I think that the six local potters who joined me for a day of painting in July can be very happy with their finished work. Maria and Linda have already popped over to collect their one plate each. Ysabella, Susan and Barbara, come when you can, phone first. June already has hers, with a plan to fire it to cone 6. Maria tells me she…
Later this morning another full kiln will finish firing. Some time on Friday I'll be able to check the results of two fun painting days here, and eleven new jugbirds and some plates of my own. The anticipation is always exciting. As some of you will have gathered, our summer is rather low-key as my husband patiently waits for a date for open…
As I walked over the hill on St Andrews Lane, towards the Arts Centre, I faced fierce dark clouds and an impending shower but there, over downtown Port Moody was a rainbow. It seemed to add to the celebrations taking place in the gallery. When I arrived there was a large crowd of Art patrons, this time mainly local Koreans. The Korean Cultural Heritage Society…
'Summer of Ceramics' is the title of one of the shows that opened at Port Moody Arts Centre on Thursday. Members of the 'Clay for You' pottery club and their teacher Clay Jung Hong Kim were showing Korean-style pottery in their 12th Annual Exhibition. Korean ceramic master Clay Jung Hong Kim arrived in BC in 2001. Since…
It's now almost two weeks since I went over to Burnaby Art Gallery on a Thursday evening for the opening of Joe Fafard's latest show here in the Lower Mainland. I'm always curious to see what this well-known Canadian sculptor from Saskatchewan has been up to. From his humorous and loving clay sculptures of prairie folk, to portraits of famous artists and later to the…