After a great five-night family holiday on Saltspring Island, Alan and I took the ferry on to Vancouver Island for a further four nights. Our first stop was in Nanaimo where we found its Art Gallery, met the curator and potter Jesse Birch and spent some time with the current show, We Do Not Work Alone. Of course this Ceramics show has been on my…
https://pomoarts.ca/exhibitions/whimsy-in-wood-and-paint Ron Love: Whimsy in Wood and Paint Join us at 7:15 pm on July 22nd for a virtual artist talk with Ron Love on Facebook live. When Ron Love retired from a long and successful career as an architectural illustrator and designer, he wanted to expand beyond his usual painting practice, and explore fresh mediums to use his creative talents. He turned his artistic bent…
Every shelf in my latest bisque and glaze firings held plates, except for the top one. There I placed four requested Red-breasted Sapsucker Jugbirds, the 'North by North-West (NXNW)' mugs and two bowls for donation for the September NWCF fundraiser 'That Pottery Thing'. To save space here I've assembled the photos with the 'layout' app so that you can see the top and side…
Nicole Ponsart's show at PoMoArts ended in late June and I was able to pop in to see it on its last day. Nicole was a winner of the Arts Centre's Kwi Am Choi scholarship this year and she used the opportunity to show what she's been working on during the last year, as she completed her BFA at Emily Carr University. I had watched…
I set my alarm for 7.20am on Saturday so that I was sure to be awake and coffee'd all ready to listen to host Sheryl MacKay on CBC's weekend morning show 'North by NorthWest' or NXNW. Some time ago I read of a new initiative between the show and BC Potter's Guild. Guild members were invited to join a plan to be interviewed by Sheryl if we…