Some months ago Jonathon invited me to make a couple of special, big jugbirds for a show in the Summer. Only fellow participants in a January soda firing saw what I made but now that the show has opened I can post photos of them.
Axis of Art – Women In Clay
This is the first installment of a new series of exhibitions celebrating excellence in Canadian Clay
Women in Clay at Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery in London, ON celebrates 15 outstanding artists working in clay. Three BC clay artists are included: Meira Mathieson, Barbara Tipton and Gillian McMillan. Over the last 23 years since the gallery has opened it has been their mandate to showcase the very best in Canadian ceramic art, it turns out the majority of artists they have shown have been women. Currently the gallery is made up of over 70% women artists!!! More about the show and purchase artists’ works here:
After getting over feeling like an imposter I found it interesting to consider which women ceramic artists Jonathon has selected for this first in a series of shows. Here is the list of people representing each Canadian province.
British Columbia – Barbara Tipton – Meira Mathison – Gillian McMillan – Alberta – Mindy Andrews – Lisa McGrath– Saskatchewan – Jeannie Mah – Manitoba – Valerie Metcalfe RCA – Grace Nickel RCA – Ontario – Celia Z. Brandao – Zsuzsa Monostory – Kim Harcourt-Roman – Marianne Fisher – Quebec – Maureen Marcotte – New Brunswick – Judy Blake – Newfoundland – Katrina Chaytor
For those of us who cannot travel to London, Ontario I’ve chosen one image per artist (taken from the JBS website) to give you an idea of the variety shown. It’s very hard to learn about the work made by ceramic artists across this vast country so this is a start.
What a huge variety of work can be seen here! I would have liked to visit Jonathon’s Gallery for this occasion, but one day I will get there! Our seaside holiday with our kids and grandsons prevailed.
I was pleased to learn that a happy collector has already given a home to one of my pieces. Thank you Jonathon and Brian for including my work in this important show.
I opened a glaze kiln this afternoon so I may need to show you my newest earthen-ware in my next blog.
What a beautiful show
Thank you for this wonderful blog.