Artist Talk: Karina Yanes

Doors Open at 5:00pm for mingling & refreshments, Artist Talk begins promptly at 5:30pm.

Join us for an intimate conversation with Karina Yanes as she explains the inspirations behind the work in her current exhibition, Olive Branches Carried Us Home.

Karina is a Gainesville, FL based artist whose work is rooted in her upbringing as a Puerto  Rican-Palestinian-Midwesterner. She received her MFA from the University of Florida, and her  work has been exhibited in group exhibitions across the country. She recently had a solo  exhibition at the Morean Center for Clay and has an upcoming solo exhibition at Greenwich  House Pottery in 2027. She has been artist-in-residence at ACRE, Craigardan, the Open Studio  Residency at Haystack School of Craft, and the CIRCA Graduate Exchange. She was a 2024 recipient of the NCECA Graduate Fellowship and was selected for Fresh Squeezed 8: Emerging  Artists in Florida at the Morean Arts Center.