Rounding up Raiders.. Kate Bellringer must have felt like a shepherd moving sheep or a member of the constabulary arresting said raiders over the past few months. Somehow she was able to encourage a large number of the artists who've poddled out to my Port Moody studio for a Raid to deliver one or more of their plates to her office at Burrard Arts Foundation.…
Please join us for the opening ofThe Raiders August 17th – 12:00 to 4:00 PMCurated by Kate Bellringer, The Raiders features works by:Eric Metcalfe, Eli Bornowsky, Allyson Clay, Colette Urban, Monique Fouquet, Paul Mathieu, Renée Van Halm, Katie Lyle, Marian Penner Bancroft, Greg Bellerby, Elizabeth McIntosh, Rick Ross, Lyse Lemieux, Ciara Phillips, Marlene Madison, Garry Neill Kennedy , Cathy Busby , Philippe Raphanel, Pierre Coupey,…
One of two Kwi Am Choi Scholarship recipients, Amiee Risby has completed her third year towards a BFA at Kwantlen University, Surrey. Her instructor there, Ying Yueh Chuang, sent invitations to the clay community to support Amiee at her first solo show. Amiee has fabricated life-size, hollow body parts from clay and has added disconcerting,…
When long-time potter friend June MacDonald heard that I needed to be in Lund by noon on Friday July 5th she suggested I head out on the Thursday and spend the night at their rural home in Madeira Park. So that was my destination on the first day of my big salt-firing adventure! I left Port Moody early and was able to get on the…
When I left for Lund, BC, a week ago I had a large group of photos on my desktop awaiting their insertion in a blog about my visit to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. So, although I'd rather be telling all about the fabulous salt-firing workshop with Jackie Frioud at Tidal Arts Centre, I would like to keep things chronological. I was impressed to…