J Schatz Press Release - September 3, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 3, 2026
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Surface: New Work in Ceramic and Wood at Take Me Home
Opening during the Detroit Month of Design opening festival and design crawl, with a public open house on September 12
Detroit, Michigan — September 3, 2026
Take Me Home presents Surface, an exhibition of new work in ceramic and wood by Jim Schatz and Peter Souza Jr., on view September 3 through October 31, 2026 at the Cadillac Arts Centre in Detroit's Little Village neighborhood.
Surface follows Radical Presence, the gallery's inaugural exhibition, and narrows from the body to the material itself. The exhibition spans the collection — vessels, lighting, wall works, and sculpture — with pieces selected for what each material does at its outer edge. Everything here was built and finished by hand in Detroit.
Schatz works in stoneware and glaze, where the surface is settled in the last minutes of a firing and cannot be taken back. Souza works in milled and reclaimed wood, building color in layers of stain, watercolor, acrylic, and varnish, with the arrangement of parts carrying as much weight as the color itself. Shown together, the two practices hold the same question from opposite sides of a material.
Opening — Thursday, September 3, 5 – 9 PM
Take Me Home is open for the Detroit Month of Design opening festival and design crawl. The crawl runs the length of Little Village. An after party follows at Father Forgive Me, The Shepherd, from 9 to 11 PM.
Open House — Saturday, September 12, 3 – 8 PM
Partway through the run, the gallery takes part in a public open house at the Cadillac Arts Centre. The building and its courtyard are open for an afternoon and evening of work and making. In Thicket Books hosts a reading by designer Scott Klinker. Bowerbird Home features planters by Gray Gardens Plant Studio. Work by James Adams is on view, with open doors at Black Art Library and the Villages of Detroit, plus the Amend garden next door with Allana Clarke. Music and food throughout.
Registration is required and attendance is free.
Exhibition Details
Exhibition: Surface
Artists: Jim Schatz and Peter Souza Jr.
Medium: Stoneware, glaze, wood, stain, watercolor, acrylic, varnish
Dates: September 3 – October 31, 2026
Opening
Thursday, September 3, 2026
5:00 – 9:00 PM
Take Me Home at Cadillac Arts Centre
1533 Cadillac Blvd, Suite 102
Detroit, MI 48214
Part of the Detroit Month of Design opening festival and design crawl
After party
Father Forgive Me at The Shepherd
1265 Parkview St
Detroit, MI 48214
9:00 – 11:00 PM
Open House
Saturday, September 12, 2026
3:00 – 8:00 PM
Take Me Home at Cadillac Arts Centre
1533 Cadillac Blvd, Suite 102
Detroit, MI 48214
Part of Detroit Month of Design
Gallery Hours
Friday through Sunday, 12:00 – 6:00 PM
September 3 – October 31, 2026
About Take Me Home
take me home is a gallery and design space founded in 2026 by Jim Schatz and Peter Souza Jr. at the Cadillac Arts Centre in Detroit. It is the public-facing extension of their studio practice, showing collectible design, contemporary craft, and experimental work in clay and wood. eye to eye opens in November 2026.
About J Schatz Studio
Founded by Jim Schatz in 2004, J Schatz Studio is a Detroit-based ceramic design studio creating sculptural lighting, bird feeders, bird houses, and collectible objects. Each piece is built and finished by hand in durable stoneware and designed to bring wonder, light, and presence into everyday life.
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