Unquenchable Hope will be on display at YWCA Spokane throughout October as part of Domestic Violence Action Month (DVAM).

When: October 1st - 31st, 2024 | 8am - 8pm
Where: YWCA Spokane, 930 N Monroe St, Spokane

A Powerful Partnership

Earlier this year, Cori Schuman, also known as The Tattooed Potter, reached out to discuss a potential partnership. Cori shared how she had been personally impacted by domestic violence and previously received services at a YWCA in a different area.

"When I was at one of my lowest points, I was offered space in a YWCA shelter that not only housed me and my son safely, but also offered me the space to feel and process the things that had happened without judgment."

Since October is both Domestic Violence Action Month (DVAM) and National Arts & Humanities Month, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to host such a display.

By having Unquenchable Hope installed at YWCA Spokane, Cori hopes to bring awareness to the issue of domestic violence, and to offer support, inspiration, empowerment, and hope to anyone who might be in need of it.

"I’m so grateful to be able to partner with YWCA Spokane to offer my own support in the best way I know how: through my art and my story."

What is Unquenchable Hope?

In Cori's own words:

"The piece is really about my past, and my journey from the person I used to be to the woman I am now. It’s about the realization that there was a reason I’d survived all that I did.

Though it started out small, somewhere deep inside of me I found that I believed I had something to offer this world, so I held on tightly to that belief.

This piece is about my journey from wishing desperately that death had taken me, to being filled with gratitude that it hadn’t."

The main body of the piece was thrown using the ceramic wheel, fired, and then painted using an airbrush with some hand-painted elements. The rest was created using foam clay, taking small pieces of clay one at a time, rolling and forming them into a drip, fitting them into place, then laying them out to dry and finishing by adhering each dried piece to the main form, individually.

About the Artist

Cori Schuman is a ceramic artist residing in the Pacific Northwest with her two sons. Her work takes on primarily abstract forms with Maximalist tendencies. Working primarily with clay but often adding in other materials, she creates vibrant, over-the-top designs reminiscent of Rococo’s extravagant and flamboyant style. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Whitworth University in 3-Dimensional art with a minor in art history. She was also the recipient of the Art & Design Achievement Award, the Cliff Mollendorf Scholarship, and the Enhanced Talent Art & Design Award.

Schuman has had her work selected for an international juried solo exhibition, three contemporary art magazine publications, 10 group exhibitions, a juried art auction, and had her work purchased for Whitworth University’s permanent art collection.

Learn more about Cori and view her other work at thetattooedpotter.com.

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A Month of Awareness