Blogs about art in Port Moody
There was a big push to get the jug birds for YVR finished and delivered in January so that I could go on holiday with Alan with a clear conscience! He found a cheap flight and hotel in familiar Puerto Vallarta, and the idea of time to read novels, sitting under an umbrella, within sound of breaking waves and with the odd Pina Colada delivered…
I fired my kiln with only a partial load this week because I can't keep the airport Crafthouse shop waiting any longer. This afternoon Alan took photos of the latest work to emerge. There are two pieces by Eric Metcalfe using a new bold combination of turquoise, red and black on Naples yellow. They're quite striking! He'll be donating…
The City of Port Moody was incorporated one hundred years ago so there have been lots of celebratory occasions all this year. The final and perhaps most significant event took place on Saturday at City Hall. Recently my husband Alan was part of a committee that selected an artist and commissioned a special piece of public art to recognize the fact that this city has…
We owe a big thank-you to Ysabella Choung and her husband Robert for inviting the TriCity Potters group to share her Spatial Arts Studio for a Christmas Pottery Sale last weekend. It turned out to be lovely crisp sunny weather to encourage locals to take a walk along Port Moody's historic Clarke street and the event was most successful. Members met at the…
Potter Ysabella Choung rents a little storefront studio on Clarke street in the Heritage area of old Port Moody, next to Gallery Bistro. https://www.facebook.com/ysabella.choung She sells her cheerfully coloured work there, gives lessons and operates workshop time for the public. Recently she suggested that she and her husband could open the shop for a group Christmas Sale for members of TriCity Potters. It's a great…