Redcar offers creative spaces that fuel innovation and inspire artistry. Join a community where creators thrive and ideas come to life.

A person sitting in a woodworking workshop with stacks of wooden planks and slabs around them, wearing sunglasses and casual clothing.

SPACES

for  CREATORS

Colorful clay sculpture of a pink bear wearing a small hat with a flower and holding a large white flower, featuring exaggerated facial features on a light background.
Person walking in front of shelves displaying various ceramic pots and vases, with a potted dried branch in the foreground.
Unique, organic-shaped green table lamp with a curved stem and bulbous top resembling melted or flowing material, emitting light.
A room with abstract, organic-shaped sculptures in black, white, and bronze colors.
Abstract stone sculpture with multiple angular blocks on a wooden surface against a white background.

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CREATIVITY & CRAFT

Interior of an artist's studio with abstract sculptures and large windows.

Redcar has long been a patron of the arts, fostering a space for creativity, collaboration, and innovation. For years, Jim Jacobsen has supported and partnered with artists and artisans to bring bold ideas to life, creating a vibrant community that encourages artistic expression. The Redcar Artist/Artisan in Residence Program is a continuation of that vision, providing artists with the opportunity to create and showcase their work within an inspiring environment.

Through this program, Redcar offers dynamic spaces where artists can thrive, develop their craft, and connect with a network of like-minded creators. The program includes an ever-growing group of talented individuals who have contributed their unique perspectives to the Redcar community.

meet  OUR ARTISTS

  • Although he began his career as a fashion designer, Rogan Gregory found his calling in the modern sculptural arts.

    Gregory creates abstract and figurative sculptures in fluid forms inspired by the natural world using materials including stone, metal and sand.

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  • Jonathan Cross is an American ceramicist, with both an eponymous studio in Los Angeles and a wood kiln in the desert community of Twentynine Palms, CA.

    Known for his use of ancient wood-firing technique - his singular, imposing work spans sculptures, furniture, and vessels.

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  • Taylor Donsker Design is a Sonoma County, California based modern furniture company designing and handcrafting pieces to age gracefully through generations of use.

    Founded by architectural designer and Los Angeles native Taylor Donsker, each piece is the result of a gradually matured style developed as an apprentice under several of Los Angeles' most well regarded architects.

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  • Alake Shilling is known for her vibrant paintings and ceramics of creatures and landscapes drawn from her imagination. Dogs, cats, bears, ladybirds, rabbits and even Minnie Mouse all appear with wide, expressive eyes evoking the barefaced emotion of a young child.

    These relatable feelings are carefully crafted by the artist through precise rendering of form and colour, resulting in works that are at once intimate and peculiar.

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  • Lee Hun Chung (이헌정) is a South Korean artist. He is famous for working with ceramics and concrete in a wide range from small objects to large installations.

    Lee creates modern day pieces using techniques and colors dating back to the Joseon Dynasty.

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  • Kevin Reinhardt, based in Los Angeles, CA, creates work that reflects his architectural background and thoughtful, restrained approach.

    He finds beauty in the overlooked, using minimal materials and subdued colors to transform everyday objects into quiet, intimate moments that feel both familiar and mysterious.

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