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 popped down to Port Moody Arts Centre/PoMoArts on Thursday. Two shows have been installed for a while now. One is the annual 'ART 4 LIFE' show of whimsical and thought-provoking works intended for the young and young-at-heart. The other show is part of the Ceramic Artist-in-Residence deal. The invited clay artist has a studio, use of the Centre's ceramic facilities, the opportunity to teach…
I was astonished to have Jonathon Bancroft-Snell phone me early last Thursday morning. He said the three boxes had arrived.. in less than a week.. and that he planned to include opening them in that day's videotape. He does this every Thursday so that his customers can see what is new each week. Ten minutes later I was ready with my coffee for a happy…
Where did the week go? Since opening the kiln on Monday I haven't worked on pots at all. Photographing the new work, deciding which pieces would go to Jonathon's Gallery in London, Ontario, pricing them, finding or buying boxes and bubble wrap, a whole day wrapping and then, yesterday, labelling the boxes and delivering them to our local 7-11 postal outlet, have occupied me. It…
It was a treat to attend an art opening on Thursday after six months since we've had the chance. Tam Irving kindly sent me an invitation to see a small show of his work along with a curated jewellery exhibition on the night it opened. Mostly I think that the 'Visual Space' gallery is hoping that people will check the two shows when there aren't…