TriCity Potters' show opened at Place des Arts in early April but you can still see the work of members until May 21st. Of course I took photos and have shown them to members in our facebook page, but for the record I'll post them here too. I think I found all the selected work. They're displayed in acrylic cases on plinths which will have…
Deer Lake Art Gallery is just a few steps away from the Shadbolt Centre and the sun was shining so I left the Ceramic Symposium for half an hour to see Fraser Valley Potters Guild's Annual Juried Show & Sale. Amy Gogarty was volunteering to sit the show that day. I see that the show actually closed today. It was well worth the visit. I…
I recently attended the opening of Fired Identity, a show of work by Greater Vancouver Chinese Canadian Artists in Clay. It was co-curated by Kwantlen University instructor Ying Yueh Chuang and Jean Paull. Participating artist and local potter friend Eliza Wang invited me, with the treat of being driven all the way down to Kwantlen Polytechnic University by her daughter Audrey. Eliza was delighted to…
I see that the Circle Craft show is now known as Holiday Market. OK. This second blog will show you all the other clay-work booths that I found. I enjoyed meeting emerging and long-time makers from all over BC. It seems that many of them concentrate on offering affordable mugs. It seems as if mainly the long-time show stars bring their large, statement pieces. Atsuko…
This year's Circle Craft Christmas Market is over. I attended this fabulous event on Wednesday afternoon with the intention of finding all the ceramics people and posting my photos. It was so good to connect with longtime clay friends and meet the new folks, but I'm sorry I failed to get information out there before the show ended so that you could be inspired to…