http://www.onlineceramics.com/event/innovations-in-ceramic-art/ Word about this ceramics event has appeared online and in my latest copy of 'Ceramic Review' and I wondered if I might happen to be in the Cambridge area when it's on in October. Some years ago I was lucky to be in London on the weekend of 'Ceramics in the City' and was thrilled to meet all the…
Guest blog by 'Art in the Country' director and TriCity potter, Susan Gorris http://www.timescolonist.com/obituary-victoria-ceramics-artist-walter-dexter-a-canadian-giant-1.1974949 Prompted by the recent death of Victoria BC artist Walter Dexter, friend and fellow TriCity potter Susan Gorris sent me some fine photos of him, taken four years ago. She had accompanied fellow sculptor Santo Mignosa to a reception celebrating BC's well-known clay artists in Victoria. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria…
When I received this invitation via Facebook from Sam Carter, Emeritus Professor at Emily Carr U I imagined that 'Mingei' would feature lots of fine ceramics as well as other 'folk art' from Japan. The show 'Mingei: Japan's Enduring Folk Arts' opened on Saturday afternoon at Burnaby's Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. I had never found…