Sloughgrass will provide background music during the opening of a new exhibit. The Language of Fire: From Precision to Unpredictability showcases the work of ceramic artist Robin Foster (Red Lake Falls, Minn.), a recognized artist whose practice explores the varied, material language of clay shaped through a spectrum of firing processes. Moving between carefully controlled kiln-fired works and pieces marked by the more unpredictable effects of pit firing and Raku, Foster reveals a rich constellation of surface, color, and texture—at times deliberate, at times yielded to chance. Often working with locally sourced clay drawn from northern Minnesota, his work remains quietly grounded in the landscape from which it emerges. Each piece holds a moment of transformation, where material, heat, and circumstance converge, inviting close looking and a sensory engagement with the balance between intention and outcome.