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.…
For the last three months local ceramics whiz-kid Brendan Lee Satish Tang has been an artist-in-residence at Burrard Arts Foundation, as well as teaching Foundation Ceramics at Emily Carr U. He is currently showing the resulting work in the BAF Gallery at 108 East Broadway, Vancouver along with fellow artist Lucien Durey. The Opening Reception was on Thursday January 11th, one of those truly dreadful…
Linda Lebrun, TriCity Potters' newsletter editor, has kindly allowed me to use her description of our fine day at Shadbolt Centre on Saturday. She, June and I went together for Dig This and the evening's BC Potters' Guild dinner. I'll add some of the photos I took so that those of you who weren't able to attend can get an idea of the work…
When I was in the Gallery of BC Ceramics today to buy two more tickets to Saturday's BC Potters' Guild 60th Anniversary Dinner I was able to have a preview of the current show. The four BC clay artists who will be the featured presenters at 'Dig This' on Saturday at Shadbolt Centre have been invited to show some of their work on Granville Island…
This is the title of the show that opened at Surrey Art Gallery last Saturday. Artists Alex McLeod and Brendan Tang are featured, each with several pieces and then with an amazing collaborative installation: 'Lovechild'. Rather than try to explain this augmented reality application I'll steal the description from their brochure by guest curator Rachel Rosenfield Lafo. "The installation consists of several components. A ceramic vessel…