Join artist Taylor Robenalt for an engaging conversation exploring the narratives, symbolism, and material processes behind her intricate porcelain sculptures. Drawing from the long human tradition of storytelling, Robenalt creates works that intertwine figures, flora, and fauna to reflect on personal experience, animal behavior, and humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Through layered symbolism and carefully constructed forms, her work bridges ceramics and sculpture, expanding how we understand both disciplines while inviting viewers into stories of transformation and connection. Working primarily in porcelain, Robenalt embraces the material’s delicate, skin-like qualities to heighten the emotional resonance of her imagery, where animals, flowers, and human forms become metaphors for loyalty, freedom, renewal, and the cyclical nature of life. A professor at Ringling College of Art and Design, Robenalt creates work that is visually accessible yet deeply reflective, encouraging intuitive engagement and personal interpretation. This artist talk offers insight into her creative process and explores how storytelling through clay can connect individual experience to broader contemporary conversations about identity, change, and shared human experience. Please note: Our galleries will not open early for this event due to a special event beforehand. Admission: Free for Museum Members | $10 for Future Members
