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…
350 people attended Elementum: Form, Function and Feast, the 6th Triennial Canadian Clay Ceramic Symposium, held at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Saturday. With 13 presenters there was something for everybody, whether beginner or professional, wheel thrower, hand builder, sculptor, teacher, curator or writer. To be honest I saw it as a chance to catch up with potters I've met in over 40 years…
To celebrate forty years of promoting and celebrating Fine Crafts in BC, Circle Craft Co-op invited longtime members who work in clay to be part of a special show. I remember visiting their Christmas Craft Fair when it was held at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (the Cultch), meeting some artists who are still members and enjoying my first taste of carrot cake! I have…
After leaving Deer Lake Art Gallery I drove in to Granville Island for the opening of Dish it Up, the current show at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. At 5 o'clock it was quiet and still sunny so I took photographs of the submissions from the general BC Potters' Guild membership. This show is another in the series of exhibits organized to…
BC Potters Guild webmaster and Burnaby Arts Council board member Linda Lewis has curated a show, 'Ceramic Sensibilities: One to Many'. The opening was on Saturday, so knowing that I would be unable to attend I stopped in at the Deer Lake Art Gallery on my way to Granville Island on Thursday afternoon, just after the show was set up. …