Read more about the article Amy Li Chuan Chang spoke to TriCity Potters
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Amy Li Chuan Chang spoke to TriCity Potters

The presenter for last Wednesday's meeting of TriCity Potters was North Burnaby ceramic artist Amy Chang. We were thrilled to see and hold her extraordinary ceramic creations once again. I first came across her work at Deer Lake Art Gallery in 2018, and she had another solo show at Port Moody Arts Centre in 2019. https://www.gillianmcmillan.com/blog/2018/04/03/industrial-revolution-amy-li-chuan-chang/ This is the poster TCP member Emily Cheung designed…

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April 25th, 2023
Read more about the article Canadian Clay Symposium 2023: Road Show
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Canadian Clay Symposium 2023: Road Show

The Road Show is a much-anticipated part of every Canadian Clay Symposium. People who are registered to attend are invited to bring along something Ceramic to be displayed for the day. It can be something they've bought, inherited, or made themselves. We never know what we'll see but the work always leads to interesting discussions. During the lunch hour, between presentations, our own Ceramics curator…

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April 7th, 2023
Read more about the article STOKED! Canadian Clay Symposium: Presenters
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STOKED! Canadian Clay Symposium: Presenters

What a day! On Saturday March 25th 2023 hundreds of clay enthusiasts met at Shadbolt Centre, in Burnaby, to watch presenters, see displays, meet vendors and reconnect with friends and colleagues after so long. (CCS takes place every three years and it was obviously cancelled in 2020). It has taken me a week to think about the remarkable occasion and to sort out which of…

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April 4th, 2023
Read more about the article Past, Present & Future: KPU & FVPG
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Past, Present & Future: KPU & FVPG

New glass display shelves have been installed outside the Spruce Art Gallery at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, just near the Ceramics department. KPU Ceramics instructor Ying Yueh Chuang has been looking forward to their arrival for a while. For the first display she and Fraser Valley Potters Guild past president Pat Schendel decided to invite past and present alumni of the Ceramics department to bring along…

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March 24th, 2023
Read more about the article TRANSFORMATION: FVPG 2023
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TRANSFORMATION: FVPG 2023

On our way to Abbotsford last Friday to attend the closing sale at Herman Venema's studio (see yesterday's blog) Carlene, Eliza and I stopped in at the ACT art gallery in Maple Ridge to see Fraser Valley Potters Guild's latest show, TRANSFORMATION. We were greeted by the Art Gallery curator and manager Courtney Miller, who showed us around the ceramics show and explained some of…

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March 23rd, 2023