"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." William Morris 1834-1896 Keith and Celia Rice-Jones are fervent believers in this statement by William Morris. At an Artist Talk on Thursday June 13th Keith showed us photos depicting their journeys in clay and specifically their home and studio. Every part of their garden and house has…
Opening my studio to the public one day a year is a marvellous incentive to get the space clean and tidy. Tomorrow is the day of the Port Moody ArtWalk. Like last year it coincides with Summer Equinox. I have publicized the event on facebook and instagram and have sent invitations out to a list of friends. So if you've heard about this many times..…
On May 2nd five members of TriCity Potters drove out to Surrey for the opening of Fraser Valley Potters' annual show. Barbara Tipton was invited to be this year's juror and she was keen to see how her selected show looked in the fine new Kwantlen Polytechnic University Art Gallery. She and I joined Carlene, Eliza and Kay for the…
Julia Nygra has been Port Moody Arts Centre's Ceramic Artist-in-Residence since last September. The year-long award includes a small studio in the clay department, some supervising of clay drop-in sessions and the possibility of teaching some classes. Towards the end of the year the CIR puts together a solo show of work made during the residency. On Thursday evening the Gallery…
For my first blog of 2019 I'd like to draw attention to the current show at Port Moody Arts Centre. The opening was a week ago now, and there have been lots of photos on facebook showing this remarkable show, 'Breathing Space'. As usual I found myself drawn to the ceramics component of the exhibit so forgive me if most of the photos are of pots. …