It seems we're in for a heat wave and I'm worried about keeping the garden watered so that it looks good for visitors on July 19th. This is only the second time Art in the Garden has been held here in the Tri-Cities, the first one was two years ago. As there was no ArtWalk in April this year I decided to offer my garden as a venue…
Fraser Valley Potters' Guild's Annual Juried Show is being held at the New Westminster Art Council Gallery in Queen's Park, New Westminster this year. The Opening Reception and Awards Presentation took place last Sunday June 8th. http://www.fraservalleypottersguild.ca/index.php The Guild has been operating since 1975 when a number of us students who were taking classes at then Douglas College (now Kwantlen College) founded the club.…
Since I last wrote a blog my website has been moved to another server and my original web designer has resumed his job as helper to this low-tech blogger. You may notice that the blog page is now a properly integrated part of the website. I am told that assembling my notes and photos will be easier and I hope quicker. In the next little…
Last Thursday was the Opening Reception for two shows at Port Moody Arts Centre. Maggie White is a well-known Port Moody painter and a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. For a long time she specialized in water-colours. I remember the opening of a show of hers at Coquitlam's Place des Arts in the late eighties, mainly because one needed to get there early…
A couple of weeks ago we spent a few days in nearby Bellingham, in Washington State. Alan attended the North-West Anthropological Conference and I took the opportunity to be a tourist in this charming city. My first destination was Baker Street Ceramics studio where the resident artists are Deb McCunn and Jason Walker. Jason was our presenter at the February TriCity Potters' meeting and I…