Holly Rose Moore Exhibits Divergent Specimen Ceramics

St. Petersburg, Fla. – Holly Rose Moore’s Diaries of Divergence exhibition debuts at the Morean Center for Clay on Saturday, July 12 from 5-9pm. Consisting of three distinct sculpture series, it is arranged in the spirit of a scaled-down museum exhibit. Much like a natural history exhibit, “specimens” are organized by biome, and demonstrate the inspiring range of an extraterrestrial lifeform as it has adapted to several different ecosystems of our planet.
This body of work is inspired by the transplant archetype, according to the artist. They shape the exhibition around a person who willingly leaves “home” in search of more opportunity, and thus creates a new home in an alien community; a migrant. This phenomenon is quite commonplace in our Tampa Bay area, Moore said. To quote Jackie Shane, “Most people are planted in someone else’s soil…I say to them, ‘Uproot yourself; get into your own soil. You may be surprised who you really are.’”
“Leaving the comfort of familiarity is never an easy task,” artist Moore states, “but sowing roots that have long outgrown its pot is worth the growing pains.”
This collection of works is their testament to self-discovery, and a love letter to the small communities that lovingly foster that growth.
The exhibition is free and open to the public from Wednesday to Saturday,10am-5pm, on view July 12 – August 3.
The Morean Center for Clay is in the Warehouse Arts District at 420 22nd
Street South. Visit moreanartscenter.org/exibition/holly-rose-moore-diaries-of-convergence-exhibition/ for more information.