Blogs about art in Port Moody
Pauline Doyle was one of the first to take pottery classes and join drop-in sessions in the clay department of the newly opened Port Moody Arts Centre, now PoMoArts. Before long she became a popular teacher of the children's clay classes and for three years she was the artist-in-residence. Her main interest now is to make whimsical animal sculptures in her Spring street, Port Moody…
The three ceramic shows at PoMoArts close on September 4th. so you have a week to check them out. Mickey Vescera has been the most recent Ceramics artist-in-residence in the Arts Centre's clay department and this is their concluding show. https://pomoarts.ca/exhibitions/concrete-marrow Mickey graduated from Emily Carr University's ceramics programme a year ago so this will have been a wonderful opportunity for them to research and…
On July 28th PoMoArts held a reception for the opening of three shows. As it turns out all three feature work that is mainly ceramic. Suzy Birstein's 'When I have Wings to Fly' takes up the main gallery. As well as paintings and sculptures which all feature inspirational women, the exhibit has an extensive online component. This link gives you a far better and more…
There was a real in-person opening for the current three shows at PoMoArts on Thursday May12th. It was such a treat to experience meeting the artists, see their work and re-connect with art-lovers here. This will just be a brief overview of the shows, with the suggestion that there is still time to check them out until June 9th. 'Paperscapes' artists: Olga Campbell, Ellen Pelto,…
Last Friday members of TriCity Potters gathered for our monthly meeting in the Appleyard Room at PoMoArts (Port Moody Arts Centre). It was chaired this month by executive member Owen Lee. We briefly discussed future activities and speakers, and invited members to think about a title or theme for our scheduled members' show in PoMoArts Gallery next February. Our presenter for this evening was executive…