Summer of 2024, Shannon Sullivan and Jessica Swan, participated in a vibrant public art project as part of the Eureka Street Art Festival —installing three-foot-long ceramic banana slugs on walls across the city! Each a one-of-a-kind sculpture hand made by the ceramic art duo. A total of 16 slugs now adorn 13 buildings throughout town.
Have you spotted them all?
Click HERE for a map of Slug locations!
Slug Making Team
Shannon Sullivan
Born in Madison, WI, Shannon Sullivan is an artist and educator based in Eureka, CA serving as a faculty member in the Art Department at College of the Redwoods since 2006. Her ceramic sculptures and wall objects have been featured in exhibitions nationally and internationally. She has traveled to participate in artist residencies and has presented at conference about her creative practice and work as an educator. Sullivan is inspired by the ways in which the natural world sorts itself. her work uses primarily ceramic materials to investigate and hybridize pattern found on both a micro and macro scale.
Jessica Swan
Swan is a Northern California based ceramic artist who has been throwing on the wheel since 2013. Her first opportunity to play with clay was a class at College of the Redwoods. She walked into that college thinking she was going to be studying the stars, but left college wanting to spend her life enjoying the earth. Today, Jessica is a full time ceramic artist. Besides running JSwanCeramics, she is also a technician and teacher at Fire Arts Center in Arcata, CA.
Want your own personal slug sculpture?
If you’d like to add a one of a kind, larger than life, slug sculpture to your personal collection please fill out the commission form below.