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Artist-in-Residence

Meagen Svendsen

Meagen Svendsen works in porcelain and found wood. Pale ceramic forms, some leaf-like, some closer to wings, are set into slabs of live-edge walnut burl so the made thing and the grown thing share one surface.

She has lived and worked in France, Japan, Mexico and Russia, and reads closely in biology and ecology. That reading arrives in the work as a question rather than an answer: whether we treat the natural world as something exotic and separate, or as the thing we are already part of.

She is here all month. Come by during open studio hours, join her for the artist talk on the twelfth, or spend a Saturday afternoon pressing the garden into clay.

Meagen Svendsen is a porcelain sculpture and installation artist working in the vocabulary of nature. Her most recent cast leaf and tree installations draw on her passion for the wilderness and the interconnection between nature and humanity.

Her work is influenced by her love of biology and her time living in Japan, Mexico, France, Russia and the American West. Her most recent iteration of work, currently on view at Rena Charles Gallery, includes a redwood collaboration with master woodworker Christopher Nelsen.

Dates: September 1 – 30, 2026

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Featured Artist-In-Residence Events & Workshops

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Arts & Crafts
Botanical Impressions in Clay
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Gather foliage from the vineyard rows and gardens that surround the hotel, then press it into clay and carry a piece of this place home.

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Arts & Crafts
Office Hours with Meagen Svendsen
Wednesday, September 23, 2026

For one afternoon the Maker Room stays open and Meagen Svendsen keeps working. Come in, stay as long as you like, and ask her anything.