Debra Sloan has responded to yesterday's blog about her 'conversation' with Tam Irving and Glenn Lewis. I think it's important to have the BC Potters Guild voluntary historian and archivist have her contribution included in this follow-up discussion. She has sent me more details on her time in St. Ives, the Koerner legacy and mainly her thoughts on my concern about the placement of the…
Tam Irving led the second 'conversation' at the Museum of Anthropology with Glenn Lewis and Debra Sloan. With carefully planned questions he encouraged the two artists to reveal the thinking behind their work, Glenn's from 1969 and Debra's from her very recent year spent as ceramic artist-in-residence amongst the Koerner Ceramic Collection. Tam pointed out that both artists have strong connections…
On Saturday Linda Lebrun joined me for the drive out to UBC. We arrived at the Museum of Anthropology in time to find seats in the Great Hall for 'Catching Fire: Artists in Conversation' at 11am. We were invited to listen to a thought-provoking afternoon of conversation with eight artists whose work is in 'Playing with Fire', as they discuss the pressing issues of our time.…
The huge new exhibition which has just opened at UBC's Museum of Anthropology is not what you would expect from a Ceramics show. Curator Carol Mayer has assembled an astonishing collection of ceramics, all made by BC-based artists during the last eighty years. This is not a pottery show, rather this is a chance to see an inspiring display of clay creations that are…
On a beastly rainy September Sunday afternoon there was a good turn-out at Seymour Art Gallery for the opening of Sally Michener's solo show 'Sit. Stay. Speak'. The link to the gallery below gives a concise explanation of Sally's work, her biography and the current work. https://www.seymourartgallery.com/exhibitions/current/ For many of her fans who showed up to support their favourite clay sculptor, Sally is a fondly…