by embersforge | Sep 28, 2023 | Article
COMMUNITY SHOP CLASS WEBSITE RE-DESIGN As Project Director and friend to the Community Shop Class family, I have reimagined the online space for our Oak Park Community so that they may take their integrity, their dreams, and their future into their own hands- with...
by embersforge | Aug 29, 2023 | Article
Feature for my mentor, highlighting an exhibition I came across that preceded my time as his artist assistant by six months, please enjoy my findings- Robert Ortbal Marmalade to Samaratin in the age of the pandemic – showing art amisdt uncertainty. Robert...
by embersforge | Aug 7, 2023 | Article
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE RED MUSEUM |AUGUST 25TH & 26TH DEBUT OF ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY AND VISUAL ART COLLABORATION BY RICHARD SMITH AND EMBER DE BOER BUY TICKETS HERE what is capitol dance project? Capital Dance Project’s annual production Behind the...
by embersforge | Jun 17, 2023 | Article
Article by Peter Vickland | June 2023 “I enjoy my job because I get to feel like an evil villain,” said De Boer of her latest work, stabbing metal pipe in a suspiciously organ-esque fiberglass form, following her statement with maniacal laughter, “Mwa ha ha!” The...
by embersforge | Jun 16, 2023 | Article
GOOD DAY SACRAMENTO VIDEO Are you looking to learn how to use a new power tool? Julissa Ortiz is a the new Community Shop Class in Sacramento and your kiddos can learn how to safely use power tools! My newest sculpture, “Twin Flame” debuts on Good Day...
by embersforge | Jun 11, 2023 | Article
The process is humbling. I tried so many experiments while making this piece- I don’t think any of those experiments were trial 001… I went in today to see if I could set these straight, the connection point at the bottom was warping with the heat, the post wasnt as...
by embersforge | May 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Something I haven’t done- paint a mural ✅With ten years of painting outside (and inside) of school, and a few massive paintings I did in my house growing up, house painting at random moments for many years, even painting galleries white-it feels silly to make the...
by embersforge | May 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends and Creators, You are cordially invited to the launch of Ember de Boer’s new studio space the Forge here in Oak Park Sacramento, at 3818 Stockton Blvd. Find your invitation attached: Please join me for an evening of community...
by embersforge | Apr 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Tributary Sculptural Unveiling Celebration Ember de Boer is pictured sitting at the right second from the end. From Left to Right: Mathew Pugh, Denise Benitez, Julie Bernadeth, April Arnold, Zara, and Andrew. All peers and graduating members of Ember de Boer’s...
by embersforge | Apr 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
VISIT BIONEERS WEBSITE I have taken a lot of time to process BioneersThe first time I went, it was groundbreaking for me to find a community I admired and wanted to consider peers. This year I took a big step, being featured on the website, showing my work on Alliston...
by embersforge | Mar 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ceramic hand-building workshop hosted by the former education coordinator for Verge Center for the Arts, Julie Bernadeth Crumb at Community Shop Class. Community Shop Class is a learning center and creative studio in Oak Park Sacramento, California. Ember de Boer...
by embersforge | Feb 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
VISIT ART EVERYWHERE PODCAST The Art Everywhere Podcast with host Phillip Hernandez. Artists talking about life, art, and purpose with a sense of humor. Every week is a different guest discussing their craft and their journey through a life full of art. New episodes...
by embersforge | Feb 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
VISIT BIONEERS WEBSITE “As Bioneers rolls into our 34TH annual gathering, the big wheels of massive change are turning. Climate disruption bears down daily, and there’s a widely felt morning-after awakening that it’s going to crash the economy and bring...
by embersforge | Feb 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
GOOD DAY SACRAMENTO SEGMENTS Julissa Ortiz is in Oak Park giving us a sneak peek of the Community Shop Class. See what you can build with these nice power tools you can borrow from this community shop. Ember de Boer is featured on a segment of Good Day Sacramento. The...
by embersforge | Jan 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
COMMUNITY SHOP CLASS WEBSITE FOLLOW SHOP CLASS ON INSTAGRAM “‼️COMMUNITY EVENT COMING UP‼️ 🎙️🎧🎶🎸 We’re very excited to announce a new Open Mic here at shop class on Thursday’s starting Feb 9th! Hosted by @good.after.mun @marco_is_bad_dog and @embersforge If you...
by embersforge | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
POWER OF EMPATHY EXHIBIT THE POWER OF EMPATHY ARTISTS PRESENTATION PART II Tuesday January 31, 2023 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PT Exhibiting artists share briefly about their pieces in WEAD’s online Power of Empathy show, then juror Tanja Geis prompts a lively...
by embersforge | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
CMK VAPA WEBSITE “I didn’t know what to expect for my first art jury- I have curated work, hung it, critiqued, been on a committee jury for @wead.artists but I have never- been an invited member of a jury until last week. I didn’t know what to expect-...
by embersforge | Jan 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
SEE POST ON LINKED IN VISIT SHOP CLASS WEBSITE foLLOW the art Facebook Embers Forge VISIT INstagram @EMBERSFORGE VISIT Contact Phone +(1) 279 666 4429 Mail emberslifeisart@gmail.com Located Sacramento,...
by embersforge | Nov 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
This exhibition explores paths through environmental and social-justice challenges that confront our world. This includes compassion for all living beings; human and more-than-human, individuals, and communities of living organisms of all forms of sentience. What...
by embersforge | Nov 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Pictured is Ember de Boer (Left) and Julie Crumb (right) in front of “Adrift” at the Group Show “Convergence” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ember de Boer (@embersforge) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Julie Bernadeth...
by embersforge | Jun 1, 2022 | Article
In the realm of contemporary art, the year 2023 has witnessed a captivating emergence of a new abstract artistic genre—sculptural psychoanalytic portraiture. This innovative form of expression combines geometric shapes, identity, and the lens of psychoanalysis to...
by embersforge | May 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Bioneers is an innovative nonprofit organization that highlights breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet. Founded in 1990 in Santa Fe, New Mexico by social entrepreneurs Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, we act as a fertile hub of social and scientific...
by embersforge | Apr 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
by embersforge | Feb 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
COORDINATES are site-specific transitory exhibitions that bring attendees outside of the art world’s traditional white cube institutions by using vacant and underutilized spaces for creative inquiry. During an era of urban development in Sacramento, this project...
by embersforge | Nov 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Please join us at the Faith McKinnie Gallery for Wine Wednesdays, from 5-8 pm. There’s a new collector’s room to explore featuring artist like me, Ember de Boer alongside Genesis Torres the new curator of the “Shadow Box” , Brandon Gastinell,...
