Blogs about art in Port Moody
I think that the six local potters who joined me for a day of painting in July can be very happy with their finished work. Maria and Linda have already popped over to collect their one plate each. Ysabella, Susan and Barbara, come when you can, phone first. June already has hers, with a plan to fire it to cone 6. Maria tells me she…
As I walked over the hill on St Andrews Lane, towards the Arts Centre, I faced fierce dark clouds and an impending shower but there, over downtown Port Moody was a rainbow. It seemed to add to the celebrations taking place in the gallery. When I arrived there was a large crowd of Art patrons, this time mainly local Koreans. The Korean Cultural Heritage Society…
Once again some Vancouver artists drove out to Port Moody to spend a day painting plates. Yesterday's 'Raiders' were Eric Metcalfe, Mina Totino and first-time-visitor Elizabeth Zvonar. All three jumped right in to work, Eric carefully drawing and then painting two more plates in his new series of 'Dazzle' images, Mina painting right away on three of the rimless coupe plates and later, a larger oval…
Port Moody Arts Centre's current Ceramic Artist-in-Residence Ray Tse has now completed his year here. Along with supervising the Tuesday Open Studio clay drop-in sessions and teaching pottery classes he has been using his studio in the Arts Centre to make impressive sculptures for his final show. Last January we invited Ray to speak to TriCity Potters and at that time…
On Thursday April 29th there was a very grand event at Port Moody Arts Centre. South Korean-born artist Kwi Am Choi was an active member of the local art community for several years. He opened a little gallery/framing shop in Old Port Moody and showed his 3D paintings at the Arts Centre. He had a small kiln in his gallery where he melted glass to incorporate in…