The Fraser Valley Potters' Guild has a juried show for its members every year and they make a point of taking the show to galleries all over the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver. This year, for the first time, this large group of potters has chosen Port Moody Arts Centre and 'Clay Explorations' opened there last night. As a very long-time but now lapsed member of…
ACT Art Gallery in Maple Ridge is hosting this year's edition of the Fraser Valley Potters Guild annual juried show. This show is another in the series of current ceramic shows timed to coincide with Saturday's Clay Symposium at Shadbolt Centre. Last Saturday, on a nasty rainy afternoon Alan and I drove out there and arrived just in time to hear the opening remarks and congratulate the prize…
New Zealand potter Chris Weaver has been here in BC for the last week. Local salt potters Jackie Frioud and Cathi Jefferson invited him to give a couple of workshops while he is on a working trip to North America. Last week he gave a workshop and salt firing at Cathi's kiln in the Cowichan Valley and this weekend he did a demo-only workshop at…
Fraser Valley Potters' Guild's Annual Juried Show is being held at the New Westminster Art Council Gallery in Queen's Park, New Westminster this year. The Opening Reception and Awards Presentation took place last Sunday June 8th. http://www.fraservalleypottersguild.ca/index.php The Guild has been operating since 1975 when a number of us students who were taking classes at then Douglas College (now Kwantlen College) founded the club.…
When she attended the Opening of "Clay 2013" at Evergreen Cultural Centre Gloria Barkley was looking for the work of potters (I use that word loosely, lots are sculptors) who are not only members of the Fraser Valley Potters Guild but also belong to our local TriCity Potters group. I will post her photos here and will add any thoughts she may have on the…