Studio Sessions
From Dust to Dust
with Sasha Koozel Reibstein
October 2026
About the Studio Session
A sculpture can demonstrate the effects of extreme conditions on the human body and mind; on soil and sand; and on swirling clouds of cosmic energy. By simultaneously embracing the chaos and harnessing the power of these forces, we can draw out the connective threads that bind us to the universe.
Perhaps we are all just specks of cosmic dust. What happens when we entwine with clay? Albert Einstein has said, “Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.” In this Studio Session we will explore how universal consciousness relates to the materials with which we work, and how human experience becomes a conduit between eternities past and future.
*Thanks to Jordan Karney Chaim for lending several direct quotes for this text from her article on Sasha Koozel Reibstein for HereIn Journal (https://www.hereinjournal.org/essays/jordan-karney-chaim-on-sasha-koozel-reibstein)
About the Lead Artist
Sasha Koozel Reibstein was born in Boston, MA and raised in Philadelphia, PA, a city whose culture and gritty urban landscape had a significant impact on her aesthetic. She currently resides in San Diego, CA where she creates work that reflects on transformation, mortality and the sublime through sculptures that undulate between soft and hard, alive and static, real and imagined. While primarly sculpting out of clay, Reibstein‘s experimentation and broad use of materiál, ranging from 24k gold to fuzzy flocks, allow her to create objects that are alchemic, acting as vehicles for psychic teleportation.
Reibstein has traveled extensively, working and exhibiting in Germany, Denmark, Hungary and China. Her work has been included in over 80 national and international exhibitions including at The Zentrum fur Keramik in Berlin, Germany, Guldagergaard in Skaelskor, Denmark, NY Arts Magazine and ArtSpace 1 in Beijing, China, The Sculptureum in Matakana, New Zealand, Craft Contemporary and Couturier Gallery in Los Angeles, The Institute for Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art and International Mingei Museum in San Diego, Quint Gallery in La Jolla, CA, The Oceanside Museum of Art, The San Diego International Airport, The Morris Graves Museum in Eureka, CA, The Attelboro Museum in Attelboro, MA, The Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT and The American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA. Press includes Hyperallergic, American Craft, HereIn Journal, Maake Magazine, Art Ltd, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Ceramics Monthly, the San Diego Union Tribune, Glasstire, Simayspace and NY Arts Magazine, among others.
Logistics
This session is scheduled for Saturdays, October 3, 10, 17, & 24 from 11am-1pm PST (that’s Los Angeles time).
Registration is $320 and includes all four sessions.
Participants gather via Zoom.