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new body of work.
”
There are also two Jewish 
artists in the exhibit: Alice 
Ham, a ceramic artist known 
for her colorful, modern work, 
and Carole Berhorst, a veteran 
ceramic artist who specializes 
in functional pottery.
To launch the exhibit, Janice 
Charach Gallery will host an 
opening reception on Oct. 24 
that’s free to the public. Most 
of the artists participating in 
the exhibit, who are also small 
business owners, will be in 
attendance, giving guests a 
chance to support local cre-
atives.
Following the reception, 
the gallery will be open 
Sunday through Tuesday, or 
by appointment. “delecTable” 
will feature about 350 pieces 
of pottery, including a table set 
up in the middle of the gallery 
space decorated with 34 place 
settings made by participating 
artists — something previous-
ly never done.
Janice Charach Gallery is 

also revamping its gallery 
shop, turning it into a space to 
feature a select group of local 
artists that will rotate out with 
every new exhibition.
After more than a year-
and-a-half of being closed, 
Kaatz says the gallery is finally 
comfortable enough to operate 
shows in a COVID-safe and 
socially distanced way.
“We had this exhibition 
penciled in since probably 
February,
” Kaatz says, who 
explains that the gallery was 
working on bringing it to life 
for nearly eight months. “We 
decided around March or 
April to just move forward 
with it, and we felt that we 
could do it in a safe way.
” 

ABOVE: “Graffiti” by Kris 
Cravens
LEFT: “Woman Platter” by 
Beth Ogden
BELOW LEFT: Three orga-
nizers of the show from 
the Michigan Ceramic Arts 
Association, Peter Fritz, 
Mary Fritz and Jim Adair, 
work on getting the show 
set up.
BELOW: “Praise Platter” by 
David Velez Felix

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