Oliva Gallery presents Material Bodies: Identities in Clay, the 2nd Annual Midwest Ceramic Exhibition. This group exhibition explores the human form as both presence and container, using clay to examine identity, memory, and transformation. Through surface, gesture, and form, the works consider how material carries personal and collective stories, holding traces of strength, vulnerability, and resilience. The exhibition is juried by Nancy Pirri and Lauralynn White. Exhibiting Artists Lynn Basa, Aaron Becker, Robin Carlson, Hillary Catrow, Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-Gonzalez, Jamie Freedman, Mirentxu Ganzarain, Jennifer Holt, Matthew King, Darby Lewis, Dawn Liddicoatt, Suzanne Long, Linda Marcus, Patrick Miceli, Andryea Natkin, Jonathan Pacheco, Henry Tyson, Susan Volk, and Christopher Williams.