Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. Artists who have worked or taught at or have shown in the galleries of Port Moody Arts Centre were invited to submit work for a commemorative show recently. Today I finally found time to pop in to have a better look at the work displayed - the openings are often more about catching up with…
Crafted Vancouver has been hosting a 25-day festival featuring multiple craft disciplines for most of May. In the International category there was an exhibition of Master Ceramicists at Granville Island's Performance Works May 10th - 18th. ICHEON POTTERS ASSOCIATION OF KOREA PRESENTS AN EXHIBITION OF MASTER CERAMICISTS A selling exhibition of 13 ceramic artists represented by the Icheon Potters Association. Icheon is the first city in…
Having understood that the Chinese delegation who attended 'From Oven and Kiln 2018' are all really interested in Ceramics, and that they have brought a collection of 300 Yixing teapots from Beijing for a four-month exhibition at the Vancouver Poly Culture Art Center, I knew I must get to see them. Yesterday I took transit in to downtown Vancouver, hopping out of the…
I didn't get in to see Amy Chang's show of extraordinary ceramic objects at Port Moody Arts Centre until the very last day. So I'm sorry that I can't suggest you see them too! but I do think I should record some of her amazing pieces here. The show's title 'Industrial Revolution' tells us that she is interested in fabricating mechanical…
On the evening before Gailan Ngan's solo show opened at Coquitlam's Art Gallery/Evergreen I happened to be there to see 'Onegin' in the theatre. I knew the show was due to open on the next day, March 7th and asked if I could have a sneak peek. I was allowed.. so my photos have no people in them at all. The invitation says: 'Ngan…