It might make more sense to read today's three blogs in the reverse order. I wrote the third, below, first. Each of the artists in the High Fire Culture show had a Yunomi displayed on individual shelves. I photographed the ones that appealed to me. At the end of Shelly Rosenblum's talk in the second gallery yesterday we watched as Martin Peters…
The North-West Ceramic Foundation sponsored talks to accompany the Ceramic show at Satellite gallery. Potter and Researcher Nora Vaillant walked around the exhibit, explaining the relationships between the featured potters and their mentors. All demonstrate clearly their passion for the Leach/Hamada philosophy. This is not to say that they never work outside this aesthetic but, like many of us, they are cheerfully influenced by the…
Thursday May 23rd saw the opening of High Fire Culture; Locating Leach/Hamada in West Coast Studio Pottery at Satellite Gallery. The show will be open until July 6th. www.satellitegallery.ca Curated by potter and independent researcher Nora Vaillant and Shelly Rosenblum, curator of Academic Programmes, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, the show has assembled work by nine BC potters who have been influenced by the…
When she attended the Opening of "Clay 2013" at Evergreen Cultural Centre Gloria Barkley was looking for the work of potters (I use that word loosely, lots are sculptors) who are not only members of the Fraser Valley Potters Guild but also belong to our local TriCity Potters group. I will post her photos here and will add any thoughts she may have on the…
Fraser Valley Potters' Guild Annual Juried show takes place at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre every third year. The current show opened on Sunday afternoon and because it is in my neighbourhood this year I managed to get there. On Sunday April 28 Medicine Hat potter Jim Etzkorn juried the show. I'm sorry not to have attended his 'juror's remarks' and taken the chance to say…