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    • 2022 >
      • Crista Ann Ames_Missappropriated Mythology_July 2022
      • Brian Kooser_Inappropriated Artifacts_August 2022
      • Cassie Stone_APORIA_Sept-October 2022
      • Josh Humphrey_RESONANCE_November 2022
      • Linda Sanchez & Miku Saeki_​CYCLIC GESTURES OF INTERNAL LANDSCAPES_December 2022
    • 2023 >
      • Scott Mayberry_Creature Comforts_Jan. 2023
      • Mary Diefenbach Duke
      • Understory_Renee Adams and Lindsey Salmonson_April 2023
      • SUBVERSIVE STITCH_May 2023
      • PANIC BONER_MAY 2023
      • Looking In Again_Jane Orleman
      • Kathy Guss_Sugar And Spice_July
      • Tim Fowler_Rabbit In A Hat_August 2023
      • Gus Crane_Live Sound Performance_August 2023
      • LISA SHEETS Easing Into Hope
      • FEMME LOCALE 2023
      • YAB YUM_JAMPA DORJE
      • HOLIDAY BIZARRE 23
    • 2024 >
      • Jason Clifton ...with all due respect.
      • PARADIGMS_Maya Chachava and Kate Lund
      • Daphne Sweet_This Portion of Utopia
      • Jerod Peitsmeyer, Kilfitty Kalfattin, June-July
      • BIRDSONG
      • Debbie Palmer and Michael Arndt: Tin Collage, Robots & Metal Sculpture
      • Femme Locale 2024
      • Fusion_Mary Diefenbach Duke & Priscilla Froelich
      • The Holiday Bizarre 2024
      • POETRY IN ELLENSBURG
    • 2025 >
      • THE OUTSIDERS_January 2025
      • THE GREEN BOAT_Karl Schwiesow
      • KNOTS_Beth Korth
      • Great Scott!_ Scott Mansfield and Scott Mayberry_April 2025
      • Inland Poetry 2025 Laureate_April 2025
      • Hannah Kautto_Rainy Day_2025
      • PYROCENE_June
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Artist's Statement:
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I am a sculptor who works primarily in ceramics and textiles. I find that the integration of both permanent and impermanent materials conveys my interest in approaches to memory, loss and transformation.  Just as the act of remembering transforms an experience into something different, time degrades some elements and leaves others to endure.


Through the layering of mythology, iconography and personal narrative, my work explores how our own animal nature relates to the ways we establish and sustain personal relationships.  I draw on my own experiences to explore pastoral life, animal husbandry, women’s craft and fertility.

In bridging the gap between myth and experience, I utilize my artistic practice to create altogether new stories that tell contemporary tales of trauma, joy and womanhood.

​-CAA

         

Crista Ann Ames is a contemporary sculptor working primarily in large scale ceramics and textiles. She is a native Washingtonian who was raised on a generational hobby farm in Central Washington. Ames currently lives and works in Ellensburg.
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Crista attended Washington State University where she obtained her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics with a minor in Art History, and Disability Studies. After receiving her BFA, Crista attended Utah State University for Post Crista attended Washington State University where she earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics with a minor in Art History, and Disability Studies. After receiving her BFA, Crista attended Utah State University for Post Baccalaureate studies in Ceramics. She received her MFA from the University of Montana and has been a Resident Artist at A.I.R. Vallauris, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Center, The Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, the Clay Studio of Missoula, Santa Fe Art Institute, and Red Lodge Clay Center. Crista is currently an artist in residence and studio manager at Gallery One Visual Arts Center in Ellensburg and a recipient of the Artist Trust Fellowship Award in 2022.
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  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • past exhibits
    • 2022 >
      • Crista Ann Ames_Missappropriated Mythology_July 2022
      • Brian Kooser_Inappropriated Artifacts_August 2022
      • Cassie Stone_APORIA_Sept-October 2022
      • Josh Humphrey_RESONANCE_November 2022
      • Linda Sanchez & Miku Saeki_​CYCLIC GESTURES OF INTERNAL LANDSCAPES_December 2022
    • 2023 >
      • Scott Mayberry_Creature Comforts_Jan. 2023
      • Mary Diefenbach Duke
      • Understory_Renee Adams and Lindsey Salmonson_April 2023
      • SUBVERSIVE STITCH_May 2023
      • PANIC BONER_MAY 2023
      • Looking In Again_Jane Orleman
      • Kathy Guss_Sugar And Spice_July
      • Tim Fowler_Rabbit In A Hat_August 2023
      • Gus Crane_Live Sound Performance_August 2023
      • LISA SHEETS Easing Into Hope
      • FEMME LOCALE 2023
      • YAB YUM_JAMPA DORJE
      • HOLIDAY BIZARRE 23
    • 2024 >
      • Jason Clifton ...with all due respect.
      • PARADIGMS_Maya Chachava and Kate Lund
      • Daphne Sweet_This Portion of Utopia
      • Jerod Peitsmeyer, Kilfitty Kalfattin, June-July
      • BIRDSONG
      • Debbie Palmer and Michael Arndt: Tin Collage, Robots & Metal Sculpture
      • Femme Locale 2024
      • Fusion_Mary Diefenbach Duke & Priscilla Froelich
      • The Holiday Bizarre 2024
      • POETRY IN ELLENSBURG
    • 2025 >
      • THE OUTSIDERS_January 2025
      • THE GREEN BOAT_Karl Schwiesow
      • KNOTS_Beth Korth
      • Great Scott!_ Scott Mansfield and Scott Mayberry_April 2025
      • Inland Poetry 2025 Laureate_April 2025
      • Hannah Kautto_Rainy Day_2025
      • PYROCENE_June
  • SHOP ART
  • CALL TO ARTISTS