibitions, with reproductions of her ceramics featured in numerous books and catalogs. Critical reviews of Furimsky's work have appeared on several occasions in the journals Ceramics Monthly and Ceramics Art and Perception. Furimsky was nominated and chosen as an emerging artist by the National Council on Education of the Ceramic Arts. She has been the recipient of numerous artist residencies, including the Archie Bray Foundation, The Red Lodge Clay Center, The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and the Oregon College of Art and Design. She is featured in several streaming videos on Ceramic Arts Network.

As an educator, Furimsky has been a featured presenter at national workshops and has taught at Illinois State University and Heartland Community

This event is brought to you by Giertz Gallery in collaboration with Parkland's Art & Design Club and the Ceramics Club. For further information, please email lcostello@parkland.edu.

Free and open to the public.