Blogs about art in Port Moody
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…
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…