The Road Show is a much-anticipated part of every Canadian Clay Symposium. People who are registered to attend are invited to bring along something Ceramic to be displayed for the day. It can be something they've bought, inherited, or made themselves. We never know what we'll see but the work always leads to interesting discussions. During the lunch hour, between presentations, our own Ceramics curator…
What a day! On Saturday March 25th 2023 hundreds of clay enthusiasts met at Shadbolt Centre, in Burnaby, to watch presenters, see displays, meet vendors and reconnect with friends and colleagues after so long. (CCS takes place every three years and it was obviously cancelled in 2020). It has taken me a week to think about the remarkable occasion and to sort out which of…
On our way to Abbotsford last Friday to attend the closing sale at Herman Venema's studio (see yesterday's blog) Carlene, Eliza and I stopped in at the ACT art gallery in Maple Ridge to see Fraser Valley Potters Guild's latest show, TRANSFORMATION. We were greeted by the Art Gallery curator and manager Courtney Miller, who showed us around the ceramics show and explained some of…
I can't resist a challenge so when I read that the Potters Guild of BC were hosting a one-day show of plates during the Canadian Ceramics Symposium I needed to quickly make a dinner plate. Having already made enough pots to fill my reserved two cubic feet of space in the soda firing I decided to experiment with sgraffito again and booked a space in…
On Thursday evening three shows opened at PoMoArts, including TriCity Potters' first group show since our last one was closed down in March of 2020. Today's blog shows some of the artists in our current show 'CERAMICS IN FLUX', and a little on the two other shows. TCP board member Kay Bonathon thanked gallery manager Janice Cotter for her splendid work organising and displaying all…