Vessels
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Layl’s piece “Something is Happening Beyond the Garden “ is part of this group exhibit.
Small Works at Woman Made Gallery
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All works in this exhibit are less than $200. Layl has two pieces that were juried in.
Animal Group Show
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opening reception Nov. 17th, 5-7 pm.
Paradise Center for the Arts
321 Central Ave N.
Faribault, MN 55021
https://www.paradisecenterforthearts.org/visual-arts
Layl was invited to show her work for this curated exhibit. She created a new mixed-media turkey and is showing two other animal teapots.
Cling!
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An image of Layl’s piece “Overloaded with Beginnings and Ends” will be blown up and added to the Artworks gallery walls as “wallpaper”. This will be a very interesting exhibit!
The opening Reception is November 6, 2022, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Peggy’s Boutique
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http://www.peggysholidayboutique.com
A great place to grab some unique handmade gifts! Layl has many ornaments and kits available plus some one-of-a-kind vessels.
Three Rivers Art Festival
Saturday, November 12, 2022, 10:00 AM-Sunday, November 13, 2022, 5:00 PM
Covington, LA
Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival
Fri, Nov 4, 2022 10:00 AM – Sun, Nov 6, 2022 4:00 PM
Seville Drive
Pensacola, FL 32503
Layl will be at booth “Rockwell 14”
Location: Seville Square, Pensacola, Florida
Festival Hours: 9 am – 5 pm on Friday and Saturday, 9 am – 4 pm on Sunday
Children’s Festival: Saturday & Sunday 10am – 4pm.
Admission to the festival is free
Color Never Had it So Good
Sunday, October 23, 2022
10:00 AM 1:00 PM
Unity Unitarian Church
733 Portland Avenue
Saint Paul, MN, 55104
Color Never Had it So Good is the title of an exhibition featuring the polymer clay works of Layl McDill and the ink and acrylic paintings of Anna Karena.
McDill creates sculptures from polymer clay and found objects. She uses the magical technique of millefiori, a process developed by the Egyptians to place tiny images into rods of glass called canes, creating a virtual palette of pictures that cover all of her pieces. Stories have been a theme in McDill’s work since she began her career in 1993. Her pieces carry elements of life’s narratives, and she has also explored storytelling as a performer and as a way to engage with others. McDill hopes to create art that leads others to come up with their own stories. She recently completed a commission for the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain at the University of Minnesota.
Karena paints with a vibrant palette of acrylics and inks. She approaches the canvas with no plan or idea in mind, working intuitively by making marks or spreading paint randomly. She describes her process as a dance, in which she moves and responds to each new mark and color until she begins to see a direction emerge. This keeps her art honest, true, and authentic. The resulting work leads to self-acceptance and inner peace. She invites us to view her paintings with an open heart and mind, allowing the work to fill us, as we too find our steps in a dance of self-discovery and acceptance.
November 2020 Layl Newsletter
Want to get together and play with clay with family members over the holidays but you aren’t able to be together? It’s possible with a Zoom Clay Party! Your family can be in six different states and you can still connect with a fun clay project. I’ll ship out your supplies and each person can choose their own final project or we could all do the same project. It’s up to you. Contact layl@claysquared.com to get a Clay Party set up today!
A basic party starts with learning how to make two or three millefiori canes. Once the canes are crafted everyone can use their slices to cover an object or make an animal. It’s so fun to see what your friends and family come up with!
- $125 / 2 Hour Class
- $10 Supply fee / Person
- $10 shipping per location, curbside pick up also available.
- Contact Layl to arrange: layl@claysquared.com
Click here to read the whole Newsletter
September Clay Squared Newsletter -Layl Edition
We are all looking for ways to make a difference these days. For myself, I’ve decided to work on “get out the vote” efforts. Right now there isn’t an opportunity to go door knocking, so I was very excited when I came across these postcard and letter writing efforts. I’ve had some fun making cute post cards to get voters to sign up for mail voting in Florida. It was fun to use my stickers and colorful pens for these projects. To read the whole newsletter click here.
Clear Lake IA Solo Show: A Sprinkling of Story Seeds
A solo show in Clear Lake, IA called: A Sprinkling of Story Seeds starting April 5 – 30, 2022
Unity Unitarian with Anna Karena
Spring or Summer 2021
Austin Artworks Solo Show
Solo show in Austin Minnesota from January 15th 2021 to March 27th 2021.
Magic City Art Connection
Woodlands Waterway Festival of the Arts
Dogwood Arts Festival
Friday, April 17th – 12:00 – 9:00pm
Saturday, April 18th – 10:00am-9:00pm
Sunday, April 19th -12:00- 7:00pm
Piedmont Park, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Art in the Wright Place
Saturday, November 23, 9 am 5 pm & Sunday, November 24, 10 am – 4 pm
First Unitarian Society of Madison, WI
Three Rivers Art Festival
200 through 600 blocks of Columbia Street in Historic Downtown Covington, LA
