Heidi McKay Casto

June-July 2025 Gallery Opening June 6 6-9pm

For our June and July 2025 exhibition the gallery is pleased to feature the ceramic work of Heidi McKay Casto. Currently the artist is a visiting assistant professor of art at the University of Iowa.

Casto’s ceramics celebrate a combination of design and illustration.

“Objects that synthesize dynamic design, anthropomorphic animals, and vibrant colors are my means for surveying the intersections of utility and sculpture. By bringing into question the similarities between instinctual animal behaviors and habits learned through my lived experience as a woman, artist, and mother, I hope to gain insight and inspiration for living with fewer insecurities and societal pressures. My desire is for the work to be a synchronistic exchange of connection, where care and beauty are vibrant in daily life, and where complex human emotions might be made more discernible through light-hearted depictions of personified animal subjects.

Heidi McKay Casto’s exhibition opens June 6 from 6pm-9pm. Plinth Gallery is located in the River North Arts District at 3520 Brighton Blvd in Denver. Gallery hours are Thursday-Saturday 12pm-5pm