Tonight June MacDonald and I plan to drive out to Maple Ridge for this year's Fraser Valley Potters Guild jurying evening. For many years Fraser Valley PG has been the only local guild to host an annual members' show for which they bring in an outside juror. It is always an interesting exhibition of the multitude of processes we all use. Galleries around the Fraser…
The next big thing coming up is Port Moody's ArtWalk. I was in Port Moody library again on Friday to help arrange work by 3D artists, mainly potters, in the display cases there. The pieces will stay there for all of April - so 2 of my 3 are salt-fired jugbirds that I don't plan to sell. Several members of TriCity Potters will participate in…
On my way to the Evergreen Cultural Centre yesterday I drove past Port Moody's Arts Centre and had my first glimpse of the city's latest Public Art. The sun had popped out so I grabbed the chance to photograph an astonishing blue-painted tree! The city is one of several local venues where Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos has been given permission to paint some trees a…
It's so easy to stay in the studio when there's a deadline, when a series of work is coming together or when it's raining. Yesterday I almost didn't go to Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre, 10 mins drive from here, for 2 of those reasons. Bettina Matzkuhn's solo show 'Mappa' opened there and will be up until June 3rd. The Opening Reception is on Sunday but…
The other day Eliza Wang sent me a link for a poster. It announces the winners of "The Shoulders We Stand On", a Potters' Council show being presented at this year's NCECA in Florida. It's so exciting that her work has been selected. http://ceramicartsdaily.org/potters-council-members/announcing-winners-of-2011-potters-council-juried-show/ Click on the link to see the poster with photos of 5 pieces in the show and the list of other…