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…
Local clay artist, writer and long-time friend Gloria Barkley made a point of looking for all the potters on ArtWalk. She took photos of us and has written a little account of her wanderings that day. Sadly, Martha, she didn't find time to get to your studio. I invited Gloria to be my first guest blogger. Art Walk 2013 I must stop at the…
One of the first speakers invited to a TriCity Potters meeting, some five years ago, was Vin Arora. At that time he had just been hired to take over teaching and tech duties at Place des Arts from retiring June MacDonald. He was a recent Emily Carr grad at the time. We were so impressed with his enthusiasm for a recent highly influential trip to…
Last Wednesday Fredi Rahn spoke to our group, showing us her hand-building technique and some slides of her work. Fredi studied Ceramics at Sheridan College (Ontario) and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and since 1990 has taught at Emily Carr University and Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. While we tried to figure out projector, laptop computer and memory…
Last night the TriCity Potters' show "Fantastic Feast" opened at Port Moody Arts Centre. There was a good crowd, with lots of potters of course, and a good crop of Port Moody Arts supporters. Also showing this month in the other galleries are Port Moody prints and maps to commemorate the city's 100th year of inauguration. To see more photos of the show go to…