Lots of our members came to the opening of 'Various Vases' at Deer Lake Art Gallery. I took photos of the pottery and the potters. There was a feeling that the work was well displayed on the plinths, a coffee table and the mantelpiece and that the work was hugely varied and interesting. Some of the drawings complementing the pots were very good and led…
Every once in a while we challenge the members of TriCity Potters to make something they may not ordinarily do. Then we display them and discuss them. We've undertaken handles, butter dishes, bowls, candle holders and now containers for flowers. For this year's challenge we've secured a show time at Burnaby Arts Council's Deer Lake Art Gallery, had 44 pieces entered and now, tomorrow the…
Our speaker at last night's monthly meeting of TriCity Potters was Mary Fox. We are lucky she was in town from Ladysmith delivering work to her new gallery on Robson Street, Vancouver. Stewart Stephenson Modern Art Gallery opens on December 12th. http://stewartstephenson.com Mary had to wait a while before starting her presentation as we needed to make sure members had all the information about the…
Saturday was the day we chose to spend crawling around Vancouver's East Side for the Culture Crawl. It was a dreadfully rainy day but not too cold so we dressed appropriately. I imagine that 1000 Parker Street and the Mergatroid Building were very busy because one could spend all day there and not get wet. But we started, with son Mike, on Gore Avenue at…
Several TriCity Potters are members of Port Moody Arts Centre's Blackberry Artists Society. They run a small gift shop year-round in the Arts Centre but at this time of the year they are given the 3D Gallery to expand their display area. So when I attended the latest opening there on Thursday I enjoyed their Christmas show as well as the work of the two…