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A Cultural, Educational Hub for the Region

Ridley Gallery complements and expands the educational environment of Sierra College and the community by featuring an exceptional range of arts programming.

The gallery exhibits high caliber work of leading regional, national, and international artists, as well as faculty artists, alumni, and students in seven shows throughout the academic year. Recurring annual exhibitions include the Hallberg Award Exhibition, the Holiday Show and Sale, and the Annual Juried Student Exhibition.

Located on the Rocklin campus of Sierra College, this 1000-square-foot gallery was dedicated in the spring of 1998. The gallery is named in memory of Robert Ridley, an art professor who long believed a college gallery would enrich the cultural experience and understanding of students through exposure to local and nationally recognized artists.

An advisory board and part-time director administer the Ridley Gallery and coordinate planning and exhibits. Student workers and Sierra College Patrons volunteers provide staffing during gallery hours.

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mine of you with me Exhibition

The Ridley Gallery is pleased to present mine of you with me by Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor.

Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor’s work transforms everyday domestic textiles into visceral, gestural ceramic sculptures that explore grief, memory and allegories. She says, “I’m examining a setting where the cautionary tale, private anxieties, decorative ceramic figurines mash-up…and attempting to close the gap between tenderness and the grotesque.”

Visit the Exhibition

Location: Ridley Gallery in LR-102 on Rocklin Campus

Hours: Monday – Thursday, 11am – 3pm, or by appointment

Exhibition Dates: March 25 – April 11

Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, April 4 from 4 – 6pm

About Higgins O’Connor

Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor received her M.F.A. in Art Studio from the University of California, Davis in 2005 and her BFA in Ceramics from California State University, Long Beach in 1995.

She has shown extensively throughout the US and Canada, including Suplerflat x Juxtapoz in Seattle, Washington; the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia; the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and the John Elder Gallery, CUE Arts Foundation, and Foley Gallery in New York City.

Solo exhibitions include the Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles; David Salow Gallery, Los Angeles; the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Suyama Space, Seattle, Washington, the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and Weber State University, Utah, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, California, and Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, California.

Notable Awards and fellowships include a 2005 Joan Mitchell Foundation M.F.A. Fellowship; a 2012 Artist-in-Residence Fellowship at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and The Kohler Company’s Arts/Industry residency.

Past Exhibits

View our image gallery of exhibits featured at the Ridley Gallery.